Opera singer Evelyn Lear dies at 86
WASHINGTON -- American soprano Evelyn Lear, who became an opera star in Europe singing some of the most difficult contemporary roles before returning to the United States, has died. She was 86.
Lear died Sunday at a nursing home in Sandy Spring, Md., according to her longtime friend and collaborator John Edward Niles and her son Jan Stewart. Niles said she had been ailing for months after...