Evelyn Lear

Glamorous soprano who made her name playing opera's neurotic modern heroinesBlessed with the looks of Elizabeth Taylor and a voice like Elisabeth Schwarzkopf's, the American soprano Evelyn Lear, who has died aged 86, had a good deal going for her. Nor did she squander her talents: she held the international stage for three and a half decades in roles ranging from Mozart's virginal Pamina to Berg's lascivious Lulu, from the soprano soloist in Bach's St John Passion to the inebriated voice teacher...

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