Sure as the winter solstice, every music season brings to U.S. concert halls a U.S.-born singer who has already made it big in Europe. This season’s entry is Mezzo-Soprano Grace Bumbry, 25, who made ...

"The Magic of Grace Bumbry" recounts the story of the African American Missouri native who rose to fame in the 1960s international opera scene. Bumbry’s rise began in the 1950s when she won a radio ...

David Lee Brewer, Beyoncé’s former vocal instructor, on Beyoncé’s love of Grace Bumbry and how the score of “Carmen” changed the young performer’s life. Grace Bumbry's Journey to the Opera Stages of ...

Grace Bumbry appeared destined for the opera stage, but her journey from Saint Louis, Missouri, to the opera houses of Europe was long and arduous. She knew what racism looked like. She grew up with ...

Internationally recognized opera singer and Boston University alumna Grace Bumbry encouraged audience members to find and wholeheartedly pursue their true calling in life on Wednesday. Bumbry was ...

ST. LOUIS – In honor of Black History Month, St. Louis remembers the opera singer Grace Bumbry, an American opera singer considered one of the leading mezzo-sopranos of her generation. She was born on ...

Grace Bumbry (Bienen ’58), who helped pave the way for Black artists in opera, died Sunday at age 86, according to a Tuesday news release from the Bienen School of Music. Following her graduation from ...

Grace Bumbry, the trailblazer opera diva who became the first Black singer to perform at the prestigious Bayreuth Festival in Germany, has died. She was 86. Bumbry, a 2009 Kennedy Center honoree, died ...

Opera star Grace Bumbry has died at the age of 86. The celebrated singer, who led an illustrious, jet-setting career, broke the color barrier as the first Black artist to perform at Germany's Bayreuth ...

Grace Bumbry, a pioneering mezzo-soprano who became the first Black singer to perform at Germany’s Bayreuth Festival during a career of more than three decades on the world’s top stages, has died. She ...

The celebrated singer, who led an illustrious, jet-setting career, broke the color barrier as the first Black artist to perform at Germany's... Trailblazing opera star Grace Bumbry dies at age 86 ...