Erwin Jaeckel: Who is Grace Bumbrys husband?

For nine years, Grace Bumbry, a soprano of brilliant personality, vast range, and celebrity beauty who became one of the first Black Americans to conquer the international opera stage, was married to Erwin Jaeckel.

Jaeckel and Bumbry married in 1963, but divorced in 1972.

There is no information on how they met, nor is there any information on the events that led to their divorce.

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What work did Erwin Jaeckel do?

Jaeckel was a tenor from Poland. There is no more information available about him.

It’s also unknown whether he had children with Bumbry.

Jaeckel’s ex-wife Grace Bumbry is dead

Grace Bumbry passed away on May 7, 2023 in Vienna, Austria.

In her prime, she also possessed good agility and bel canto technique (see, for example, her versions of Verdi’s Don Carlo’s ‘Veil Song’ in the 1970s and 1980s, as well as her Ernani from the Lyric Opera of Chicago in 1984).

On stage, she was known for her fiery nature and dramatic passion.

She had just gained recognition as a recitalist, lieder translator, and teacher. She focused her career in Europe rather than the United States beginning in the late 1980s.

Among other distinctions, she received the UNESCO Award, the Academy of Music of the West’s Outstanding Alumna Award, Italy’s Premio Giuseppe Verdi, and the French government’s Commandeur des Arts et Lettres.

In 1972, she won a Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording.

She was among those honored with the 2009 Kennedy Center Honors on December 6, 2009, for her contributions to the performing arts.

She was a long-time Swiss resident who lived her final years in Vienna, Austria.

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