On June 4, Soprano Dinah Bryant died.

Born in Atlanta, Georgia, on Sept. 1, 1953, Bryant studied at Georgia State University and went on to have a successful operatic career singing more than 50 roles.

Throughout her career, Bryant sang at many of the leading opera houses in the world, including the Opera de Bellas Artes, which she opened during the 1997-98 season, as well as the Opera Grand Rapids, Knoxville Opera, Teatro Massimo, Virginia Opera, and Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires. The soprano made her Metropolitan Opera debut in 1996, where she sang three performances as  Gerhilde in “Die Walküre.”

Bryant also performed with RTL Orchestra, the Netherlands Radio Orchestra, the Düsseldorfer Symphoniker, the RAI Orchestra in Torino, l’Orchestre Municipal de Lille, the Liége Philharmonic, the National Orchestra of Mexico, the Brighton Philharmonic, the Australian Chamber Orchestra, the Belgian Radio Orchestras, and the Maryland Symphony.

Bryant’s repertoire included the music of Strauss, Mozart, Verdi, Wagner, Mozart, and Berg. Among her signature roles were Salome, Ariadne auf Naxos, Leonora in “Il Trovatore,” Leonore in “Fidelio,” Sieglinde in “Die Walküre,” Senta in “Der fliegende Holländer,” Chrysothemis in “Elektra,” Donna Anna in “Don Giovanni,” and Marie in “Wozzeck.”

Outside of her stage work, Bryant was the voice of the leading lady, Sophie, in the 1989 Academy Award-nominated film, “Le Maitre de Musique” with José Van Dam, for which she was awarded a Grand Prix du Disque.

Bryant left several recordings behind, including her recording of Strauss Lieder with pianist Daniel Blumenthal and Wolf’s Mörike Lieder, also with Blumenthal.