Rise Stevens Dead: Mezzo-Soprano Opera Star Dies At 99

[mitchtv]

NEW YORK -- Mezzo-soprano opera star Rise Stevens, who sang with the Metropolitan Opera for more than 20 years spanning the 1940s and 1950s, has died. She was 99.

Stevens died Wednesday night at her Manhattan home, said her son, Nicolas Surovy.

Stevens started singing with the Met in 1938, on tour in Philadelphia
Stevens started singing with the Met in 1938, on tour in Philadelphia. Among her greatest roles was the title character in the opera "Carmen," which she sang for 124 performances
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[NRaleighLiberal]

1. wow - I grew up listening to one of those Goodyear or Firestone Christmas albums that she sung on

My parents had them all - recall seeing the name Rise Stevens on one of them when I was 6 or younger!

[niyad]

2. she was amazing.

[mitchtv]

3. the announcer on KUSC was saying

how she outlived almost all of her fans

[MotherPetrie]

4. RIP! My parents had the Carmen soundtrack LP... can still picture her on the cover

[mitchtv]

5. I understand that that lp has never

been out of print