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Risë Stevens
voc, 1913-2013 US, New York City
Classical
Risë Stevens (/ˈriːsə/; June 11, 1913 – March 20, 2013) was an American operatic mezzo-soprano. Beginning in 1938, she sang for the Metropolitan Opera in New York City for more than two decades during the 1940s and 1950s. She was most noted for her portrayals of the central character in Carmen by Georges Bizet.
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Popular Tracks 
Carmen, WD 31, Act II: Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre on Bizet: Carmen, WD 31 by Georges Bizet, Risë Stevens, Jan Peerce, Fritz Reiner, Licia Albanese, George Cehanovsky, Alessio De Paolis, Osie Hawkins, Paula Lenchner, Robert Merrill, Margaret Roggero, Hugh Thompson, Coro Del Teatro Dell'Opera Di Roma & Orchestra Del Teatro Dell'Opera Di Roma Carmen, WD 31, Act I: L'amour est un oiseau rebelle on Bizet: Carmen, WD 31 by Georges Bizet, Risë Stevens, Jan Peerce, Fritz Reiner, Licia Albanese, George Cehanovsky, Alessio De Paolis, Osie Hawkins, Paula Lenchner, Robert Merrill, Margaret Roggero, Hugh Thompson, Coro Del Teatro Dell'Opera Di Roma & Orchestra Del Teatro Dell'Opera Di Roma Les contes d'Hoffmann, Act III: Helas! Mon coeur s'egare encore! (Live) on Offenbach: Les contes d'Hoffmann by Jacques Offenbach, Roberta Peters, Risë Stevens, Lucine Amara, Richard Tucker, Martial Singher, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Pierre Monteux Carmen, WD 31, Act I: Près des remparts de Séville on Bizet: Carmen, WD 31 by Georges Bizet, Risë Stevens, Jan Peerce, Fritz Reiner, Licia Albanese, George Cehanovsky, Alessio De Paolis, Osie Hawkins, Paula Lenchner, Robert Merrill, Margaret Roggero, Hugh Thompson, Coro Del Teatro Dell'Opera Di Roma & Orchestra Del Teatro Dell'Opera Di Roma Orfeo ed Euridice, Act III Scene 1: Aria. Che farò senza Euridice? on Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice by Christoph Willibald Gluck, Risë Stevens, Lisa della Casa, Roberta Peters, Pierre Monteux, Orchestra Del Teatro Dell'Opera Di Roma & Coro Del Teatro Dell'Opera Di Roma Carmen, WD 31, Act II: Les tringles des sistres tintaient on Bizet: Carmen, WD 31 by Georges Bizet, Risë Stevens, Jan Peerce, Fritz Reiner, Licia Albanese, George Cehanovsky, Alessio De Paolis, Osie Hawkins, Paula Lenchner, Robert Merrill, Margaret Roggero, Hugh Thompson, Coro Del Teatro Dell'Opera Di Roma & Orchestra Del Teatro Dell'Opera Di Roma Carmen, WD 31, Act I: Tralalalala, coupe-moi, brûle-moi on Bizet: Carmen, WD 31 by Georges Bizet, Risë Stevens, Jan Peerce, Fritz Reiner, Licia Albanese, George Cehanovsky, Alessio De Paolis, Osie Hawkins, Paula Lenchner, Robert Merrill, Margaret Roggero, Hugh Thompson, Coro Del Teatro Dell'Opera Di Roma & Orchestra Del Teatro Dell'Opera Di Roma Orfeo ed Euridice, Act II Scene 2: Arioso. Che puro ciel on Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice by Christoph Willibald Gluck, Risë Stevens, Lisa della Casa, Roberta Peters, Pierre Monteux, Orchestra Del Teatro Dell'Opera Di Roma & Coro Del Teatro Dell'Opera Di Roma Samson et Dalila, Op. 47, R. 288, Act III Tableau 2 Scene 3: "Gloire à Dagon vainqueur ! ... Pour que le sort soit favorable" (Dalila, Le Grand-Prêtre, Les Philistins, Samson) on Saint-Saëns: Les chefs-d'oeuvre - La discothèque idéale de Diapason, Vol. 23 by Camille Saint-Saëns Orfeo ed Euridice, Act III Scene 1: Recitativo. Ecco in nuovo tormento! on Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice by Christoph Willibald Gluck, Risë Stevens, Lisa della Casa, Roberta Peters, Pierre Monteux, Orchestra Del Teatro Dell'Opera Di Roma & Coro Del Teatro Dell'Opera Di RomaTrack list and 30sec audio provided by 
Band Members
Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| The King And I - An Original Cast Album | Risë Stevens, Darren McGavin | 2010 | Album |
| Le Nozze Di Figaro | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart / Sesto Bruscantini • Graziella Sciutti • Franco Calabrese • Sena Jurinac • Risë Stevens • Glyndebourne Festival Chorus & Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra • Vittorio Gui | 2008 | Album |
| Samson Et Dalila | Camille Saint-Saëns, Risë Stevens - The Metropolitan Opera, Fausto Cleva | 2000 | Album |
| Orfeo Ed Euridice | Christoph Willibald Gluck - Risë Stevens, Lisa Della Casa, Roberta Peters, Pierre Monteux, Orchestra Del Teatro Dell'Opera Di Roma And Coro Del Teatro Dell'Opera Di Roma | 2000 | Album |
| Der Rosenkavalier | Richard Strauss - Lotte Lehmann, Risë Stevens, Marita Farell, Emanuel List, Metropolitan Opera Chorus And The Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra, Artur Bodanzky | 1999 | Album |
| Le Nozze Di Figaro, Highlights | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Vittorio Gui, Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra, Franco Calabrese, Sena Jurinac, Sesto Bruscantini, Risë Stevens, Graziella Sciutti | 1989 | Album |
| Carmen | Georges Bizet, Risë Stevens, Mario del Monaco, The Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra And Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Dimitri Mitropoulos | 1989 | Album |
| Risë Stevens At The Met | Risë Stevens | 1989 | Compil. |
| Rise Stevens | Risë Stevens | 1982 | Single |
| Nelson And The Ladies | Nelson Eddy, Jeanette MacDonald, Risë Stevens, Anne Jamison | 1981 | Compil. |
| Die Fledermaus By Johann Strauss - Musikalische Kurzfassung | Johann Strauss Jr., Wiener Staatsopernchor, Orchester Der Wiener Staatsoper, Sándor Kónya, Adele Leigh, George London, Anneliese Rothenberger, Risë Stevens, Eberhard Wächter, Erich Majkut | 1978 | Album |
| The Chocolate Soldier / Naughty Marietta | Nelson Eddy, Risë Stevens, Nadine Connor | 1977 | Album |
| Great Artists At The Met | Marilyn Horne, Ezio Pinza, Joan Sutherland, Enrico Caruso, Leontyne Price, Richard Tucker, Renata Tebaldi, Placido Domingo, Renata Scotto, Sherrill Milnes, Risë Stevens, Jussi Björling, Luciano Pavarotti, Zinka Milanov | 1977 | Compil. |
| A Collector's Porgy & Bess | Eleanor Steber, Helen Jepson, Risë Stevens, The Robert Shaw Chorale And Cab Calloway | 1976 | Album |
| Hansel and Gretel - Sung in English | Engelbert Humperdinck, Risë Stevens, Nadine Conner, Thelma Votipka, John Brownlee, Claramae Turner, Max Rudolf Conducting The Chorus Of The Metropolitan Opera Association Of New York And Orchestra Of The Metropolitan Opera Association Of New York | 1973 | Album |
| Rise Stevens | Risë Stevens | 1972 | Album |
