The opera singer Maria Ewing, the ex-wife of theater director Sir Peter Hall and the mother of actress-director Rebecca Hall, died on Sunday at the age of 71 after suffering from a ‘brief illness’.
Born in Detroit to a Dutch mother and an African American father, Ewing went to school in Detroit before making her debut in a Metropolitan Opera production of Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro.
A soprano and mezzo-soprano known for her intense performances, Ewing met Hall, a