Rogers-Anderson has been praised for a remarkably sweet singing voice and an impeccable coloratura line. She has performed extensively throughout the world including the United States, Canada, Europe and South America. Rogers-Anderson has performed numerous operas of Mozart, most notably as Queen of the Night in Mozart’s The Magic Flute including productions with the New York City Opera, Santa Fe Opera and Opéra de Montréal. In Honolulu, Rogers-Anderson was commended for giving the best vocal performance in the production. In St. Petersburg, Florida Rogers-Anderson brought a thunderous reaction from the audience when she effortlessly hit F above high C. One critic described Rogers-Anderson as a charismatic soprano and an enchanting comic figure with an irresistible joie de vivre. However, The Wall Street Journal opera critic Heidi Waleson found Rogers-Anderson’s mechanical while others felt that she struggled on occasion.
Appearances
Rogers-Anderson appeared in other Mozart operas playing Zerlina in Don Giovanni, Servilia in La clemenza di Tito, Susanna in The Marriage of Figaro and Aspasia in Mitridate, re di Ponto. She has additionally sung notable roles including Juliet in Gounod’s opera Roméo et Juliette, Adele in Strauss’operettaDie Fledermaus and Sophie in Massenet’s opera Werther with both the Los Angeles Opera and the Boston Lyric Opera. She also appeared with New York’s Metropolitan Opera as Poucette in Manon. Rogers-Anderson additionally appeared in The Barber of Seville, Rigoletto, La bohème, Candide, L'enfant et les sortilèges, The Tempest and countless other notable operas. On August 2, 4 and 6, 2006, she performed The Marriages of Mozart with the Boston Midsummer Opera appearing in concert with her husband.
During the 1990s, Rogers-Anderson performed in her hometown with the Knoxville Opera Company as Josephine in the comic opera H.M.S. Pinafore and with the Knoxville City Ballet in the cantataCarmina Burana. On February 5, 2005, she appeared with her husband in the world premiere of Love Awakes Us in Knoxville. On April 19, 2008, Rogers-Anderson appeared with her husband again during Knoxville’s Italian Street Fair. On September 24 and 25, 2009, Rogers-Anderson appeared with the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra in Samuel Barber’s . The text of both Love Awakes Us and Knoxville: Summer of 1915 is taken from the poetry of legendary Knoxville-born poet James Agee after whom the music building at Rogers-Anderson’s high school was named.
