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Lillian Evanti (August 12, 1890 – December 6, 1967), was an African-American opera singer. ==Life== She was born in Washington, D.C., and graduated from Armstrong Manual Training School, where her father, W. Bruce Evans, was the first principal. She graduated from Howard University with a Bachelor's Degree in music and studied in France and Italy. Evanti, a soprano, sang at the Belasco Theater in 1926 with Marian Anderson. She debuted in 1927 in Delibes's ''Lakmé'' at Nice, France.〔 As an opera singer and concert artist, she toured throughout Europe and South America. From 1932 to 1935 she gave recitals in the United States to praise and acclaim for the "tonal beauty of her voice.", including a private recital at the White House for an audience of Eleanor Roosevelt and her friends.〔 In 1943, she performed with the Watergate Theater barge on the Potomac River.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Madame Lillian Evanti (Lillian Evans Tibbs) Residence, African American Heritage Trail )〕 In 1944, she appeared at The Town Hall (New York City). She received acclaim as Violetta in Verdi's ''La traviata'' as produced by the National Negro Opera Company in 1945. In 1963, she walked with her friend Alma Thomas in the March on Washington.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Alma Thomas’s March on Washington …with 250,000 Others )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lillian Evanti」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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