Evelyn Lear
Born: 8th January 1926, Brooklyn, New York
Died: 1st July 2012, Brook Grove, Sandy Spring, Maryland
Nationality: American
Evelyn Shulman Lear 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.
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Bernstein: On The Town
Thomas Hampson (Gabey), David Garrison (Ozzie), Samuel Ramey (Pitkin), Kurt Ollmann (Chip), Frederica von Stade (Claire), Tyne Daly (Hildy), Marie McLaughlin (Ivy), Evelyn Lear (Madame Dilly), Cleo Laine (Nightclub Singer) London Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas
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Gramophone Awards, 1994, Winner - Music Theatre
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Schreker: Die Gezeichneten
Franz Crass (Adorno), Thomas Stewart (Tamare), Ernst Wiemann (Lodovico), Eveyn Lear (Carlotta), Helmut Krebs (Salvago), Julius Katona (Usodimare) & Manfred Schmidt (Negroni) Chorus and Orchestra of North German Radio, Winfried Zillig
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Bernstein: On the Town
Samuel Ramey (bass), Terry Edwards (chorusmaster), Thomas Hampson (baritone), Kurt Ollmann (baritone), David Garrison (vocalist, tenor), Marie McLaughlin (soprano), Tyne Daly (soprano, vocalist, alto), Frederica von Stade (mezzo-soprano), Evelyn Lear (soprano), Meriel Dickinson (contralto), Cleo Laine (vocalist), Adolph Green (vocalist), London Voices, London Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas
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Bach, J.S.: St. John Passion
Ernst Haefliger (tenor), Hertha Töpper (contralto), Evelyn Lear (soprano), Hermann Prey (baritone), Kieth Engen (bass (vocal)), Münchener Bach-Orchester, Münchener Bach-Chor, Karl Richter
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