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 ...

By Alex Williams Grace Bumbry ... with this obituary misidentified the opera in which Ms. Bumbry was shown performing. It is “Don Carlos,” not “Carmen.” An earlier version of this obituary ...

FILE - American opera singer Grace Bumbry appears in her dressing room ... 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 ...

Grace Bumbry, the St. Louis-born mezzo ... “It wasn’t enough for me just to do Carmen and Santuzza,” she told playwright and opera fan Albert Innaurato for Opera News in 2001.

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, has died aged 86.

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 ...

“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 ...

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 ...