| Выдающиеся Певцы | Risë Stevens | 1968 | Album |
| The Great Moments From Die Fledermaus (In English) | Johann Strauss Jr., Anna Moffo, Sergio Franchi, Risë Stevens, Jeanette Scovotti, Richard Lewis, George London, John Hauxvell, Oskar Danon, Orchester Der Wiener Staatsoper And Wiener Staatsopernchor | 1964 | Album |
| Favorite Christmas Carols From The Voice Of Firestone | Risë Stevens, Brian Sullivan, The Firestone Orchestra And Chorus | 1962 | Album |
| Carmen (Abridged) | Risë Stevens, Jan Peerce, Fritz Reiner, The Robert Shaw Chorale | 1959 | Single |
| Samson And Delilah (Abridged) | Camille Saint-Saëns, Risë Stevens, The Metropolitan Opera, Fausto Cleva | 1959 | Album |
| Samson And Delilah (Abridged) | Camille Saint-Saëns, Risë Stevens, The Metropolitan Opera, Fausto Cleva | 1959 | Album |
| Orfeo And Euridice (Abridged) | Christoph Willibald Gluck - Risë Stevens, Lisa Della Casa, Roberta Peters, Pierre Monteux, Orchestra Del Teatro Dell'Opera Di Roma And Coro Del Teatro Dell'Opera Di Roma | 1958 | Album |
| The Chocolate Soldier | Oscar Straus / Risë Stevens, Robert Merrill, Jo Sullivan, Peter Palmer, Sadie McCollum, Michael Kermoyan, Eugene Morgan, Lehman Engel And His Orchestra | 1958 | Album |
| The Chocolate Soldier | Oscar Straus, Risë Stevens, Nelson Eddy | 1958 | Single |
| Show Boat | Jerome Kern / Robert Merrill - Patrice Munsel - Risë Stevens | 1956 | Album |
| Showboat | Robert Merrill, Patrice Munsel, Risë Stevens | 1956 | Single |
| Selections From Porgy And Bess | George Gershwin, Risë Stevens, Robert Merrill, The Robert Shaw Chorale | 1956 | Single |
| Porgy And Bess (Extraits) | Risë Stevens, Robert Merrill | 1955 | Single |
| Samson And Delilah (Highlights) | Risë Stevens, Jan Peerce, Robert Merrill, Leopold Stokowski | 1955 | Single |
| Vocal Gems From The Chocolate Soldier | Risë Stevens And Nelson Eddy | 1954 | Single |
| Risë Stevens Sings Songs Of Idabelle Firestone | Risë Stevens | 1953 | Single |
| Songs My Mother Taught Me | Risë Stevens | 1951 | Album |
| Porgy And Bess | George Gershwin / Risë Stevens Mezzo-Soprano Robert Merrill Baritone Robert Shaw Conductor The Robert Shaw Chorale, Robert Russell Bennett Conductor RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra | 1951 | Album |
| Victor Herbert Favorites | Risë Stevens With Orchestra Conducted By RCA Victor Orchestra And Chorus | 1950 | Album |
| Religious Songs | Risë Stevens | 1950 | Album |
| Victor Herbert Favorites | Risë Stevens With RCA Victor Orchestra And Chorus Conducted By Frank Black | 1950 | Single |
| Mezzo-Soprano | Risë Stevens | 1950 | Compil. |
| A Night At Carnegie Hall | Lily Pons / Ezio Pinza / Risë Stevens | 1950 | Album |
| Sincerely Yours / Love Songs | Risë Stevens With Orchestra Conducted By Sylvan Shulman | 1949 | Album |
| The Merry Widow (Abridged) | Risë Stevens, Dennis Morgan, Max Rudolf, Dr. Charles C. Hirt, Franz Lehár | 1949 | Album |
| "The Student Prince" Excerpts | Risë Stevens, Nelson Eddy | 1948 | Album |
| La Gioconda - Scene & Duet / Mignon - Swallow Duet | Risë Stevens, Ezio Pinza, The Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra, Fausto Cleva | 1947 | Album |
| Hansel And Gretel | Engelbert Humperdinck, Risë Stevens | 1947 | Album |
