ABOUT

Evelyn Carr is an award-winning and versatile soprano whose repertoire includes opera, musical theater, and contemporary music. Evelyn is a student at Harvard University, where she studies voice with Carley DeFranco through the Holden Voice Program. She is also a graduate of The Juilliard School Pre-College program where she studied with Lorraine Nubar, and she attended the Manhattan School of Music Pre-College program with teacher David Gordon. In summer 2025, Evelyn is excited to study with Classic Lyric Arts (CLA) in France.

Evelyn has performed at Harvard in roles such as Madame de la Haltière in Cendrillon, Kate Stanley in The Pirates of Penzance, and Maureen in Viva La Vie Bohème, an innovative concert of Jonathan Larson's Rent and Puccini's La Bohème. She was also featured in the role of Minister in the 2025 World Premiere of American Jezebel: The Trial of Anne Hutchinson, a new opera commissioned by Harvard University.

Before Harvard, Evelyn performed in scenes as Juliette (Roméo et Juliette) and Poppea (L'incoronazione di Poppea) at The Juilliard School and Rosina (Il Barbiere di Siviglia) at Manhattan School of Music. 

Evelyn is the recipient of a National YoungArts Merit Award in Classical Voice, a scholarship from the George London Foundation, and first-place finishes in the Forte International Music Competition, Rondo Young Artist Vanguard Competition and NY Lyric Opera National Vocal Competition.

Evelyn studies English and Music at Harvard and has experience in public relations, journalism, and nonprofit administration. She is a Staff Writer on the Arts Board of the Harvard Crimson and served as the Executive Producer of Harvard CityStep, a nonprofit organization that provides free arts enrichment classes for children in Cambridge Public Schools. She also serves as the Producer of Harvard’s Eliot House Tiny Desk Concert Series and on the Executive Board of the Radcliffe Choral Society. Evelyn received the Robert Kiely Prize for Outstanding Junior Essay and is a John Harvard Scholar (top 5% of her class).