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	Shirley Verrett - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The American opera singer Shirley Verrett (born May 31 circa 1931) is a mezzo-soprano who has enjoyed great fame since the late 1960s, much admired for her radiant voice and great versatility.
		Later Verrett went on to study in Los Angeles, California and at the Julliard School in New York.
		In 1990, Verrett sang Dido Les Troyens at the inauguration of the Opera Bastille in Paris.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Shirley_Verrett (338 words)

	Juilliard \| The Juilliard Journal Online
		Verrett appeared at the Met as Judith in Bluebeard's Castle, and in the 1975-76 season she sang Adalgisa in Bellini's Norma, tackling the title role two seasons later.
		Shirley Verrett was born in New Orleans on May 31, 1931 and raised in Southern California.
		Shirley Verrett joined the faculty of the University of Michigan School of Music as a voice professor in September 1996, and in 1999 was appointed James Earl Jones Distinguished Professor at that institution.
	www.juilliard.edu /update/journal/480journal_substory_0205.asp (772 words)

	Shirley Verrett -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		In 1957, Verrett made Her operatic debut in (Major English composer of the 20th century; noted for his operas (1913-1976)) Britten's Lucretia.
		Verrett first appeared at the (additional info and facts about Royal Opera House) Royal Opera House, (additional info and facts about Covent Garden) Covent Garden in 1973.
		In 1990, Verrett sang Dido (additional info and facts about Les Troyens) Les Troyens at the inauguration of the (additional info and facts about Opera Bastille) Opera Bastille in (The capital and largest city of France; and international center of culture and commerce) Paris.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/sh/shirley_verrett.htm (367 words)

	San Francisco, L'Africaine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Verrett was her usual commanding presence, but time is audibly taking its toll on the stability of her high notes and the resonance of her low ones.
		Verrett and Domingo repeated their 1972 roles as the regal, dark-skinned queen Selika and the Portuguese explorer Vasco de Gama.
		As for the singers, Verrett abandons her mezzo-soprano forte for dramatic heights, sounding as valiant as possible and looking ravishing in new costumes and hairdos designed for the revival.
	www.tenorissimo.com /domingo/Articles/om1288.htm (1430 words)

	Chant 2005
		Shirley Verrett is one of opera’s genuine heroines, both onstage and off.
		Shirley Verrett became one of the ﬁrst African-American artists to achieve and sustain such success, and her indelible performances on the opera, recital and concert stages have been acclaimed all over the world.
		Shirley Verrett performed regularly with the world’s greatest orchestras and conductors.
	www.jeunessesmusicales.com /chant2005/en/jury/Verrett.asp (262 words)

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		It serves as an interface between the nineteenth century glitter of the auditorium and the ancient pageantry oR stage, and it is crowned by.a starry canopy suspended from the ceiling.
		The production was distinguished -by the performances of Shirley Verrett and Markella Hatziano as Aida and her mis- tress, Amneris, the daughter of the King of Egypt, and by the remarkable playing of the orchestra both as an ensemble and on the part of individual instruments.
		In -contrast to the variety of Verrett's performance, his was' uniform in style: Perhaps he was straining too hard for power at the expense of subtlety, for top notes seemed sometimes to be wrenched away from him rather than driven out from a source deep inside.
	www-tech.mit.edu /archives/VOL_109/TECH_V109_S0166_P010.txt (1596 words)

	Bookreporter.com - I NEVER WALKED ALONE by Shirley Verrett with Christopher Brooks
		Soprano Shirley Verrett has not entirely avoided this trap in her career memoir, but her candidness, her serious attitude in the face of both musical and racial challenges, and her efforts at honest self-appraisal lift this book several notches above the prevailing level.
		Verrett adds her quota of evidence to the now well-known indictment of the classical concert world for its hostility to fl singers as late as the 1960s.
		Verrett is honest about herself, confessing when she did or said something dumb, or when her performances fell short of her own standards.
	www.bookreporter.com /reviews/0471209910.asp (535 words)

	Media Advisory
		Brooks’ interest in Verrett’s career in the 1970s led him to approach the opera star in hopes she would tell her story.
		Together, Verrett and Brooks co-wrote her autobiography "I Never Walked Alone: The Autobiography of an American Opera Singer.” The book was published in 2003 by Wiley and Sons and tells the story of the singer's rise to success at a time when fl classical musicians faced many barriers.
		Throughout her life, Verrett overcame racial prejudice, the difficulties of show business in the opera and classical music world as well as the impact of her own complicated upbringing.
	www.vcu.edu /uns/Advisories/2004/jan_feb_march/21304.htm (381 words)

	Opera star Verrett overcame bigotry, other hurdles in career
		One of the most acclaimed performers of her generation, Verrett was also one of the first fl artists to achieve international stardom in the world of opera.
		Verrett and her family later built a home in the Warwick area.
		Verrett is now a professor at the University of Michigan's School of Music in Ann Arbor.
	www.recordonline.com /archive/2003/09/21/wsmith21.htm (507 words)

