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The Grammy Award-winning singer and the first black woman to sing at Bayreuth passed away on Sunday.

Grace Bumbry was part of generation of acclaimed Black opera singers that included Leontyne Price, Shirley Verrett, George Shirley, Reri Grist and Martina Arroyo.

Grace Bumbry, a pioneering mezzo-soprano who became the first Black singer to perform at Germanys Bayreuth Festival, has died. She was 86.

Peter Myers was a Sydney architect in solo practice since 1970. He was on the design team of Jørn Utzons Sydney Opera House at Bennelong Point, and he undertook considerable research on the beginnings of Sydney, discovering that the city was designed around an already established First Nations infrastructure. He passed away last week, aged 81.

Bumbry became the first Black singer to perform at Germany’s Bayreuth Festival during a career of more than three decades on the world’s top stages.

Grace Bumbry, a pioneering Black mezzo-soprano opera singer had died at 86.

Bumbry died at Evangelisches Krankenhaus, a hospital in Vienna, Austria, according to her publicist.

Grace Bumbry was the first Black singer to perform at Germany's Bayreuth festival and had a career spanning more than three decades.

Pioneering mezzo-soprano Grace Bumbry has died at age 86. Bumbry had a stroke on a plane 15 minutes before landing in New York Oct. 20 to attend her induction into

Grace Bumbry, a Kennedy Center Honor recipient and Opera Hall of Fame inductee, has passed away at age 86 .