BLACK SOCIAL HISTORY : AFRICAN AMERICAN " GLORIA DAVY " WAS AN OPERA SINGER AND THE FIRST BLACK ARTIST TO SING IN AIDA AT THE NEW YORK MET OPERA : GOES INTO THE " HALL OF BLACK GENIUS "

                                   BLACK                 SOCIAL              HISTORY                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Gloria Davy  March 29, 1931 – November 28, 2012  was a Brooklyn-born African-American opera singer. In 1958, Davy became the first black artist to sing in Aida at the New York Metropolitan Opera. Davy, a Lirico-spinto, received a positive reception from the audience, and provided a breakthrough to drawing attention to black classical singers. She performed there regularly for three years, including The Magic Flute, Pagliacci, and Il

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Discography

• Christoph Willibald Gluck - Armide: Umberto Cattini, Orchestra Angelicum di Milano, Coro Polifonico di Torino. Gloria Davy, Angela Arena, Maria Teresa Mandalari, Giuseppe Zampieri, Lidia Cerutti
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - The Magic Flute: Erich Leinsdorf. Gedda, Davy, Tozzi, Peters, Uppman, Scott, Olvis, Krall, Dunn, Amparan, Allen, Frankie, Cundari, Vanni, Roggero, Gari, Sgarro, Arthur, Frydel, Roberts. December 6, 1958
• Karlheinz Stockhausen - Momente: Gloria Davy, Boje, Smalley, WDR Choir, Cologne, Ensemble Musique Vivante, Paris, Stockhausen. 1975 Deutsche Grammophon