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Grace Bumbry

1937 - 2023

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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. A pioneer among African-American classical singers, she gained international acclaim as Venus in Tannhäuser at the 1961 Bayreuth Festival, the first black singer to appear there. Bumbry's voice was rich and dynamic, possessing a wide range, and was capable of producing a very distinctive plangent tone. In her prime, she also possessed good agility and bel canto technique, as for example her rendition of Eboli in Verdi's Don Carlo in the 1970s and 1980s. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Grace Bumbry is the 895th most popular singer (up from 1,199th in 2019), the 5,132nd most popular biography from United States (up from 6,117th in 2019) and the 263rd most popular American Singer.

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Among singers, Grace Bumbry ranks 895 out of 4,381. Before her are Philip Bailey, Patsy Cline, Arik Einstein, Antonietta Stella, Kim Larsen, and Maria Jeritza. After her are Birdman, Guy Béart, Laurel Aitken, Flora Purim, Wadih El Safi, and K. L. Saigal.

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Among people born in 1937, Grace Bumbry ranks 262. Before her are Giacomo Rizzolatti, Givi Chokheli, Andrija Anković, Robert Paul, Dan Shomron, and Lois Lowry. After her are Allen Jones, Tung Chee-hwa, Antonio Valentín Angelillo, Todd Armstrong, Ludvík Daněk, and Aleksandr Demyanenko. Among people deceased in 2023, Grace Bumbry ranks 240. Before her are Salif Keïta, Barry Newman, Tapley Seaton, Giuliano Montaldo, Torben Ulrich, and Duško Gojković. After her are Russell Banks, Marianne Werner, Francisco J. Ayala, Vassilis Vassilikos, Denny Laine, and Edgar Schein.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Grace Bumbry ranks 5,132 out of 20,380. Before her are Al Foster (1943), Jonathan Littell (1967), Renée Taylor (1933), Stephen Cook (1939), Robert McKee (1941), and Alan Lomax (1915). After her are Birdman (1969), Martha Hyer (1924), John Lewis (1920), Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892), Dave Schultz (1959), and Rosalyn Tureck (1914).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Grace Bumbry ranks 263. Before her are 2 Chainz (1977), Beth Hart (1972), Ann Wilson (1950), Belinda Carlisle (1958), Philip Bailey (1951), and Patsy Cline (1932). After her are Birdman (1969), Tiffany Darwish (1971), Chip Taylor (1940), Bobby Vinton (1935), Gladys Knight (1944), and Jeezy (1977).

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