Camilla Williams, black opera pioneer, dies at 92

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) ? African-American opera pioneer Camilla Williams has died in the U.S. She was 92.

Williams' attorney, Eric Slotegraaf, said in a statement that the soprano died Sunday.

Indiana University Jacobs School of Music spokesman Alain Barker said Williams died of complications from cancer.

The school says Williams became the first African-American female to appear with a major U.S. opera company when she debuted on May 15, 1946, with New York City Opera in the title role of Puccini's "Madama Butterfly."

Associated Press

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