Evelyn Lear

Evelyn Lear (1994)

Evelyn Lear (born Evelyn Shulman ; born January 8, 1926 in Brooklyn , † July 1, 2012 in Sandy Spring near Rockville, Maryland ) was an American opera singer ( soprano ).

Life

Evelyn Lear initially studied piano and horn, but eventually singing at the Juilliard School in New York City. She gave her first concerts in America, but then came to Germany with her husband, bass-baritone Thomas Stewart , where she continued her education at the Berlin Music Academy . In 1959 she sang Richard Strauss's “ Four Last Songs ” at the Royal Festival Hall in London .

In the same year she made her debut at the Städtische Oper Berlin as a composer in Strauss' Ariadne auf Naxos . A great career began at this institution, later the Deutsche Oper Berlin . Guest performances by the singer at the State Operas of Vienna and Munich brought her brilliant success. At the Salzburg Festival she proved to be a great Mozart interpreter. In 1963 she had great success at the Wiener Festwochen as Lulu in a concert performance of the opera of the same name by Alban Berg , which she later sang in the staged premiere in Vienna and in a production by Gustav Rudolf Sellner in Berlin, with Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau as Doctor Schön under the musical direction of Karl Böhm . In addition, Lear was also Marie in Berg's Wozzeck and operetta diva, z. B. at the Bregenz Festival as Hanna Glawari in Franz Lehár's The Merry Widow , very successful.

Lear died in a Sandy Spring nursing home on July 1, 2012, at the age of 86.

personal data
SURNAME	Lear, Evelyn
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Shulman, Evelyn (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American opera singer (soprano)
DATE OF BIRTH	January 8, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH	Brooklyn
DATE OF DEATH	July 1, 2012
Place of death	Sandy Spring near Rockville, Maryland