found: Wagner, R. Tannhäuser, R. Tannhäuser. Höhepunkte [SR] 1984, p1963:labels (Grace Bumbry)
found: LC manual cat.(Hdg.: Bumbry, Grace, 1937- )
found: New Grove dict. of opera(Bumbry, Grace (Melzia Ann); b. Jan. 4, 1937, St. Louis, MO; American mezzo-soprano and soprano)
found: Handel, G.F. Israel in Egypt, p1972:label (Grace Brumbry[sic])
found: African American National Biography, accessed January 2, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Bumbry, Grace; Grace Melzia Ann Bumbry; soprano and mezzo-soprano, concert singer; born 4 January 1937 in St Louis, Missouri, United States; transferred from Boston to Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois (1955); graduated from Music Academy of the West (1959); made her European debut at Wigmore Hall in London (1959); her Paris Opéra debut was in Verdi's Aida (1960); performed at Basel Opera , Metropolitan Opera, Alice Tully Hall, Carnegie Hall, La Scala, Covent Garden, Newark's Symphony Hall, and at a state dinner at the White House (1962); organized Grace Bumbry Black Musical Heritage Ensemble (1994); served as special adviser for UNESCO; conducted voice master classes at Juilliard School of Music in New York and Northwestern University; was artist-in-residence at the University of Michigan; member of Zeta Phi Beta Society; received Lawrence Tibbett Award)
