1.0LIFEhttps://www.life.comBill Sykenhttps://www.life.com/author/bsyken/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="Uk6pse6gPu"><a href="https://www.life.com/history/joseph-pilates-when-the-fitness-guru-trained-an-opera-legend/">Joseph Pilates: When the Fitness Guru Trained an Opera Legend</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.life.com/history/joseph-pilates-when-the-fitness-guru-trained-an-opera-legend/embed/#?secret=Uk6pse6gPu" width="600" height="338" title="“Joseph Pilates: When the Fitness Guru Trained an Opera Legend” — LIFE" data-secret="Uk6pse6gPu" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,l){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(l.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=0;o<n.length;o++)n[o].style.display="none";for(o=0;o<i.length;o++)if(r=i[o],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=l.createElement("a"),a=l.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,a.host===s.host)if(l.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> https://static.life.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/12210323/111536978.jpg23221500Roberta Peters was a massive opera star in her day—and her day lasted for decades. For 35 years, beginning in 1950, when she was famously called on to take the place of an ailing performer at age 20, she was one of the leading lights of the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. The singer ... Read more