Evelyn Lear

Evelyn Lear (born January 8, 1926) is an American soprano and opera singer. Lear was well known for her musical versatility, having sung all three main female roles in Der Rosenkavalier. She was also known for her work on 20th century pieces by Robert Ward, Martin Levy, Rudolf Kelterborn and Giselher Klebe. During her career between 1959 and 1992, Evelyn Lear appeared in more than forty operatic roles, appeared with every major opera company in the US and won a Grammy Award in 1966.

Creation of roles

Evelyn Lear has created a number of roles during her career.

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In 1961, she created the title role of Giselher Klebe's Alkmene in Berlin. Two years later, she created another role as Jeanne in Werner Egk's Die Verlobung in San Domingo in the reopening of the Munich Nationaltheater. Her debut with the Metropolitan Opera came with the creation of the role of Lavinia in Martin Levy's Mourning Becomes Elektra. Unfortunately, she had vocal problems soon after, losing much of her upper range and clarity which she blamed on singing so much modern music.

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1961 - Giselher Klebe - Alkmene - Werner Egk - Die Verlobung in San Domingo - Munich Nationaltheater - Metropolitan Opera - Martin Levy - Mourning Becomes Elektra

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This did not stop her performing modern roles, however. In 1974, she created the role of Irma Arkadina in Thomas Pasiateri's The Seagull in Washington, DC. Lear created the role of Magna in Robert Ward's Minutes to Midnight in 1982 followed by creating the role of Ranyevskaya in Rudolf Kelterborn's Kirschgarten in Zurich in 1984.

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1974 - Thomas Pasiateri - Washington, DC - Robert Ward - Minutes to Midnight - 1982 - Rudolf Kelterborn - Kirschgarten - Zurich - 1984

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