Evans, Anne (1941– )

English soprano. She studied at the Royal College of Music, London, and in Geneva, appearing in small roles at the Grand Théâtre in Geneva. She joined the English National Opera Ensemble in 1968 and sang Mimi, Tosca, Elsa, the Marschallin, and Sieglinde at the Coliseum, London. With the Welsh National Opera she has sung Senta, Chrysothemis, the Empress, and Donna Anna. Her Brünnhilde in the Ring (1985) was repeated with great success at Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, when the Welsh National Opera Company visited London in 1986. At San Francisco she has been heard as Elsa and Elisabeth de Valois. She sang Brünnhilde at Bayreuth in 1989–92, and Isolde for the Welsh National Opera in 1993 (a role she also sang at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden); she made her debut at the New York Metropolitan Opera House in 1992.