Davy, Gloria

LC control no.	no 88003428
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Davy, Gloria *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Associated country	United States
Associated place	Switzerland
Birth date	1931-03-29
Death date	2012-11-28
Place of birth	Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Place of death	Geneva (Switzerland)
Field of activity	Operas
Affiliation	Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) Teatro alla Scala Wiener Staatsoper Deutsche Oper Berlin Covent Garden Theatre Indiana University. School of Music
Profession or occupation	Sopranos (Singers) College teachers
Found in	Mascagni, P. Cavalleria rusticana [SR] p1962: label (Gloria Davy) container (sings role of Santuzza) New York times WWW site, Dec. 11, 2012 (in obituary published Dec. 10: Gloria Davy; b. Mar. 29, 1931, Brooklyn; d. Nov. 28, Geneva, aged 81; soprano who was the first African-American to sing Aida with the Metropolitan Opera) African American National Biography, accessed December 12 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Davy, Gloria; opera singer; born 29 March 1931 in New York, New York, United States; graduated from the Juilliard School of Music in 1954 with a bachelor of science degree; Between 1958 and 1961performed at the Metropolitan Opera, she became the first African American soprano to be cast in the title role of Verdi's Äida; was a professor at Indiana University School of Music (1985 - 1993); she settled in Europe where she felt she would find greater opportunity than was available in the United States,nd it was in Europe that her career developed, propelled, and sustainedl, she performed leading roles in operas at La Scala, at the Theatre de l'opera with an Italian company from Milan (1957), at Covent Garden in London (1960), at the Vienna State Opera at the invitation of Herbert von Karajan (sung in German; 1959), and at the Deutsche Oper (also sung in German) under the direction of Wieland Wagner (1961 - 1969). In Brussels (1961 - 1962); even during Davy's time as a professor at Indiana University School of Music (1985 - 1993), she maintained her residence in Geneva, Switzerland.; died 28 November 2012 in Geneva, Switzerland)