Everett Lee | |
|---|---|
 Lee in 1948 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | August 31, 1916 Wheeling, West Virginia, U.S. |
| Died | January 12, 2022 (aged 105) Malmö, Sweden |
| Genres | Orchestral, opera, musical |
| Occupation(s) | Conductor, opera music director, musician, music scholar |
| Instrument(s) | Violin, Viola, oboe |
Everett Astor Lee (August 31, 1916 – January 12, 2022) was an American symphonic conductor, opera music director, violinist and music scholar.[1][2] He was the first African American to conduct a Broadway musical, the first to "conduct an established symphony orchestra below the Mason–Dixon line", and the first to conduct a performance by a major American opera company.[3][page needed][4]
- ^ "Maestro Everett Lee, first African American to lead New York City Opera passes away at 105". The Philadelphia Sunday Sun. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Intelligencerwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Cheatham, Wallace, ed. Dialogues on Opera and the African-American Experience. Lanham: Scarecrow Press, 1997.
- ^ "Yesterday in Negro History." Jet, April 22, 1965. 11.