Shirley Verrett-Carter is the early married-name form of Shirley Verrett (1931-2010), the American mezzo-soprano and soprano who became one of the major dramatic singers of her generation.

In the Pristine catalogue she appears with Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra, an early document of a voice that would later conquer Verdi, Bizet, Saint-Saëns, Gluck and dramatic soprano repertory.

Verrett’s singing was powerful, vibrant and theatrically magnetic, with a voice capable of crossing categories without losing identity. She brought intensity and glamour to every stage she entered.

This page is kept under the catalogue’s historical name form, but the artist is unmistakably Shirley Verrett. Even here, the future blaze is already visible.