South African mezzo Evelyn Dalberg has died at the age  of 86.

Born on May 23, 1939, in Leipzig, Germany, Dalberg was trained at the Guildhall School of Music in London, where she obtained a performer’s Diplom

She made her professional career at the Covent Garden in 1953, and went on to perform at the Theater Koblenz in Germany. With the theater she sang multiple works including “Tannhäuser,” and “The Marriage of Figaro.”

She was also recognized for performing in Mannheim and Munich.

In 1964, Dalberg went to South Africa and in 1967 she was appointed a lecturer of singing at the South African College of Music. Dalberg went on to sing at the Performing Arts Council of Transvaal and the Cape Performing Arts Board. Her career became one of the most resigned in South Africa as she performed major roles in “Un Ballo in Maschera,” “Falstaff,” ‘Martha,” “Madama Butterfly,” “Macbeth,” ‘Aida” and “Jenufa.”