Gail Varina Gilmore [SEP] voice type
Gail Varina Gilmore
Gail Varina Gilmore (born September 21, 1950 in Washington, D.C.) is an African-American Gospel and (mezzo-soprano) opera singer. She is particularly known for her interpretation of Kundry in Richard Wagner's opera "Parsifal".
Biography.
Gail Gilmore, born in Washington, D.C., grew up in New Orleans. She completed her undergraduate degree at the Xavier University of New Orleans with a Bachelor of Music in 1972. Two years later, at the music department of the
. There was also the subject of "Freedom and Chains", with the theme of "The History of Slavery", accompanied by examples of subject relevant music. Since 2013 until 2018, Gilmore is teaching Voice at Kreativ Musik Forum in Munich.
Gail Varina Gilmore has been awarded the Honorary Doctorate Degree of Fine Arts from her
Alma Mater, Xavier University of Louisiana in New Orleans. The award was presented during 
the University`s Ninety-Second Annual Commencement Ceremony on May 11, 2019.
Recordings.