The Resume

(January 4, 1937-May 7, 2023)
Born in St. Louis, Missouri
Soprano/Mezzo Soprano
Noted performances included 'Tosca' and 'Salome'

Why she might be annoying:

Her bad temper was infamous.
She's divorced.
She couldn't decide if she sang soprano or mezzo-soprano.
Her later career catered to European opera houses.

Why she might not be annoying:

She won first prize during a radio contest, which included a scholarship to a musical conservatory that was racially segregated.
Contest organizers arranged for her to attend Boston University instead.
In 1961, audiences were irate that Wieland Wagner, grandson of Richard Wagner, cast her as 'Venus.'
She garnered numerous awards, including France's Commandeur des Arts et Lettres, induction into the St. Louis Walk of Fame and a 2009 Kennedy Center Honor.

Credit: Black Chic

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• BC/Black Chic's Profiles [Series 09]
• Black and Beautiful
• Black Women Loved by Whites
• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [January] (Ranked: 1041937)
• I am from St. Louis
• I Attended Boston University
• I Attended Northwestern
• I Died in 2023 (Ranked: 86)
• I Married Outside My Race
• I Portrayed Lady Macbeth
• Kennedy Center Honorees (Ranked: 2009)
• Opera Singers and Composers
• Profiles 26751-27000 (Ranked: 26845)
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 20230507)

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 92 Votes: 47.83% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 8 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 17 Votes: 52.94% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 16 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 9 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 20 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 49 Votes: 51.02% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 68 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 50 Votes: 54.00% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 50 Votes: 64.00% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 26 Votes: 61.54% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 146 Votes: 43.84% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 178 Votes: 39.89% Annoying