Robert FitzRoy
Robert FitzRoy was born at Ampton Hall, Ampton, Suffolk, England, into the upper echelons of the British aristocracy and a tradition of public service. Through his father, General Lord Charles FitzRoy, Robert was a fourth great-grandson of Charles II of England; his paternal grandfather was Augustus Henry FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton. His mother, Lady Frances Stewart, was the daughter of the first Marquess of Londonderry and the half-sister of Viscount Castlereagh, who became Foreign Secretary. From the age of four, Robert FitzRoy lived with his family at Wakefield Lodge, their Palladian mansion in Northamptonshire.
Robert Goodloe
Born in St. Petersburg, Florida, Goodloe is a graduate of Northwestern University where he earned a master's degree in Journalism in 1959. He then moved to New York City to study opera with Harvey Brown and Armen Boyajian. In 1960 he made his professional debut as Lucas in "The Student Prince" at the Starlight Theatre in Kansas City, Missouri. He then began voice studies with Robert Larsen in Des Moines, Iowa while concurrently working as director of publications for Simpson College. He performed with an opera company in Des Moines, including appearances as Count Almaviva in Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro". In 1964 he won the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions.