Caterina Jarboro

Caterina Jarboro
Background information
Born(1898-07-24)July 24, 1898
Wilmington, North Carolina
DiedAugust 13, 1986(1986-08-13) (aged 88)
Manhattan, New York City
GenresOpera
Formerly ofAlfredo Salmaggi

Caterina Jarboro (born Katherine "Katie" Lee Yarborough; July 24, 1898 – August 13, 1986) was an American opera singer. She was the first black female opera singer to sing with a major company, twenty-two years before Marian Anderson's début at the Metropolitan Opera.

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