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Additional authors

1. Verrett, Shirley
2. Danska, Dolores
3. Albanese, Michael
4. CBS Cable. pro

Description

1. 1 videocassette (VHS) (25 min.) : sd., col., mono; 1/2 in.

Summary

1. Interview with African American opera singer Shirley Verrett. Verrett speaks about her life and career as a mezzo-soprano and later soprano. She discusses her transition from a mezzo to a soprano, her training at Juilliard, preparing a role for opera, and prejudice against singers trained in America, as opposed to Europe.

Uniform title

1. Signature (Television program)

Alternative title

1. Interview with Shirley Verrett
2. Shirley Verrett

Subject

1. Verrett, Shirley > Interviews
2. African American singers > Interviews
3. Sopranos (Singers) > United States > Interviews
4. Mezzo-sopranos > United States > Interviews

Genre/Form

1. Interviews.
2. Nonfiction television programs.

Call number

1. *LVH 60

Note

1. Signature 177.

Event (note)

1. Broadcast on CBS Cable, June 4, 1982.

Title

1. Signature. Interview with Shirley Verrett [videorecording] / produced by CBS Cable ; Dolores Danska, producer ; Michael Albanese, director.

Imprint

1. CBS Cable, c1982.

Event

1. Broadcast on CBS Cable, June 4, 1982.

Added author

1. CBS Cable. Producer
2. Verrett, Shirley, interviewee.
3. Danska, Dolores, producer.
4. Albanese, Michael, director.

Research call number

1. *LVH 60