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The mezzo-soprano, who was a Kennedy Center honoree in 2009, performed at a state dinner in 1962. She also was the first Black performer at Germany's famed Bayreuth Festival.
Bumbry died at Evangelisches Krankenhaus, a hospital in Vienna, Austria, according to her publicist.
The mezzo-soprano, who was a Kennedy Center honoree in 2009, performed at a state dinner in 1962. She also was the first Black performer at Germany's famed Bayreuth Festival.
NEW YORK (AP) — Grace Bumbry, a pioneering mezzo-soprano who became the first Black singer to perform at Germany's Bayreuth Festival during a career of
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