What is Mattiwilda Dobbs?
[[File:Mattiwilda Dobbs 1957.JPG|thumb|Mattiwilda Dobbs in 1957.]] '''Mattiwilda Dobbs''' (July 11, 1925 &ndash; December 8, 2015) was an [[African-American]] [[coloratura]] [[soprano]]. She was one of the first black singers to enjoy a major international career in [[opera]]. After winning the International [[Music competition|Music Competition]] in Geneva, [[Switzerland]], in 1951, she made her professional operatic debut at the [[Holland Festival]], as the Nightingale in [[Igor Stravinsky|Stravinsky]]'s ''[[The Nightingale (opera)|The Nightingale]]'', in 1952. Dobbs died on December 8, 2015 at her home in [[Atlanta, Georgia]] of [[cancer of unknown primary origin]] at the age of 90.<ref>[http://hm-patterson-son-oglethorpe-hill.tributes.com/dignitymemorial/obituary/Mattiwilda-Dobbs-Janzon-103081858 In Memory of Mattiwilda Dobbs Janzon]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://www.bruceduffie.com/dobbs.html Interview with Mattiwilda Dobbs] by Bruce Duffie, March 28, 1994 {{DEFAULTSORT:Dobbs, Mattiwilda}} [[Category:1925 births]] [[Category:2015 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from cancer of unknown primary origin]] [[Category:African-American singers]] [[Category:Singers from Atlanta]] {{US-bio-stub}}