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Grace Bumbry, Pioneering Black Mezzo-Soprano Dies at 86
Billboard via Yahoo News· 1 year agoGrace Bumbry, a pioneering mezzo-soprano who became the first Black singer to perform at Germany’s...
Young Russian mezzo bids for breakout stardom in Met's new 'Carmen'
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 5 months agoAigul Akhmetshina likes to describe herself as “just an ordinary girl from a small village in the...
Grace Bumbry, trailblazing Black opera star and one of world’s most celebrated singers, dies at 86
NY Daily News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoGrace Bumbry, the trailblazer opera diva who became the first Black singer to perform at the prestigious Bayreuth Festival in Germany, has died. She was 86. Bumbry, a 2009 Kennedy Center honoree ...