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		In the early 1970’s, Verrett decided to switch her vocal range and sing soprano roles, which she did for a time with success, notably as Lady Macbeth and Tosca.
		Shirley Verrett took part in one of the most historic evenings in the history of the Met, when on the opening night of a new production of Berlioz’ LES TROYENS, she sang both her scheduled role of Cassandre and that of Dido, to replace an ailing colleague.
		At her best, Verrett had a dusky, yet penetrating tone that was admirably suited to the the roles of Carmen, Eboli and Amneris.
	www.ups.edu /faculty/mdelos/verrett.htm (399 words)

	Shop Amazon.com with my Christian Web : Books : I Never Walked Alone: The Autobiography of an American Singer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Shirley Verrett possessed a talent and ambition so dazzling she could not be denied?and she became one of the most celebrated artists of her time.
		Shirley Verrett has written a profound, candid autobiography of her life and career as opera singer.
		Shirley Verrett, now 70 and teaching voice at U Michigan, had one of the most beautiful and best trained mezzo voices I've ever heard.
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	Amazon.ca: Books: I Never Walked Alone: The Autobiography of an American Singer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Verrett had a reputation for being a demanding artist, and in these memoirs she admits errors in judgment that contributed to well-publicized "feuds" with Marilyn Horne and fellow African-American Grace Bumbry.
		Verrett few minutes in the lobby of the Waldorf Astoria hotel and I keep in my mind and in my soul this short but wonderful conversation, I feelt the dignity, peace and harmony in her character and personality.
		Shirley Verrett was one of the finest singers of her generation.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0471209910 (1250 words)

	Encyclopedia: Shirley Verrett (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		American opera singer Shirley Verrett as Eboli in Don Carlo Source: http://www.
		The Seventh-day Adventist Church, or SDA for short, is an evangelical Christian denomination that grew out of the prophetic Millerite movement in the United States during the middle part of the 19th century.
		Look up Soprano in Wiktionary, the free dictionary In music, a soprano is a singer with a voice ranging approximately from the A below middle C to the C two octaves above middle C (i.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Shirley-Verrett (909 words)

	Lessons from masters by Jay Nordlinger
		They were conducted by the retired mezzo- soprano Shirley Verrett, Horne herself, and James Levine, artistic director of the Metropolitan Opera and arguably the most important force in singers’ lives worldwide.
		Verrett, Horne, and the rest got their techniques, outlooks, and, in a way, careers from the generations that preceded them, and they are now, indeed, doing unto others, and obviously deriving great satisfaction from the process.
		The Verrett students always sounded better at the end of their time onstage, the result, surely, of a mixture of things: good instruction, close proximity to a major singer and personality, and simply being more relaxed, less nervous.
	www.newcriterion.com /archive/19/mar01/JAY.htm (2837 words)

	UofM News
		Shirley Verrett, the James Earl Jones Distinguished University Professor of Music, was an unhappily married 24-year-old real estate salesperson when she decided, “This career is ridiculous.
		Verrett, who joined the U-M faculty in 1996, tells her life story with a frankness that belies the unusual path of her career, and the book immediately inspired feature articles and reviews in the New York Times newspaper and Book Review.
		Her artistry shines through in the prose of this life story, as she presents her early years of racial segregation, unhappy first marriage, health problems, operatic rivalries and the challenge throughout her life of trying to square her career with the moral strictures of the Seventh Day Adventist Church and her devout parents.
	www.umich.edu /news/MT/NewsE/091503/verrett.html (427 words)

	VCU News
		He first heard Verrett perform at a recital at Coppin State University in Baltimore, and from that moment decided to follow Verrett's career, continuing to see her performances in the Washington, D.C. area.
		A biographer, professor and alum of the University of Michigan, Brooks decided to approach Verrett, who was on the faculty at Michigan and asked her to tell her story.
		On her part, Verrett says Brooks motivated her to think about how few books were written by African American singers, and that she realized it was necessary and important to give her own account as well.
	www.vcu.edu /uns/news/vcuview/archives/july2003/brooks_verrett.html (549 words)

	Opera superstar shares her secrets - The Washington Times: Entertainment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		One of the contemporary opera scene's great singers, Miss Verrett sang both mezzo and soprano roles ranging from Carmen to Norma and was the leading lady for many of the 20th century's greatest tenors, including Luciano Pavarotti and Placido Domingo.
		Miss Verrett also tried to get each singer to allow the tip of the tongue to drop forward naturally on certain vowel and diphthong sounds so the tongue wouldn't drop back and block projection of the sound.
		In addition to conducting the master class, Miss Verrett also is on tour promoting her new autobiography, "I Never Walked Alone: The Autobiography of an American Singer" (John Wiley & Sons), which was written with professor Christopher Brooks of Virginia Commonwealth University.
	washingtontimes.com /entertainment/20031118-092308-4140r.htm (634 words)

	Shirley Verrett
		Shirley Verrett enjoyed one of the most glamorous operatic careers of the last 50 years.
		Following in the footsteps of Marian Anderson and on the heels of Leontyne Price's breakthroughs for African-American singers, the stunningly beautiful mezzo-turned-soprano faced some milestones of her own.
		Verrett will conduct a two-hour master class involving some of AVA's resident vocal students.
	www.citypaper.net /articles/2003-12-11/artpicks2.shtml (279 words)

