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Jan 11, 2022 · Maria Ewing, an opera singer and mother of actress Rebecca Hall, died Sunday at the age of 71. The Associated Press confirmed through the singer's spokesperson, Bryna Rifkin, that Ewing died in...
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Hall was born on 3 May 1982 in London, the daughter of American opera singer Maria Ewing and English stage director and Royal Shakespeare Company founder Sir Peter Hall. Her mother was born in Detroit, to an African-American mixed-race father and a Dutch mother; she is a descendant of Revolutionary War veteran Bazabeel Norman, a free black man.
Jan 11, 2022 · DETROIT — Maria Ewing, a soprano and mezzo-soprano noted for intense performances, who became the wife of director Peter Hall and the mother of actor-director Rebecca Hall, has died at age 71.
Jan 11, 2022 · Maria Ewing, an acclaimed opera singer and the mother of actress Rebecca Hall, died at her home outside Detroit on Sunday following a brief illness. She was 71.
Maria Louise Ewing (March 27, 1950 – January 9, 2022) was an American opera singer. In the early part of her career she performed solely as a lyric mezzo-soprano; she later assumed full soprano parts as well. Her signature roles were Blanche, Carmen, Dorabella, Rosina and Salome.
Jun 3, 2017 · Hall grew up in the theatre, often quite literally. Her mother, Maria Ewing, is an internationally known opera singer.
Nov 30, 2021 · Hall's mother, acclaimed opera singer Maria Ewing, also passed as white, though not necessarily by her own volition. Instead, Hall says, Ewing tended to "be whatever people chose to see" —...
