Icon: Grace Bumbry

Jon Tolansky
Tuesday, May 9, 2023

A tribute to the American soprano/mezzo Grace Bumbry who dreamt of becoming a Lieder singer then fell into opera

Grace Bumbry (photography: Erich Auerbach/Getty Images)

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