Beyoncé's relationship to Grace Bumbry
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David Lee Brewer, Beyoncé's former vocal instructor, on Beyoncé's love of Grace Bumbry.
David Lee Brewer, Beyoncé's former vocal instructor, on Beyoncé's love of Grace Bumbry and how the score of "Carmen" changed the young performer's life.
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Major series funding for GREAT PERFORMANCES is provided by The Joseph & Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation, the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Arts Fund, the LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust, Sue...
Beyoncé's relationship to Grace Bumbry
Clip: Season 53 Episode 1 | 2m 15sVideo has Closed Captions
David Lee Brewer, Beyoncé's former vocal instructor, on Beyoncé's love of Grace Bumbry and how the score of "Carmen" changed the young performer's life.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipMy most famous student Beyoncé Giselle Knowles was 14.
I heard a little small voice in my ear that told me to teach her “Carmen.” I gave her Grace Bumbrys “Carmen” CD, and I told her to go listen to it.
She fell in love with Grace Bumbrys voice and then one day she was at my house and Grace Bumbry called.
She was having a lesson and she said, Is that Grace Bumbry?
And I'm going.... And she's like, Oh my God.
She's like having a fangirl moment.
She was going to be doing her first movie hip hop Carmen.
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Grace Bumbry's Journey to the Opera Stages of Europe
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Clip: S53 Ep1 | 3m 20s | Fleeing racial discrimination in the US, Bumbry took the opera stages of Europe by storm. (3m 20s)
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