By Alex Williams Grace Bumbry, a barrier-shattering ... On the advice of European friends who had seen Ms. Bumbry at Bayreuth, Jacqueline Kennedy, the first lady, invited her to sing at a state ...

Grace Ann Bumbry was born on January 4 ... The performance compelled First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy to invite Bumbry to sing at The White House in 1962. Nearly fifty years later, Bumbry was ...

NEW YORK — Grace Bumbry, a pioneering mezzo-soprano who ... As a result of the attention, Bumbry was invited by first lady Jacqueline Kennedy to sing at a White House state dinner the following ...

Opera singer Grace Bumbry performs in New York in March 1982 ... As a result of the attention, Bumbry was invited by first lady Jacqueline Kennedy to sing at a White House state dinner the ...

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.

Opera star Grace Bumbry has died at the age of 86 ... Her Parisian success came, in part, through the help of Jacqueline Kennedy who, with the American Embassy in Paris, secured Bumbry an audition ...

Grace Bumbry, a singer of radiant charisma, expansive range and superstar glamour who became one of the first African Americans to conquer the international opera stage, died May 7 at a hospital ...

Associated Press Share NEW YORK — Grace Bumbry ... 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.

NEW YORK (AP) — Grace Bumbry, a pioneering mezzo-soprano who became the first ... As a result of the attention, Bumbry was invited by first lady Jacqueline Kennedy to sing at a White House state ...