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Pages in category "African-American male opera singers" The following 43 pages are in this category, out of 43 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Pages in category "20th-century American male opera singers" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 303 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Sisserietta Jones (1868–1932), world-renowned opera singer who performed with Black Patti's Troubadours. P.G. Lowry (1869-1942), bandleader and entrepreneur who created musical events for circus sideshows; Sylvester Russell, (1860-1930) theater critic for the Indianapolis Freeman; Tutt Brothers, writers, producers and performers
In 1960, at 26, he won a National Arts Club scholarship competition, [4] and the following April he was the first Black singer to win the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions scholarship competition. [5] Shirley is the first Black tenor and the second Black male to sing leading roles for the Metropolitan Opera. [2] He sang there for 11 ...
Opera The Emperor Jones, 1934. Poster by Willy Sluiter. In 1930, Bledsoe created an original, more Afro-centric operatic adaptation of Eugene O'Neill's play, The Emperor Jones, from which he excised the word "nigger." He could not secure the opera rights to the play, however; O'Neill had already given them to composer Louis Gruenberg.
The earliest known, full-length opera composed by a Black American, “Morgiane,” will premiere this week in Washington, DC, Maryland and New York more than century after it was completed.
This is a list of the singers, conductors, and dancers who have appeared in at least 100 performances at the Metropolitan Opera, last updated March 17, 2024.Performers are listed by the number of the performances they have appeared in as found at the Metropolitan Opera Archives. [1]
Todaro grew up in the opera world. Her mother is Brazilian mezzo-soprano Maria-Helena de Oliveira. Todaro sang as a mezzo-soprano herself. She is married to baritone Louis Otey.