Grace Bumbry

Grace Bumbry is Carmen (2024)

Discover Grace Bumbry's inspiring rise to global opera fame. Spotlighting her historic performances, the film explores the racial barriers she overcame to triumph in her 1966 performance as "Carmen. ...

Christmas in Vienna – Glanzlichter (2021)

The traditional Christmas concert enchants every year with classic and popular Christmas music from all over the world. The most touching program highlights of the Vienna Christmas Concert. ...

Eine Stadt als Bühne - 100 Jahre Salzburger Festspiele (2020)

Classic Archive: Verdi - Messa da Requiem (2013)

Filmed at the Royal Festival Hall, Londno, 26/04/1964 Xquisite contrasts of the characters, divine voices of the singers, saturated and rich sound of the brass section and the perfectly blended harmony of the entire ensemble create an unforgettable and a ...

Voices of our Time - Grace Bumbry (2004)

Bumbry with accompanist Helmut Deutsch performs works by Schubert, Brahms, Liszt, Berlioz, Schumann, Strauss, Obradors, and Bizet live in Paris in memory of her teacher Lotte Lehmann. ...

Metropolitan Opera Gala James Levine's 25th Anniversary (1996)

This tribute to James Levine, first shown on PBS, was only part of that glorious evening. Here we have the whole performance, up to three hours. I could not stop watching these discs. Let me say this much; Levine has done for the Met, making it the premier ...

Don Carlo (1983)

Ghiaurov, Freni, and Bumbry were great voices in their time, and they are still effective here -- good enough musicians to put over the quite heavy vocal and expressive demands of their roles. Louis Quilico was never quite in that league, and he sounds a b ...

The Metropolitan Opera Centennial Gala (1983)

In celebration of its 100th anniversary in 1983, the Metropolitan Opera hosts a four-hour performance uniting some of the world's most spellbinding opera singers and conductors. The event includes a ballet from Samson et Dalila and boasts incredible classi ...

Bizet Carmen (1967)

This spectacular opera film was taped in 1967 and is based on the 1966 Salzburg Festival production directed by Herbert von Karajan himself, who also conducts the fabulous Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. The production features the three greatest exponents ...