Background
LEAR, Evelyn was born in Brooklyn, New York, United States. Daughter of Nina Quartin.
LEAR, Evelyn was born in Brooklyn, New York, United States. Daughter of Nina Quartin.
New York University, Hunter College, Juilliard Opera Workshop.
Marie in Wozzeck! Marschallin in Der Rosenkavalier, Countess in The Marriage of Figaro! Fiordiligi in Cosi fan tutti, Desdemona, Mimi, Dido in The Trojans, Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni, Marina in Boris Godunov, Tatiana in Eugene Onegin, Lavinia in Mourning Becomes Electra, title role in Lulu; appeared in film Buffalo Bill 1976. Recordings Include: Wozzeck, Lulu, The Flying Dutchman, The Magic Flute, Boris Godunov, Eugene Onegin, Bach"s Saint John Passion, Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater, Der Rosenkavalier.Joined Berlin Opera, debut in Ariadne auf Naxos 1959. Debut in United Kingdom in Four Last Songs with London Symphony Orchestra 1957. Debut at Metropolitan Opera in Mourning Becomes Electra 1967.
Debut at Louisiana Scala, Milan, in Wozzeck 1971.
Regular performances with leading opera companies and orchestras in Europe and United States of America. Guest appearances with Berlin Opera and Vienna State Opera.
Soloist with the leading American orchestras including New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, Boston Symphony, San Francisco Symphony and Los Angeles Philharmonic, has given many recitals and orchestral concerts and operatic performances with Thomas Stewart. Concert Artists Guild.
Married 2nd Thomas Stewart.