Grace Bumbry (1937-2023)

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  • Pulcinella
    Host
    • Feb 2014
    • 10965
    #1

    Grace Bumbry (1937-2023)

    Grace Bumbry, the first black singer to perform Wagner at Bayreuth, died on 7 May 2023.

    (I'm unable to share the link to her obituary in today's Times.)
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  • french frank
    Administrator/Moderator
    • Feb 2007
    • 30329
    #2
    Guardian obituary here.

    Originally posted by Pulcinella View Post
    Grace Bumbry, the first black singer to perform Wagner at Bayreuth, died on 7 May 2023.

    (I'm unable to share the link to her obituary in today's Times.)
    It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.

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    • Bryn
      Banned
      • Mar 2007
      • 24688
      #3
      A sd loss, indeed. https://operawire.com/obituary-legen...ry-dies-at-86/

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      • smittims
        Full Member
        • Aug 2022
        • 4192
        #4
        Lovely voice; I think she recorded Messiah with Sir Adrian Boult back in 1962.

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        • Barbirollians
          Full Member
          • Nov 2010
          • 11709
          #5
          Sad news - time to get that classic Carmen with Vickers and Freni off the shelf.

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          • burning dog
            Full Member
            • Dec 2010
            • 1511
            #6
            Wonderful singer:



            RIP

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            • Padraig
              Full Member
              • Feb 2013
              • 4239
              #7
              Originally posted by burning dog View Post
              Wonderful singer:



              RIP
              Grace Bumbry Sings Schumann (vaimusic.com)
              https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=objGQzavTNY
              https://www.vaimusic.com/product/4334.htmlGrace Bumbry sings "Der Sandmann" by Robert SchumannFrom: VAI DVD 4334 The Art of Grace BumbryOne of the great voic...

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