Grace Bumbry, a pioneering mezzo-soprano who 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, has died
A flamboyant mezzo-soprano (who could also sing meaty soprano roles), she overcame racial prejudice to become one of opera’s first, and biggest, Black stars.
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