Lear died on July 1, 2012, at Brook Grove nursing center in Sandy Spring, Maryland, aged 86. Select discography Bernstein: On the Town, conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas, Deutsche Grammophon Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier, conducted by Edo de Waart, Philips References External links Opera Music Theatre International article on Evelyn Lear Evelyn Lear web site Interview with Evelyn Lear, June 1, 1981 1926 births 2012 deaths Hunter College alumni New York University alumni Juilliard School alumni American operatic sopranos Musicians from Brooklyn Singers from New York City American people of Russian-Jewish descent Jewish opera singers Classical musicians from New York (state) 21st-century American women