Robert Peterson (3)

Robert Peterson (b.January 13, 1932, Omaha, Nebraska, USA - December 3, 2003, St. George, Utah, USA) was an American singer, actor, and performer. He was lead bass/baritone for the Metropolitan Opera Studio and broke into Broadway productions when he was the understudy for Robert Goulet in the original 1961 production of “Camelot". In addition to musical theater, Peterson sang in other productions led by renowned conductors Leonard Bernstein, Fritz Riener, Robert Kraft, Arnold Gamson, and Dimitri Metropoulos, and Maurice Abravanel. He was also an artist-in-residence and adjunct theatre professor for many years at the University of Utah.