My guest this week is Mr. George Shirley. He is a Grammy-winning opera singer(Ferrando in Mozart's  Cosi Fan Tutte the role of Ferrando ). One of the first African-American, leading role tenors to sing at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. He stayed for 11 seasons and gave  251 performances. Throughout his career, Shirley has sung more than 80 roles in opera houses around the world. In 2014, President Barack Obama awarded Shirley the National Medal of Arts, the highest honor for American artists. Today, Shirley maintains his commitment to teaching young singers and is the Joseph Edgar Maddy Distinguished Emeritus Professor of Voice at the University of Michigan.

https://threemotenors.com/george-shirley/
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