[Governor Dinwiddie]

Negro music tends to be hip-hop and motown. Grand opera really isn't their turf.

[vetvetdoug]

Ruby Elzy.....an elite black soprano that deserves recognition.

[Albion Wilde]

Negro music tends to be hip-hop and motown. Grand opera really isn't their turf.

You are so wrong. There are magnificent black opera voices, both males and females. It has been a challenge to cast an African-descended person in a European opera set in Italy, France, etc. But I think most of today's audiences would just ignore the appearance and listen to the vocal quality.

Laudate Dominum de Mozart, sung by Barbara Hendricks

Pari Siamo from Verdi's Rigoletto, sung by Robert McFerrin (father of pop singer Bobby McFerrin)