Evelyn Lear

Evelyn Shulman Lear (January 8, 1926 – July 1, 2012) was an American operatic soprano. Between 1959 and 1992, she appeared in more than forty operatic roles, appeared with every major opera company in the United States and won a Grammy Award in 1966. She was well known for her musical versatility, having sung all three main female roles in Der Rosenkavalier. Lear was also known for her work on 20th century pieces by Robert Ward, Alban Berg, Marvin David Levy, Rudolf Kelterborn and Giselher Klebe. She was married to the American bass-baritone Thomas Stewart until his death in 2006.

Egk: Die Verlobung in San Domingo (Live) - 2016-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Egk: Die Verlobung in San Domingo (Live) - 2016-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Bernstein: On The Town - 2013-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Franz Schreker: Die Gezeichneten (Hamburg 1960) - 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

The Recitals - 2006-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Similar Artists

Sunhae Im

Luba Orgonasova

Soile Isokoski

Diana Damrau

Barbara Hannigan

Pilar Lorengar

Sylvia Greenberg

Sylvia McNair

Elisabeth Söderström

Birgit Nilsson