Grace Bumbry, Missouri native and pioneering opera singer, has died khqa.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from khqa.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The celebrated singer, who led an illustrious, jet-setting career, broke the color barrier as the first Black artist to perform at Germany's Bayreuth Festival.
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.