Shirley Verrett was born on 31 May 1931.
Some people like the labels for the voices and defined her as a Falcon, but Verrett exceeded this category too. Even if I think that this tessitura was not the only thing that made her so special and rare.
Highlights of l’Africaine, Don Carlo, Médée, Norma, Oedipus Rex, Brahms Serious songs, Il Trovatore, Exultate Jubilate, Orphée & Eurydice, L’Assedio di Corinto, Don Carlo, Ruhe meine Seele, Médée, Aida, Verdi Requiem, Macbeth.
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6 months ago 00:05:58 1
Mon coeur s’ouvre à ta voix - S. Verrett, J. Vickers (Subs)
8 months ago 03:39:42 1
Best of Opera
9 months ago 00:01:46 1
Grace Bumbry: Strauss, ’Zueignung’
9 months ago 00:03:58 17
E lucevan le stelle Luciano Pavarotti 1978 english captions
10 months ago 01:20:41 1
Beethoven’s Birthday: A Celebration in Vienna with Leonard Bernstein (1970)
11 months ago 00:04:10 1
June Anderson - LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR (1991) - sextet
2 years ago 00:14:05 1
First three parts of Puccini: Tosca act 3 with english captions 1978
2 years ago 02:02:20 11
Sutherland, Pavarotti & Verrett: TROVATORE of the DECADE (Opening Night, 1975)
2 years ago 00:10:51 1
Shirley Verrett’s voice type
3 years ago 02:33:20 5
Carousel (1994)-The Best Broadway Revival
3 years ago 00:03:39 1
Shirley Verrett “Ave Maria“ on The Ed Sullivan Show
3 years ago 00:05:58 1
Shirley Verrett and Grace Bumbry - Duet La Gioconda 1983
3 years ago 00:06:26 1
Saint-Saëns - Samson et Dalila - Mon cœur s’ouvre à ta voix - Shirley Verrett