Risë Stevens
Birthday
1913/06/11
Day of death
2013/03/20 (99 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Also know as
Rise Stevens
Biography
Risë Stevens was an American operatic mezzo-soprano. Beginning in 1938, she sang for the Metropolitan Opera in New York City for more than two decades during the 1940s and 1950s. She was most noted for her portrayals of the central character in Carmen by Georges Bizet. Born Risë Gus Steenberg, was of Norwegian descent. She studied at New York's Juilliard School for three years, and with Anna Eugenie Schoen-René. She went to Vienna, where she was trained by Marie Gutheil-Schoder and Herbert Graf....Read more
Acting
(1958) Hansel and Gretel
as Mother
(1941) The Chocolate Soldier
as Maria Lanyi
(1947) Carnegie Hall
as Risë Stevens
(1944) Going My Way
as Genevieve Linden
(1942) We Must Have Music
as Herself
(1972) Journey Back to Oz
as Glinda (voice)
(1950) The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
(1962) The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
(1948) The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
(1949) The Voice of Firestone
as Self
(1956) The Steve Allen Show
as Self - Singer
(1978) The Kennedy Center Honors
as Self
(1962) The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
(1956) The Steve Allen Show
as Self - Guest
(1950) What's My Line?
as Self
(1959) The Bell Telephone Hour
as Self