# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/evelyn-lear
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:59:34.146Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/evelyn-lear"
name: "Evelyn Lear"
slug: "evelyn-lear"
description: "Evelyn Shulman Lear 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."
tagline: "American operatic soprano (1926-2012)"
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birthDate: "1926-01-08"
deathDate: "2012-07-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump