- Gloria Davy
Gloria Davy (born 1931,
Brooklyn ) is anAfrican-American soprano . She was the first black artist to sing inAida at the New YorkMetropolitan Opera on February 1958, [http://www.durbeckarchive.com/bl-davy.htm DurbeckArchive.com | Gloria Davy promotional poster, with Aida date] ] to a positive reception from the audience, [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,863008,00.html?iid=chix-sphere Time.com | Double Launching] ] and providing a breakthrough to drawing attention to black classical singers. She performed there regularly for three years, includingThe Magic Flute ,Pagliacci , andIl trovatore . [http://www.metoperafamily.org/_post/education/marian-anderson/html/at_the_met_back.htm MetOperaFamily.org | African-Americans at the Met] ]Discography
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Christoph Willibald Gluck - Armide: Umberto Cattini, Orchestra Angelicum di Milano, Coro Polifonico di Torino. Gloria Davy, Angela Arena, Maria Teresa Mandalari, Giuseppe Zampieri, Lidia Cerutti
*Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -The Magic Flute :Erich Leinsdorf . Gedda, Davy, Tozzi, Peters, Uppman, Scott, Olvis, Krall, Dunn, Amparan, Allen, Franke, Cundari, Vanni, Roggero, Gari, Sgarro, Arthur, Frydel, Roberts. December 6, 1958
*Karlheinz Stockhausen -Momente : Gloria Davy, Boje, Smalley, WDR Choir, Cologne, Ensemble Musique Vivante, Paris, Stockhausen. 1975Deutsche Grammophon References
External links
* [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,863008,00.html?iid=chix-sphere Time.com | Double Launching]
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