Verrett, Shirley (Personal Name)

Donizetti, G. Anna Bolena [SR] 1985, p1973: container (Shirley Verrett) insert p. 3 (mezzo-soprano)

LC manual cat. (hdg.: Verrett, Shirley; usage: Shirley Verrett, Shirley Verrett-Carter)

New Grove dict. of opera (Verrett (Verrett-Carter), Shirley; b. 5-31-31, New Orleans; American mezzo-soprano and soprano)

Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2010: obit. (d. Nov. 5, 2010 in Ann Arbor, Mich.)

African American National Biography, accessed April 07, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Verrett, Shirley; opera singer; born 31 May 1931 in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States; studied in voice (1955); appeared in The Rape of Lucretia (1957); starred in Lost in the Stars staged by the New York City Opera and won the Walter S. Naumburg Award (1958); performed with Philadelphia Orchestra; had an European opera debut in Rasputin s Todt in Cologne; scored another major triumph at the Met when she sang in the part of Neocle opposite Beverly Sills in L Assedio di Corinto (1974); resided in France and sang in Paris Opera; received honorary doctorates from Northeastern University, Holy Cross College, and Virginia Commonwealth University; died 05 November 2010 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States)