	Verrett, Shirley -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		(Shirley Temple Black) (born 1928), U.S. motion-picture actress, born in Santa Monica, Calif.; began career at age of 3(Little Colonel; Little Princess); television program, Shirley Temple Storybook; delegate to UN Assembly 1969–70; special assistant to Council on Environmental Quality 1972–74; ambassador to Ghana 1974–76; chief of protocol, White House 1976–77.
		The English poet and dramatist James Shirley was a leading playwright in the decade before the closing of the theaters by the Puritan-controlled Parliament in 1642.
		The works of U.S. novelist and short-story writer Shirley Jackson are often macabre explorations of the chaos and evil that lurk just beneath the surface of ordinary, everyday life.
	www.britannica.com /ebi/article-9314008?tocId=9314008 (442 words)

	Boston.com / A&E / Music / Brownlee lends voice to the subject of race
		Baritones and basses can play fathers and priests; tenors usually take the romantic lead, which means they have to embrace the soprano sooner or later, and that is still a taboo if the soprano happens to be white.
		George Shirley arrived in leading roles at the Metropolitan Opera in 1961.
		These days Shirley says that racism interconnects dangerously with another issue -- the insistence that singers look their roles, a demand brought on by movies, television, and Broadway.
	www.boston.com /ae/music/articles/2004/10/31/brownlee_lends_voice_to_the_subject_of_race?mode=PF (1508 words)

	Wiley::I Never Walked Alone: The Autobiography of an American Singer
		Readers unfamiliar with opera will appreciate the translations provided for all non-English phrases and titles, but they may not recognize all the names that Verrett drops as she lists her teachers, colleagues, and friends in the world of serious music.
		Her first onstage appearance was in Kurt Weill's "Lost in the Start," followed by four decades of singing in opera houses of the world, from the Metropolitan and San Francisco to La Scala, Covent Garden and the Paris Opera.
		Verrett focuses on singers she admires, for example Maria Callas: "She understood every word, every nuance of idea and emotion.
	www.wiley.com /WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0471209910,descCd-reviews.html (375 words)

	Amazon.ca: DVD: Meyerbeer, Giacomo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The story is a fictionalized treatment of the adventures of the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama (Domingo), with a love triangle involving Selika, queen of Madagascar (Shirley Verrett), and a Portuguese noblewoman, Ines (Ruth Ann Swenson).
		Shirley Verrett sings her second-act sleep aria very well, and is very moving at the opera's end.
		As Inez, Vasco da Gama's fiancee and rival for Shirley Verrett, Ruth Ann Swneson sings with great beauty and has impressive stage presence, very much holding her own in the confrontation with Verrett in the last act (precursor of Aida and Amneris here).
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005NG0W (1395 words)

	TIME Magazine Archive Article -- New Go-Go Girl in Town -- Oct. 04, 1968 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		As a licensed real estate agent in Los Angeles 15 years ago, Shirley Verrett was pretty good at selling houses.
		Mezzo-Soprano Verrett last week made her Metropolitan Opera debut as the heroine in Bizet's Carmen.
		Verrett's gypsy go-go girl was proud, alluring, pantherlike, intelligent and vocally velvet.
	www.time.com /time/archive/printout/0,23657,838807,00.html (154 words)

	Amazon.com: Great Operatic Duets: Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Caballe and Verrett don't really have verisimo voices but the two selections on this CD are enjoyable.
		Verrett has her dark, rich, equally powerful voice.
		Verrett is a subtly menacing Amneris, which is quite effective.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000003F4Y?v=glance (1261 words)

	Juilliard \| The Juilliard Journal Online
		At Juilliard’s 97th commencement ceremonies on May 24 in Alice Tully Hall, President Joseph Polisi will present honorary doctorates to playwright Edward Albee; soprano Shirley Verrett; jazz saxophonist Jimmy Heath; choreographer Helgi Tomasson; and comedian and philanthropist Bill Cosby, who will address the graduating class.
		Her combination of vocal gifts, dynamic stage presence, and elegant style have made her a star at all the world’s great opera houses.
		As a performer (including 15 years as principal dancer with the New York City Ballet), he brought a purity of style and a sense of excitement to dozens of roles.
	www.juilliard.edu /update/journal/420journal_story_0205.asp (298 words)

	Willamette Week Online \| Books \| NEW BOOKS PLUCKED FROM THE PUBLISHING FRINGES \| I Never Walked Alone (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		But a new memoir by 72-year-old soprano Shirley Verrett, I Never Walked Alone (written with Christopher Brooks), is in a class by itself.
		1, Verrett was a splendid singer in her prime, as famous for her portrayal of the mezzo-soprano gypsy Azucena in Verdi's Il Trovatore as for the soprano coloratura priestess Norma in Bellini's opera.
		Verrett is refreshingly candid about the performances she felt were her best, for which she never fails to give credit to her music-loving father, who gave Verrett her first lessons and always believed in her genius.
	www.wweek.com /story.php?story=4066 (307 words)

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