EVANTI, LILLIAN (née LILLIAN EVANS). Opera singer ( in Washington, D.C.; in Washington). She obtained her musical education at the Howard University School of Music in Washington, D.C. (B. Mus., 1917), where she was the protege of Lulu Vere Childers. She first attracted public attention in November 1915 when she gave a concert with violinist Felix Weir and other assisting artists. After graduation from Howard she toured as a concert artist (soprano), then went...