Grace Bumbry, an acclaimed mezzo-soprano, has died at age 86. According to her publicist David Lee Brewer, she passed away on Sunday (May 7) at Evangelisches Krankenhaus, a hospital in Vienna. She ...

Grace Bumbry, the trailblazer opera diva who became the first Black singer to perform at the prestigious Bayreuth Festival in Germany, has died. She was 86. Bumbry, a 2009 Kennedy Center honoree, died ...

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 more than three decades on the world's top ...

Grace Bumbry has died. She had one of the most illustrious operatic careers of the 20th century. She was also the first Black singer to perform at the Paris Opera and the Bayreuth Festival in Germany.

Grace Bumbry, a barrier-shattering mezzo-soprano whose vast vocal range and transcendent stage presence made her a towering figure in opera, and one its first, and biggest, Black stars, died Sunday in ...

Grace Bumbry (Bienen ’58), who helped pave the way for Black artists in opera, died Sunday at age 86, according to a Tuesday news release from the Bienen School of Music. Following her graduation from ...

VIENNA, Austria—Mezzo-soprano Grace Bumbry, a pioneering Black opera singer who blazed trails and broke barriers, has died, her son and publicist announced Monday, May 8. She was 86. The artist died ...

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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. She ...

We bid farewell today to a glorious voice. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "MACBETH: ACT I: CORO DI STREGHE - STRETTA DELL'INTRODUZIONE - 'S'ALLONTANARONO!'") GRACE BUMBRY: (Singing in Italian). PFEIFFER: Grace ...

Opera star Grace Bumbry has died at the age of 86. 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 ...