Grace Bumbry’s illustrious, international career began in 1960 and spanned more than three decades. Born in St. Louis in 1937, and championed as a young singer by Lotte Lehmann and Wieland Wagner, this treasured performer spoke with Studs Terkel in 1963.
Grace Bumbry (11/1/1963)
Grace Bumbry at the White House for the 2009 Kennedy Center Honors (U.S. federal government, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
