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7. Nov. 2010 · When handing out the goodies, the gods weren’t stingy with Shirley Verrett. Few opera singers were as prodigiously gifted as Verrett: the perfect amalgam of Kunst and Stimm housed in a frame of voluptuous allure. In addition to an instrument of stunning natural beauty and easy range, Verrett displayed superior musicianship, dramatic intelligence and searing…
9. Nov. 2010 · Shirley Verrett was born in New Orleans in 1939. She spent her early years in California and first studied singing in 1955 at Los Angeles, then moved to the Juilliard School in New York.
Shirley Verrett nel 1975. Shirley Verrett (New Orleans, 31 maggio 1931 – Ann Arbor, 5 novembre 2010) è stata un mezzosoprano e soprano statunitense Biografia. Nata in una famiglia afroamericana di devoti avventisti del settimo giorno, ...
8. Nov. 2010 · Thomas Huizenga. Shirley Verrett as Delila, sings "Mon coeur s'ouvre a ta voix." YouTube. Late on Friday, Nov. 6th, it was announced that opera singer Shirley Verrett had died at age 79. The video ...
Born in 1931 in New Orleans, Louisiana, Verrett was part of a large and musical family; all five of her siblings either sang or played instruments. Her father, the choirmaster at the Seventh-Day. Adventist church in New Orleans, provided her early training. Later, after the family had moved to California, Verrett began more formal voice lessons.
Verrett (’61, voice), who sang both mezzo-soprano and soprano roles, was born in New Orleans on May 31, 1931, and she grew up in southern California, where her family moved in part because the racism there was less overt than in the South. Seventh-Day Adventists, her parents didn’t approve of opera, and when she came to Juilliard in 1955 to study with Marion Szekely-Freschl, Verrett ...
27. Juli 2003 · Ms. Verrett's overall performance was one of the season's ''most stirring,'' Mr. Henahan wrote, adding that many Met regulars ''must have spent the night wondering where in the world she has been ...
