16+ View Photos of Risë Stevens

Rise stevens, an opera star who defined the role of carmen for a generation and brought opera to millions of americans through her . Rise Stevens Alchetron The Free Social Encyclopedia — Rise Stevens Alchetron The Free Social Encyclopedia from alchetron.com

16+ View Photos of Risë Stevens. Stevens (original name steenberg) was the daughter of an advertising salesman of norwegian lutheran descent. Beginning in 1938, she sang for the metropolitan opera in new york . Her mother, who was of polish and . By her late teens, risë was a regular member of brooklyn's little theater opera company and had adopted the professional surname of stevens. In the 1940s and 1950s, risë stevens was one of the metropolitan opera's brightest stars.