Occupation – Entertainment – Opera Singer
Gregory Gardner (1950- )
Opera singer Gregory Gardner was born in Norfolk, Virginia, on July 31, 1950, to Earl Gardner, a singer from Aliceville,...
August 11th, 2023
Uzee Brown, Jr (1950- )
Opera singer, composer, librettist Uzee Brown, Jr. was born on June 13, 1950, in Cowpens, South Carolina, to Alline Gaffney...
March 10th, 2022
Bobby McFerrin Jr. (1950- )
Bobby McFerrin is a popular folk-jazz vocalist known for his vocal percussion and a cappella singing, as well as his...
November 1st, 2021
Carmen Balthrop (1948-2021)
Carmen Arlene Balthrop-Delaney, soprano and arts advocate, was born May 14, 1948, in Washington, D.C., to John W. Balthrop, who...
October 4th, 2021
Adele Addison Berger (1925- )
Opera singer, actor, and pedagogic Adele Addison Berger was born on July 24, 1925, in Harlem, New York. Addison, a...
July 11th, 2021
Margaret Tynes (1919-2024)
Margaret Tynes is an African American opera, concert, and oratorio soprano and singing actress. Tynes was born on September 11, 1919...
October 27th, 2018
Mary Elizabeth Williams (1977- )
Mary Elizabeth Williams, soprano opera singer, was born on January 7, 1977 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her mother Mary Lynn Williams is a retired...
May 20th, 2018
Lawrence Winters (1915–1965)
Lawrence Winters was born Lawrence Whisonant on November 12, 1915, in Kings Creek, South Carolina, one of three sons of...
August 2nd, 2016
Thomas J. Bowers (1823-1885)
“Image Ownership: Public Domain” Thomas J. Bowers, businessman, pianist, and activist, was best known as an African American opera singer,...
July 7th, 2015