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Shirley Verrett
Sign in to saveAmerican opera singer, educator and writer
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- I Never Walked Alone
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Film & TV
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Known for
- Broadway's Lost Treasures II — Nettie Fowler (segment "Carousel")2004
- Aida's Brothers & Sisters — Self2000
- Maggio musicale — Marvin1990
- Meyerbeer: L'Africaine — Sélika1988
- Macbeth — Lady Macbeth1987
- Verdi Macbeth Chailly — Lady Macbeth1987
- Samson et Dalila — Dalila1981
- Macbeth — Lady Macbeth1979
- Tosca - Metropolitan Opera — Floria Tosca1978
- Bernstein in Vienna: Beethoven, The Ninth Symphony — Self / Mezzo-Soprano1970
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1931-05-31
- Active to
- 2010-11-05
classicalmezzo-soprano
Discography
- Luisa Miller1965
- Un ballo in maschera1967
- Don Carlo1971
- Anna Bolena1973
- Norma1974
- Macbeth1985
- Requiem1986
- Macbeth1987
- La forza del destino1988
- Lucrezia Borgia1989
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 2,101
- Total plays
- 12,332
Tags
ClassicaloperalouisianaKlassikverrett
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Shirley
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New Orleans
- Place of death
- Ann Arbor
- Occupation
- music educator
- Educated at
- Juilliard School
- Employer
- University of Michigan
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Student of
- Anna Fitziu
- Field of work
- spirituals
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Deutsche Grammophon
- Official website
- shirleyverrett.com
- Image
- Shirley Verrett 1975.jpg
- Voice type
- mezzo-soprano
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- Commons category
- Shirley Verrett
- date of birth
- 1931-05-31
- date of death
- 2010-11-05
- ethnic group
- African Americans
- name in native language
- Shirley Verrett
- birth name
- Shirley Verrett
- start of work period
- 1957-00-00
- cause of death
- heart failure
- married name
- Shirley Verrett-Carter
- manner of death
- natural causes
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