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Verrett, Shirley

LC control no.n 85180082
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Personal name headingVerrett, Shirley
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Variant(s)Verrett-Carter, Shirley
Carter, Shirley Verrett-
Birth date1931-05-31
Death date2010-11-05
Place of birthNew Orleans (La.)
Place of deathAnn Arbor (Mich.)
Field of activitySinging Opera
Profession or occupationOpera singers
Mezzo-sopranos
Found inDonizetti, G. Anna Bolena [SR] 1985, p1973: container (Shirley Verrett) insert p. 3 (mezzo-soprano)
LC manual cat. (hdg.: Verrett, Shirley; usage: Shirley Verrett, Shirley Verrett-Carter)
New Grove dict. of opera (Verrett (Verrett-Carter), Shirley; b. May 31, 1931, New Orleans; American mezzo-soprano and soprano)
The Washington post, Nov. 8, 2010: obituary (d. Nov. 5, 2010 in Ann Arbor, Mich.)
African American National Biography via Oxford African American Studies Center database, accessed Apr. 7, 2015 (Shirley Verrett; b. May 31, 1931 in New Orleans, La.; d. Nov. 5, 2010 in Ann Arbor, Mich.; opera singer)