Black Facts = 1967 – Madame Lillian Evanti, internationally games opera singer,died in Washington DC.Evanti founded the National Negro Opera Company in 1941.
Lillian (Evans) Evanti, one of the first African American women to become an internationally prominent opera performer, was born in Washington D.C. in 1891. Evanti was born into a prominent Washington, D.C. family. Her father, Wilson Evans, was a medical doctor and teacher in the city. He was the founder of Armstrong Technical High School and served many years as its principal. Anne Brooks, Evanti’s mother, taught music in the public school system of Washington D.C. #theraydiotwins
