Jessica Muirhead remembers
Lucile Villeneuve Evans
(1923-2021)
their student’s success, and the passing along of their wisdom. Lucile Villeneuve Evans taught over a period of more than 50 years and inspired generations of singers. Famous past students like Barbara Daniels who sang on all the greatest stages of the world, and Helene Schnei-dermann, who Toronto audiences love from recent Canadian Opera Company productions (and whose 40-year international career is still thriving) both told me they wouldn’t have had singing careers were it not for Evans. I met her at the Schulich School of Music at McGill University in 1999, andmy voice healthy through the rigorous schedule I have had, especially as a full-time Prima Donna at the Aalto Theater in Essen, Germany.
