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Rise Stevens (born June 11, 1913 in New York City) is a retired American operatic mezzo-soprano who captured a wide popular audience at the height of her career (1940-1960). She studied at New York's Juilliard School for three years.

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Risë Stevens (/ˈriːsə/; June 11, 1913 – March 20, 2013) was an American operatic mezzo-soprano. Beginning in 1938, she sang for the Metropolitan Opera in New York City for more than two decades during the 1940s and 1950s. She was most noted for her portrayals of the central character in Carmen by Georges Bizet. Stevens was born Risë Gus Steenberg in New York City, the daughter of Sarah "Sadie" (née Mechanic) and Christian Carl Steenberg, an advertising salesman

Mezzo-soprano Vocals – Risë Stevens. Orchestra – Members Of The NBC Symphony Orchestra (tracks: 9, 10), RCA Victor Orchestra (tracks: 1 to 6, 11 to 14), Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (tracks: 8). Notes. Recorded March 21, 1951. tracks 1-4) Recorded April 5, 1951. tracks 5, 6) Recorded September 18, 1941. track 7) Recorded February 7, 1947. track 8) Recorded September 7, 1954. tracks 9, 10) Recorded May-June 1951. tracks 11-14) ℗ 1989 BMG Music.

Stevens was born Risë Gus Steenberg in New York City, the daughter of Sarah "Sadie" (née Mechanic) and Christian Carl Steenberg, an advertising salesman. Her father was of Norwegian descent and her mother was Jewish (of Polish and Russian descent). She had a younger brother, Lewis "Bud" Steenberg, who died in World War II. She studied at New York's Juilliard School for three years, and with Anna Eugenie Schoen-René (1864–1942). She went to Vienna, where she was trained by Marie Gutheil-Schoder and Herbert Graf. Selected discography. The King and I (Lincoln Center cast album), with Darren McGavin as the king 1965.

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Risë Stevens, the internationally renowned mezzo-soprano who had a 23-year career with the Metropolitan Opera, where she practically owned the role of Carmen during the 1940s and ’50s, died on Wednesday at her home in Manhattan. She was 99. Her son, Nicolas Surovy, confirmed the death. On the Met’s roster from 1938 to 1961, Ms. Stevens was a superstar in an era when operatic superstardom was conferred mostly on sopranos and tenors. A Bronx native from a modest background, she was widely admired as a populist who help democratize the rarefied world of opera. She was known to a large public not.

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