VERRETT, Shirley (1913-2010)
Price: $35.00
Description:African-American operatic mezzo soprano. She successfully transitioned into soprano roles, i.e., soprano sfogato. Verrett enjoyed great notoriety from the late 1960s through the 1990s, particularly well known for singing the works of Verdi and Donizetti.
SIG – Vintage signature on a small album leaf. Accompanied by a PBS publicity still for “Great Performances” in L’Africaine (Meyerbeer’s 1865 work about explorer Vasco da Gama and the Hindu queen who sacrifices her life so he can marry the woman he loves).
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