Shirley Verrett was an African-American operatic mezzo-soprano. Verrett enjoyed great fame from the late 1960s through the 1990s, particularly well known for singing the works of Verdi and Donizetti. Verrett was born into a family of devout Seventh-day Adventists faith in New Orleans, Louisiana on May 31, 1931. She was raised in Los Angeles, California. […]

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