5 thoughts on “Candid interview with opera diva Grace Bumbry”
You might find my book Exits & Entrances 25 Years Off-Broadway, Opera and beyond (Author House) which has chapters on my year at LaScala, Off-Broadway and beyond. Heard Grace do an ill-fated Cherubini’s MEDEA at NYCity Opera; Jon Vickers in Die Walkure, Les Troyens, Jenufa and his last Peter Grime at The Met. Also Verret in rehearsal as a guest of Claudio Abbado in Verdi’s MACBETH in Milan and the Kennedy Center all w/La Scala. Heard Olivero late in her career as TOSCA in Newark. FRENI and Nicolai Gedda in the Paris Opera Lavelli/Bigens edition of Gounod’s FAUST. ALL UNFORGETTABLE. And Norman at NJPAC.
I saw her in recital at Carnegie Hall very late in her career. Sort of wish I hadn’t seen her then. But watch that Nabucco clip I posted – it is sensational.
You might find my book Exits & Entrances 25 Years Off-Broadway, Opera and beyond (Author House) which has chapters on my year at LaScala, Off-Broadway and beyond. Heard Grace do an ill-fated Cherubini’s MEDEA at NYCity Opera; Jon Vickers in Die Walkure, Les Troyens, Jenufa and his last Peter Grime at The Met. Also Verret in rehearsal as a guest of Claudio Abbado in Verdi’s MACBETH in Milan and the Kennedy Center all w/La Scala. Heard Olivero late in her career as TOSCA in Newark. FRENI and Nicolai Gedda in the Paris Opera Lavelli/Bigens edition of Gounod’s FAUST. ALL UNFORGETTABLE. And Norman at NJPAC.
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Thank you will def look for this book!
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BTW did you ever get to see Sylvia Sass perform?
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Only heard her on discs.
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I saw her in recital at Carnegie Hall very late in her career. Sort of wish I hadn’t seen her then. But watch that Nabucco clip I posted – it is sensational.
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