Martina Arroyo, the American soprano who has died aged 90, enjoyed great success at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, in a series of Verdi operas including Aida, Il trovatore and La forza del dest...
10.16.2026 Yahoo.com and 1 sites
Martina Arroyo, a soprano whose rich voice carried with ease through the scores of Giuseppe Verdi and who was one of the first Black singers to have a major operatic career, died on Tuesday at her hom...
10.14.2026 Nytimes.com
Birthday surprises rarely change the course of a life, but on February 2, 1965, as a young soprano turned 29, the general manager of the Metropolitan Opera called to ask if she could replace Birgit Ni...
10.15.2026 Thatericalper.com
Martina Arroyo dies at 90 RIP norman lebrecht October 14, 2026 The American soprano, a star of the Met in the 1960s, died yesterday at her home in Manhattan. Raised in Harlem, she worked for the socia...
10.14.2026 Slippedisc.com
I put on a lot of operas while I’m painting, and often find myself having to put the brush down to give an aria the full attention it deserves; “O don fatale” is invariably on that list. And while Eboli has been sung by so many fantastic mezzos throughout the ages that a Don Carlo listener is always spoiled for choice— the resolve of Grace Bumbry, Christa Ludwig’s furor— I find I return to Shirley Verrett‘s performances of the role most frequently. With her expressive, melodic voice she renders ...
10.17.2026 Parterre.com