Caterina Jarboro | |
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Background information | |
Born | Wilmington, North Carolina | July 24, 1898
Died | August 13, 1986 Manhattan, New York City | (aged 88)
Genres | Opera |
Formerly of | Alfredo Salmaggi |
Caterina Jarboro (July 24, 1898 – August 13, 1986) was an American opera singer. She was the first female black opera singer to sing with a major company, twenty-two years before Marian Anderson's début at the Metropolitan Opera.