voc, 1926-2012 US
Singer / Musician of Classical
A.k.a. Evelyn Shulman
Evelyn 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.
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Title | Artist | Year | Type |
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Die Zauberflöte - The Magic Flute • La Flute Enchantée | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Evelyn Lear • Lisa Otto • Roberta Peters • Franz Crass • Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau • Hans Hotter • Fritz Wunderlich • Berliner Philharmoniker • Karl Böhm | 2018 | Album |
La Boheme | Giacomo Puccini, Evelyn Lear, Donald Grobe, Ingeborg Hallstein, George Fortune, William Dooley, Ivan Rebroff | 2015 | Album |
Stabat Mater | Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Evelyn Lear, Christa Ludwig, Lorin Maazel, Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin | 2010 | Album |
Missa Glagolitica ·Tagebuch Eines Verschollenen | Leoš Janáček - Evelyn Lear, Hilde Rössel-Majdan, Ernst Haefliger, Franz Crass, Chor Des Bayerischen Rundfunks & Symphonie-Orchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Rafael Kubelik | 2002 | Compil. |
The Complete String Quartets | Arnold Schoenberg - New Vienna String Quartet / Evelyn Lear | 1999 | Compil. |
Johannes-Passion BWV 245 | Johann Sebastian Bach, Evelyn Lear, Hertha Töpper, Ernst Haefliger, Hermann Prey, Kieth Engen, Münchener Bach-Chor, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter | 1998 | Album |
Stabat Mater | Giovanni Battista Pergolesi - Lorin Maazel, Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Evelyn Lear, Christa Ludwig, RIAS-Kammerchor | 1996 | Album |
Wozzeck / Lulu | Alban Berg - Orchester Der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Evelyn Lear, Karl Böhm | 1993 | Compil. |
On The Town | Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden And Adolph Green, Jerome Robbins, Frederica von Stade • Thomas Hampson • Samuel Ramey • Cleo Laine • David Garrison • Kurt Ollmann • Evelyn Lear • Marie McLaughlin And Tyne Daly, The London Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas | 1993 | Album |
Die Zauberflöte (Highlights) | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Evelyn Lear I Roberta Peters I Fritz Wunderlich I Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau I Berliner Philharmoniker I RIAS-Kammerchor | 1987 | Compil. |
Nabucco | Giuseppe Verdi - Evelyn Lear, Liane Synek, Sándor Kónya, Thomas Stewart, Martti Talvela, Gernot Pietsch, Horst Stein | 1986 | Album |
Romantic Duets - Romantische Duette | Evelyn Lear, Thomas Stewart | 1985 | Album |
Der Rosenkavalier (Highlights) | Richard Strauss, Edo de Waart, Rotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest, Frederica von Stade, Evelyn Lear, José Carreras, Derek Hammond-Stroud | 1984 | Album |
Frauenliebe Und Leben Op.42 / Liederkreis Op.39 | Robert Schumann, Evelyn Lear, Roger Vignoles | 1980 | Album |
Ein Maskenball, Opernquerschnitt | Giuseppe Verdi, Giuseppe Patanè, Inge Borkh, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Evelyn Lear, Sieglinde Wagner, Jess Thomas | 1980 | Album |
Die Lustigen Weiber Von Windsor | Otto Nicolai, Franz Crass, Marcel Cordes, Ernst Haefliger, Evelyn Lear, Sieglinde Wagner, Caterina Alda | 1978 | Album |
American Scenes · American Poets | Charles Ives - Evelyn Lear / Thomas Stewart / Alan Mandel | 1971 | Album |
Italienische Serenade • Penthesilea • Der Feuerreiter • Lieder | Hugo Wolf : Evelyn Lear, Thomas Stewart, Wiener Symphoniker, Otto Gerdes | 1969 | Album |
Lea ist Lulu | Alban Berg, Evelyn Lear, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Karl Böhm (Cond.), Walter Bachauer (Interviews), Orchester Der Deutschen Oper Berlin | 1969 | Single |
Lulu | Alban Berg - Evelyn Lear, Patricia Johnson, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Donald Grobe, Orchester Der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Karl Böhm | 1968 | Album |
Möhrike-Lieder | Hugo Wolf - Evelyn Lear, Erik Werba | 1965 | Album |
Wozzeck | Alban Berg - Evelyn Lear, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Karl Kohn, Helmut Melchert, Gerhard Stolze, Fritz Wunderlich, Karl Böhm | 1965 | Album |
M´ša Glagolskaja | Leoš Janáček / Evelyn Lear, Hilde Rössel-Majdan, Ernst Haefliger, Franz Crass, Chor Des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Rafael Kubelik, Symphonie-Orchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks | 1965 | Album |
Lieder Von Richard Strauss | Richard Strauss - Evelyn Lear · Erik Werba | 1964 | Album |
Der Fliegende Holländer | Richard Wagner - Hans Löwlein, Evelyn Lear, Thomas Stewart, James King, Kim Borg | 1964 | Album |
Die Zauberflöte - The Magic Flute • La Flute Enchantée | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Evelyn Lear • Lisa Otto • Roberta Peters • Franz Crass • Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau • Hans Hotter • Fritz Wunderlich • Berliner Philharmoniker • Karl Böhm | 1964 | Album |
Das Klagende Lied | Gustav Mahler - The London Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez - Grace Hoffman, Evelyn Lear, Stuart Burrows - London Symphony Chorus, Arthur Oldham | 1959 | Album |
Wir Singen Alle Mit | Evelyn Lear Und Thomas Stewart | Compil. | |
Lieder An Den Frühling | Franz Schubert · Robert Schumann · Johannes Brahms · Hugo Wolf · Max Reger - Evelyn Lear, Irmgard Seefried, Rita Streich, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Ernst Haefliger, Walther Ludwig, Fritz Wunderlich | Compil. | |
Sextett "Verklärte Nacht"; Streichquartett Nr. 2 | Arnold Schoenberg, New Vienna String Quartet, Evelyn Lear | Album | |
Eugen Onegin | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Evelyn Lear, Brigitte Fassbaender, Fritz Wunderlich, Otto Gerdes | Album | |
Evelyn Lear Sings Sondheim And Bernstein | Evelyn Lear | Album | |
Kinderlieder / Nursery Rhymes / Chansons Pour Les Enfants / Canzoni Per I Bambini | Thomas Stewart, Evelyn Lear, Georg Fischer | Compil. |