What is Maria Ewing?
[[File:Maria Louise Ewing - Finney HS - 1968.jpg|right|200px]] '''Maria Louise Ewing''' (March 27, 1950 &ndash; January 9, 2022) was an American [[opera]] singer who sung both [[soprano]] and [[mezzo-soprano]] roles. She was born in [[Detroit]], [[Michigan]]. Ewing made her debut at the [[Metropolitan Opera]] in 1976 in [[Mozart]]'s ''[[The Marriage of Figaro]]''. She starred as [[Carmen]], Dorabella in [[Mozart]]'s ''[[Cosi fan tutte]]'', [[Salome (opera)|Salome]], the title role in ''[[L'incoronazione di Poppea]]'', Marie in [[Alban Berg|Berg]]'s ''[[Wozzeck]]'' and [[Shostakovich]]'s ''[[Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District (opera)|Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk]]''.<ref>{{cite news | author=John Rockwell | title= Review/Opera; Maria Ewing in Strauss's 'Salome' in Los Angeles | url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DEEDF153DF933A15757C0A96F948260 | work=New York Times | date=1989-04-20 | access-date=2008-09-14}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | author=Anthony Holden | title=Don't go and lose your head... | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/feb/24/classicalmusicandopera.livereviews | work=The Observer | date=2008-02-24 | access-date=2008-09-14}}</ref> She also sang and appeared in [[Henry Purcell]]'s ''[[Dido and Aeneas]]''. Ewing was married to director [[Peter Hall (director)|Peter Hall]]. Their daughter is actress [[Rebecca Hall]]. Ewing died in Detroit on January 9, 2022, two months before her 72nd birthday.<ref>{{cite news |title=Opera singer Maria Ewing, wife of Peter Hall, dead at 71 |url=https://www.theintelligencer.com/news/amp/Opera-singer-Maria-Ewing-wife-of-Peter-Hall-16765171.php |access-date=10 January 2022 |publisher=The Intelligencer |date=10 January 2022 |archive-date=10 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220110235327/https://www.theintelligencer.com/news/amp/Opera-singer-Maria-Ewing-wife-of-Peter-Hall-16765171.php |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ewing, Maria}} [[Category:1950 births]] [[Category:2022 deaths]] [[Category:Ame