Ruby Elzy [SEP] voice type
Ruby Elzy
Ruby Pearl Elzy (February 20, 1908 – June 26, 1943), was a pioneer American operatic soprano.
Family and early life.
Elzy was born in Pontotoc, Mississippi and educated at Rust College, the Ohio State University (graduating in 1930) and the Juilliard School (graduating in 1934). At Juilliard she was a pupil of Lucia Dunham. Her sister Amanda Elzy (died 2004) was a prominent educationist after whom Amanda Elzy High School in Greenwood, Mississippi is named. Their
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- Weaver, David E: "The Birth of "Porgy and Bess"", pp. 80–98, "Black Diva of the Thirties – The Life of Ruby Elzy", University Press of Mississippi, 2004
External links.
- "Porgy and Bess", NPR webcast of full opera, staged November 12, 2005 at the Kennedy Center, Washington, DC
- ""Porgy and Bess": An American Voice" Excerpts from