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Grace Bumbry, Barrier-Shattering Opera Diva, Is Dead at 86

A flamboyant mezzo-soprano (who could also sing meaty soprano roles), she overcame racial prejudice to become one of opera’s first, and biggest, Black stars.

Alex Williams
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Black People, Classical Music, Deaths (Obituaries), Metropolitan Opera, Opera, Race and Ethnicity
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