Soprano Grace Bumbry has died
The Grammy Award-winning singer and the first black woman to sing at Bayreuth passed away on Sunday.
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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 Germany's Bayreuth Festival, has died. She was 86.
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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.