Bumbry

/ ˈbʌmbrɪ /

noun

1. BumbryGrace1937FUSMUSIC: sopranoMUSIC: mezzo-soprano Grace . born 1937, US soprano and mezzo-soprano

Example Sentences

Grace Bumbry, 86, 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 operatic stages, died May 7 in Vienna after suffering a stroke.

From Seattle Times

Lives Lived: Grace Bumbry’s vocal range and transcendent stage presence made her a towering figure in opera and one of its first, and biggest, Black stars.

From New York Times

As a result of the attention, Bumbry was invited by first lady Jacqueline Kennedy to sing at a White House state dinner the following February.

From Seattle Times

“Grace Bumbry was the first opera star I ever heard in person in 1967 when she was singing the role of Carmen at the Met and I was a 13-year-old sitting with my parents in Rudolf Bing’s box,” Gelb said.

From Seattle Times

Bumbry’s casting in a staging that included stars Wolfang Windgassen, Victoria de los Angeles and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau resulted in 200 protest letters to the festival.

From Seattle Times