CAMP: "A cornucopia of frivolity, incongruity, theatricality, and humour." "A deadly, winking, sniggering, snuggling, chromium-plated, scent-impregnated, luminous, quivering, giggling, fruit-flavored, mincing, ice-covered heap of mother love." "The lie that tells the truth." "Ostentatious, exaggerated, affected, theatrical; effeminate or homosexual; pertaining to or characteristic of homosexuals."
Another angelic voice has joined the choir in Fabulon - as we learn of the death of Grace Bumbry, pioneering mezzo-soprano [the first black singer to appear in a leading role at the Bayreuth Festival - where she received 42 curtain calls! - she became a favourite of the Kennedys].
Here are just a couple of her finest moments:
RIP, Grace Melzia Bumbry (4th January 1937 – 7th May 2023)
