"The Magic of Grace Bumbry" Preview
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Discover Grace Bumbry’s inspiring rise to global opera fame.
Discover Grace Bumbry’s inspiring rise to global opera fame. Spotlighting her historic performances, the film explores the racial barriers she overcame to triumph in her 1966 performance as "Carmen."
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Major series funding for GREAT PERFORMANCES is provided by The Joseph & Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation, the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Arts Fund, the LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust, Sue...
"The Magic of Grace Bumbry" Preview
Preview: Season 53 Episode 1 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Discover Grace Bumbry’s inspiring rise to global opera fame. Spotlighting her historic performances, the film explores the racial barriers she overcame to triumph in her 1966 performance as "Carmen."
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She was Carmen.
She was Grace Bumbry, one of opera's pioneering African American stars.
Grace was always a diva in the positive sense of a diva.
In scenes from her legendary performance as Bizet's “Carmen,” treat yourself to “The Magic of Grace Bumbry” on Great Performances.
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Grace Bumbry's Journey to the Opera Stages of Europe
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Clip: S53 Ep1 | 3m 20s | Fleeing racial discrimination in the US, Bumbry took the opera stages of Europe by storm. (3m 20s)
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Major series funding for GREAT PERFORMANCES is provided by The Joseph & Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation, the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Arts Fund, the LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust, Sue...