Evelyn Mandac (above), a soprano from The Philippines, sang several performances as Lauretta in Gianni Schicchi plus a single Gretel at The Met in 1976.
She appeared with San Francisco Opera as Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro, Despina in Cosi fan Tutte (with Frederica von Stade and Evelyn Lear), and as Ines in L'Africaine (with Shirley Verrett and Plácido Domingo). The Meyerbeer is preserved on the Gala label.
Ms. Mandac sang in the American premieres of works by Henze, Berio, and Pasatieri, and she made a commercial recording of Orff's Carmina Burana with The Boston Symphony, conducted by Seiji Ozawa.
Evelyn Mandac - O mio babbino caro - GIANNI SCHICCHI - Met 1976