The HistoryMakers video oral history with Denyce Graves.

Other author Graves, Denyce, interviewee.
Other author Bassett, Angela, interviewer.
Other author HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
Format Video (Streaming)
PublicationChicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Description1 online resource (1 video file (1 hr.)) : sound, color.
Supplemental Contenthttps://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://da.thehistorymakers.org/storiesForBio;ID=A2005.272
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Variant title History Makers video oral history with Denyce Graves
Portion of title Denyce Graves
Abstract Opera singer Denyce Graves was born on March 7, 1964 in Washington, D.C. where she attended the Duke Ellington School for the Performing Arts. She studied at Oberlin College Conservatory of Music and the New England Conservatory. Graves made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera in the 1995-96 season in the title role of Carmen. Graves became well-known to operatic audiences for her portrayals of the title roles in Carmen and Samson et Dalila. These roles brought Graves to the Metropolitan Opera, Vienna Staatsoper, Royal Opera - Covent Garden, San Francisco Opera, Opera National de Paris, Lyric Opera of Chicago and countless other venues. In 1998, Graves received an honorary doctorate from Oberlin College Conservatory of Music. She was named one of the Fifty Leaders of Tomorrow by Ebony magazine and was one of Glamour magazine's Women of the Year in 1997. In 2003, Graves was appointed cultural ambassador for the United States.
Performer Angela Bassett, interviewer.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded Chicago, Illinois 2005 October 22.
Source of descriptionVendor-supplied metadata.
Genre/formInternet videos.
Genre/formInterviews.
Genre/formNonfiction films.
Genre/formOral histories.
Genre/formOral histories.
Genre/formInternet videos.
Genre/formNonfiction films.
Stock numberA2005.272 HistoryMakers