First successful African-American woman at the Metropolitan Opera
Spouse
Spaniard Luis Rodriguez (1954–1955)
Bengt Janzon (1957–1997)
Parent
John Wesley Dobbs (father)
Mattiwilda Dobbs (July 11, 1925 – December 8, 2015) was an American coloratura soprano and was one of the first black singers to enjoy a major international career in opera. She was the first black singer to perform at La Scala in Italy, the first black woman to receive a long-term performance contract and to sing a lead role at the Metropolitan Opera, New York and the first black singer to play a lead role at the San Francisco Opera.
MattiwildaDobbs (July 11, 1925 – December 8, 2015) was an American coloratura soprano and was one of the first black singers to enjoy a major international...
Atlanta's prominent Dobbs family. John Wesley Dobbs was her father. She had five sisters including opera singer MattiwildaDobbs and activist and civic...
Dobbs married Irene Ophelia Thompson in 1906. They had six daughters together, all of whom graduated from Spelman College. One daughter, Mattiwilda Dobbs...
role in Italy's greatest opera house. (The African-American soprano MattiwildaDobbs had sung there two years earlier, in the seconda role of Elvira in...
the singers who studied with him were Elly Ameling, Grace Bumbry, MattiwildaDobbs, Carol Neblett, Jessye Norman and Gérard Souzay. He gave masterclasses...
(Stone Temple Pilots, Velvet Revolver, and The Wondergirls) December 8 MattiwildaDobbs, 90, soprano Bonnie Lou, 91, country singer-songwriter Gary Marker...
Abrams, writer Pearl Cleage, TV personality Rolonda Watts, opera singer MattiwildaDobbs, and actresses Cassi Davis, LaTanya Richardson, Adrienne-Joi Johnson...
included Hugues Cuénod as the astrologer, Howell Glynne as Dodon, and MattiwildaDobbs as the Queen of Shemakhan. In 1998 the Royal Opera company presented...
choreographed an opera there, The Golden Cockerel, with a cast including MattiwildaDobbs, Hugues Cuénod and Geraint Evans. The following year brought two contrasting...
role in 1955. She was soon followed by Robert McFerrin, Gloria Davy, MattiwildaDobbs, Leontyne Price, George Shirley, Grace Bumbry, Shirley Verrett, Reri...
Mohamad, Malaysian politician; Former prime minister of Malaysia July 11 MattiwildaDobbs, African-American coloratura soprano (d. 2015) Nicolai Gedda, Swedish...
1981) July 11 Charles Chaynes, French classical composer (d. 2016) MattiwildaDobbs, African American coloratura soprano (d. 2015) Nicolai Gedda, Swedish...
at the National Opera Association Gala Banquet and Concert honoring MattiwildaDobbs, Todd Duncan, Camilla Williams, and Robert McFerrin, Verrett said:...
"Kathleen has been very supportive and very good to me over my career. MattiwildaDobbs, Reri Grist and Kathy were basically the predecessors for me and I...
2014 – Knut Nystedt, Norwegian organist and composer (b. 1915) 2015 – MattiwildaDobbs, American soprano and actress (b. 1925) 2015 – Alan Hodgkinson, English...
architect and academic. Peter Westbury, 77, British racing driver. MattiwildaDobbs, 90, American coloratura soprano, cancer. Gus Gil, 76, Venezuelan baseball...
Josephine Ophelia Dobbs Clement (née Dobbs; February 9, 1918 – March 23, 1998) was an American politician, teacher, and civil rights activist. She served...
Robert Merrill, Victoria de los Ángeles, Hilde Gueden, Charles Anthony, MattiwildaDobbs, Nicolai Gedda, and Joan Sutherland. She returned to the Met on April...
Rodney Milnes, British opera critic and translator, 79 December 8 – MattiwildaDobbs, American opera singer and recitalist, 90 December 15 – Stella Doufexis...
model (d. 2022) Jerome Kohlberg Jr., businessman (d. 2015) July 11 MattiwildaDobbs, African-American coloratura soprano (d. 2015) Peter Kyros, American...
Loveless NewSong The Sunshine Boys Mary Tallent "Pioneer" Award 2004 MattiwildaDobbs Mary Tallent Award Hugh Jarrett Non-Performer Award Chuck Leavell Performer...
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