Rosalind Elias

Rosalind Elias (March 13, 1930 – May 3, 2020) was an American mezzo-soprano. She was best known for creating the role of Erika in premiere of Samuel Barber's Vanessa in 1958 and Charmian in Antony and Cleopatra by the same composer. Elias was born in Lowell, Massachusetts.

Elias died on May 3, 2020 in New York City of congestive heart failure, aged 90.Metropolitan Opera Performer Rosalind Elias, Who Appeared in the 2011 Revival of FOLLIES, Dies at 90

References

Other websites
Robert Wilder Blue's usOperaweb interview, "Charmed Life: Rosalind Elias Talks about Her Career and Samuel Barber" 
Marc Porter Zapada's Los Angeles Downtown News review, "A Vanessa Served Rare, with Delicious Irony"

Category:1929 births
Category:2020 deaths
Category:Deaths from congestive heart failure
Category:American stage actors
Category:Actors from Massachusetts
Category:Singers from Massachusetts
Category:People from Lowell, Massachusetts