July 11 - Mattiwilda Dobbs; Liza Lehmann (The Musical Birthday Series, 3rd Annual Cycle)

Previous posts for July 11th are found here: Hermann Prey (2019) and Liza Lehmann (2020)

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Mattiwilda Dobbs (11 July 1925 – 8 December 2015) was an American coloratura soprano and was one of the first Black singers to have a major international operatic career. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Late

Mattiwilda Dobbs, coloratura soubrette,

Was the first black soprano to work at the Met.

Shameful it is in our history’s pages

That it took ‘til the 50s to integrate stages.

 

 

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Liza Lehmann (11 July 1862 – 19 September 1918) was an English composer and operatic soprano.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fairy Tale

“There are fairies at the bottom of our garden”

    Is Liza Lehmann’s claim to fame today,

But oh, Miss Lehmann, please, we beg your pardon

    When it’s rendered in a most ironic way.

 

 

 

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