Shirley Verretts voice type

Shirley Verrett was born on 31 May 1931. Some people like the labels for the voices and defined her as a Falcon, but Verrett exceeded this category too. Even if I think that this tessitura was not the only thing that made her so special and rare. Highlights of l Africaine, Don Carlo, Médée, Norma, Oedipus Rex, Brahms Serious songs, Il Trovatore, Exultate Jubilate, Orphée Eurydice, L Assedio di Corinto, Don Carlo, Ruhe meine Seele, Médée, Aida, Verdi Requiem, Macbeth.