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Powerful woman- Grace Bumbry – Opera singer and teacher in Austria

by B.W.I.EUpdated on 2011/03/092010/12/20

Grace Bumbry – Opera singer and teacher Austria Grace Bumbry an opera singer, a much-valued teacher around the word, and the creator of the Grace …

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Grace Bumbry is one of the leading mezzo-sopranos of her generation.

by B.W.I.EUpdated on 2010/02/132010/02/18

Bumbry, 72, was the first black opera singer to appear at Germany’s Wagner festival, Bayreuth, when she was 25. Many conservative opera-goers were outraged but …