What is Shirley Verrett?
[[File:Shirley Verrett 1975c.jpg|thumb|Shirley Verrett in 1975]] '''Shirley Verrett''' (May 31, 1931 – November 5, 2010)<ref>{{cite web | title=Shirley Verrett | publisher=shirleyverrett.com | url=http://www.shirleyverrett.com/ | accessdate=August 7, 2014 | archive-date=June 8, 2004 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040608130832/http://www.shirleyverrett.com/ | url-status=dead }}</ref> was an [[African American]] [[opera]] [[singer]]. From the [[1950s]] to the [[1990s]] she did [[soprano]] roles, including Irina in ''Lost in the Stars'' in 1958. More recent roles include singing [[Dido, Queen of Carthage|Didon]] in ''[[Les Troyens]]'' (1990). She played Nettie Fowler in the 1994 [[Broadway]] revival of ''[[Carousel (musical)|Carousel]]''. Verrett was born in [[New Orleans]] and raised in [[Los Angeles]]. She died in [[Ann Arbor, Michigan]] at age 79 from [[heart failure]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Shirley Verrett Dies | publisher=LA Times | url=http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-shirley-verrett-20101107-story.html | accessdate=August 7, 2014}}</ref> ==References== <references/> {{DEFAULTSORT:Verrett, Shirley}} [[Category:African-American singers]] [[Category:Singers from New Orleans]] [[Category:American opera singers]] [[Category:Singers from Los Angeles]] [[Category:1931 births]] [[Category:2010 deaths]] {{us-bio-stub}}