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African-American male opera singers (43 P) Pages in category "African-American opera singers" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.
Pages in category "African-American women opera singers" The following 82 pages are in this category, out of 82 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Simon Estes (born March 2, 1938) is an operatic bass-baritone of African-American descent who had a major international opera career beginning in the 1960s. He has sung at most of the world's major opera houses as well as in front of presidents, popes and internationally renowned figures and celebrities including Bill Clinton , Richard Nixon ...
Marian Anderson (1897–1993), singer of classical music and spirituals, including opera; Martina Arroyo (born 1936), major international operatic soprano; Kathleen Battle (born 1948), operatic soprano and concert performer; Harolyn Blackwell (born 1955), lyric coloratura soprano who has performed in many of the world's leading opera houses
Todaro recalls how her father, Italian opera singer Jose Todaro, used to play the role of Othello in black makeup. “Opera has a reputation of being written by white people for white people ...
Grace Melzia Bumbry (January 4, 1937 – May 7, 2023) was an American opera singer, considered one of the leading mezzo-sopranos of her generation, who also ventured to soprano roles. She belonged to a pioneering generation of African-American classical singers, led by Marian Anderson .
The New York City Center Opera under Laszlo Halasz had hired the first black singers in leading roles in the mid-1940s, starting with Camilla Williams and Todd Duncan. In 1949, the new general manager of the Metropolitan Opera , Rudolf Bing , had said publicly he would cast Negro singers "for the right part".
Pages in category "African-American male opera singers" The following 43 pages are in this category, out of 43 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .