The native Denverite returns home after starring as the Beast in the German production of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast.  A fluent German speaker, the singer spent years in Europe working in television, radio, on the concert stage, and performing musicals such as Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Phantom of the Opera, premiering in Basel, Switzerland as the world’s only dual language production of the musical, performed in both English and German.  Gene grew to love music and the stage at the age of twelve, when he performed the title role in Menotti’s Amahl and the Night Visitor’s with members of the Denver Symphony.  After years of involvement in theater productions in the Denver area, the young singer chose to pursue a classical musical education and earned a Bachelor of Music from The St. Louis Conservatory of Music, and a Master of Music from the University of Houston.  Gene has performed in operas such as Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro and Don Giovanni, Verdi’s La Traviata and The Masked Ball,  Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor and his favorite opera Der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss.  Musical roles include, among others, Tony in West Side Story, Lt. Cable in South Pacific, Snoopy in You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown, The Auctioneer and Monsieur Reyer in Phantom of the Opera, and Lumiere and The Beast in Beauty and the Beast. While in Europe, Mr. Roberts enjoyed working as a voice teacher in various theaters including Musical Theater Messe Basel, and the Musiklhalle in Stuttgart, Germany. Gene and his wife Gwen make Denver their home now with their sons Jake, Mitchell, and Jeremiah.