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    Shirley Verrett (May 31, 1931 – November 5, 2010) was an American operatic mezzo-soprano who successfully transitioned into soprano roles making her a...
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    Durek Verrett (born November 17, 1974, as Derek David Verrett) is an American conspiracy theorist, convicted felon, alternative therapist, and self-professed...
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  • football player Logan Verrett (born 1990), American baseball player Shirley Verrett (1931–2010), American opera singer Stan Verrett, American sports announcer...
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  • them to sing roles from a wide variety of types; some singers such as Shirley Verrett or Grace Bumbry change type and even voice part over their careers;...
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    performed as Samson in the 1981 San Francisco Opera production co-starring Shirley Verrett, under Julius Rudel and at the Metropolitan Opera's 1998 production...
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  • Leopold Stokowski and Jean Paul Morel, and with soloists Itzhak Perlman, Shirley Verrett, and Van Cliburn. The construction of Lincoln Center began in 1959...
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  • performed and recorded for over 40 years. Harrison Verrett was born to Joseph Verrett and Mary (Lee) Verrett in Napoleonville in Assumption Parish, Louisiana...
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    Stokowski. 1964 – Verdi – Luisa Miller – Anna Moffo, Carlo Bergonzi, Shirley Verrett, Cornell MacNeil, Giorgio Tozzi, Ezio Flagello – The RCA Italiana Opera...
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  • McDonald (as Carrie). The cast also included Sally Murphy as Julie, Shirley Verrett as Nettie, Fisher Stevens as Jigger and Eddie Korbich as Enoch. Replacements...
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    Opera revived La Favorite (in Italian) with Luciano Pavarotti and Shirley Verrett; the opera had not been heard at the Met since Enrico Caruso sang it...
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    of the work. When Stokowski invited African-American opera singer Shirley Verrett to sing with the Houston Symphony in the early 1960s, he was forced...
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    Schippers again and starred Beverly Sills in her Met debut, now opposite Shirley Verrett, Justino Díaz and Harry Theyard. Since 1975, the only production of...
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  • In 1974, he recorded, for EMI, The Siege of Corinth, with Sills, Shirley Verrett, Justino Díaz, and Harry Theyard. His 1964 recording (Decca) of Verdi's...
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    Milnes, Plácido Domingo, Maralin Niska, Carol Vaness, José Carreras, Shirley Verrett, Tatiana Troyanos, Jerry Hadley, Catherine Malfitano, Samuel Ramey...
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    at the Accademia Musicale Chigiana, Siena, with Carlo Bergonzi and Shirley Verrett. She made her debut in Gino Negri's Giovanni Sebastiano at the Teatro...
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    American debut, was soon followed by a recording featuring Caballé, Shirley Verrett, Alfredo Kraus, and Ezio Flagello, conducted by Jonel Perlea, who also...
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  • conductor Robert Vernon – violist F. Dudleigh Vernor – organist, composer Shirley Verrett – mezzo-soprano/soprano Frédérique Vézina - soprano Joseph Villa –...
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    1984 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade 1989 Boston Pops with Odetta, Shirley Verrett and Boys Choir of Harlem TV concert 1991 Tommy Makem & Friends TV concert...
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  • Archived from the original on July 15, 2014. Retrieved July 11, 2014. "Shirley Verrett Is Star of Friday's Opera Gala". The Miami Herald. January 13, 1987...
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    Veriano Luchetti, Carlo Gaifa, Rosina Cavicchiola, Marilyn Horne, Shirley Verrett, Giovanna Fioroni; Georges Prêtre, Arkadia1969) Bizet: Carmen (Maliponte...
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    Mackerras, a Strauss collection with Leonard Bernstein, and duets with Shirley Verrett. She performed the soprano solo in Verdi's Requiem with John Barbirolli...
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    mentored by Renée Fleming. She names Black opera stars Denyce Graves, Shirley Verrett, Kathleen Battle, and Jessye Norman, at whose funeral she sang, as...
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    June 1974 with conductor Sixten Ehrling and singers David Ward and Shirley Verrett. The South American premiere was in Buenos Aires's Teatro Colón, 23...
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  • Thomas 1966 Peter Serkin Nicolai Ghiaurov Evelyn Lear Raymond Lewenthal Shirley Verrett 1986 Chicago Pro Musica Sarah Brightman Rosalind Plowright Esa-Pekka...
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    coached were Marian Anderson, Charles Holland, Robert McFerrin and Shirley Verrett. His arrangements of the spirituals have been recorded by some of the...
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    Musicale Fiorentino production in 1967 which starred Leyla Gencer and Shirley Verrett. By the late 1980s, after a critical edition was prepared from the...
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  • Angeles – Songs of Andalucia Gerard Souzay – Songs of Poulenc Shirley VerrettVerrett in Opera 1970 Leontyne Price Barber: Two Scenes From "Antony and...
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    Chorus CD: Decca Cat: 455 069-2 1972 Beverly Sills, Paul Plishka, Shirley Verrett, Stuart Burrows Julius Rudel, London Symphony Orchestra John Alldis...
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    first in Samson et Dalila, the other in Carmen. In Milan, succeeding Shirley Verrett's Dalila, Cortez was asked by the opera management and conductor Georges...
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  • Păunescu, Romanian poet, journalist, and politician (b. 1943) 2010 – Shirley Verrett, American soprano and actress (b. 1931) 2011 – Bhupen Hazarika, Indian...
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