| Medley From "Dixie" | Bing Crosby And Risë Stevens | 1946 | Album |
| Ave Maria/That's An Irish Lullaby | Franz Schubert / James Royce Shannon, Risë Stevens, Sylvan Shulman And His Orchestra | 1946 | Album |
| Sweetest Story Ever Told / Love Has Wings / Remember Me / Aria Of The Drum Major | Risë Stevens / Ezio Pinza | 1945 | Album |
| The Songs Of Jerome Kern | Risë Stevens, Sylvan Shulman | 1945 | Album |
| The Chocolate Soldier | Nelson Eddy, Risë Stevens | 1945 | Album |
| Divinities Du Styx / Ah! Mon Fils | Risë Stevens | 1942 | Album |
| Habañera: L'amour Est Un Oiseau Rebelle ("Love Is A Wood-bird Wild") / Connais-Tu Le Pays ("Knowst Thou The Land?") | Risë Stevens | 1941 | Album |
| My Hero / Sympathy | Nelson Eddy & Risë Stevens | 1941 | Album |
| Carmen - Excerpts | Risë Stevens, Robert Weede, Raoul Jobin, Orchestra Of The Metropolitan Opera Association Of New York And Chorus Of The Metropolitan Opera Association Of New York, Georges Sebastian, Georges Bizet | Single | |
| The Student Prince | Risë Stevens, Nelson Eddy | Single | |
| Gems From Carmen | Risë Stevens | Single | |
| Excerpts From "The Student Prince" And "The Chocolate Soldier" | Risë Stevens And Nelson Eddy | Single | |
| The Rosary / Homing | Risë Stevens | Album | |
| Bizet - Carmen (Highlights) | Risë Stevens, Jan Peerce, Licia Albanese, Robert Merrill, Fritz Reiner, The Robert Shaw Chorale, Robert Shaw | Album | |
| Risë Stevens - Untitled | Risë Stevens | Single | |
| Excerpts From Both The Student Prince And The Chocolate Soldier | Risë Stevens And Nelson Eddy | Album | |
| Deep In My Heart / Serenade | Nelson Eddy & Risë Stevens | Single | |
| Gems From Carmen | Risë Stevens | Single | |
| Scenes From Samson And Delilah | Camille Saint-Saëns - Risë Stevens, Jan Peerce, Robert Merrill, NBC Symphony Orchestra And The The Robert Shaw Chorale Conducted By Leopold Stokowski | Album | |
| Cavalcade Of Musical Comedy | Risë Stevens And Robert Merrill | Album | |
| Wanting You/Will You Remember | Risë Stevens | Album | |
| because | Risë Stevens | Album | |
| Songs Of Cole Porter | Risë Stevens | Album | |
| Selections From Carmen | Risë Stevens, Jan Peerce, Robert Merrill, The Robert Shaw Chorale | Single | |
| A Collector's Porgy And Bess | Eleanor Steber, Helen Jepson, Risë Stevens, Robert Merrill, Lawrence Tibbett, Cab Calloway, The Robert Shaw Chorale | Compil. | |
| Danny Boy / Country Gardens | Risë Stevens | Album | |
| Risë Stevens Sings | Risë Stevens With RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra, Milton Katims | Single | |
| Songs Of Irving Berlin | Risë Stevens | Album | |
| I`m Falling In Love With Someone / Lover | Risë Stevens | Album | |
| Hansel And Gretel Excerpts | Risë Stevens, Nadine Connor, John Brownlee, Thelma Votipka | Single | |
| Carmen | Georges Bizet - Risë Stevens ❊ Jan Peerce ❊ Licia Albanese ❊ Robert Merrill ❊ Fritz Reiner | Album |
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To all the music fans that are contributing on Discogs, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia. Thanks to Franz Flückiger for providing Storygram used to visualize band membership.Universal Link: https://music.metason.net/artistinfo?name=Ris%C3%AB%20Stevens
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