Today's Birthday in Music: October 13 (L. Mitchell)

1949 - Leona Mitchell, Enid, Oklahoma, U.S.A.; opera soprano

Wikipedia
African American Registry biography

Leona Mitchell sings:

"Je dis rien que rien ne m'épouvante" from Bizet's Carmen (Metropolitan Opera, 1987)


"O patria mia" from Verdi's Aida (1995)