Denyce Graves, one of Justice Ginsburg’s favorite opera singers, performs for her one last time.

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Denyce Graves, one of Justice Bader Ginsburg’s favorite opera singers, performed on Friday during the Capitol ceremony.

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Justice Ginsburg was a passionate opera fanfrom her youth, and one of her favorite singers, the American mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves, sang for her one last time on Friday at the Capitol ceremony.

Ms. Graves, her voice reverberating off the marble of Statuary Hall, performed the spiritual “Deep River” and Gene Scheer’s “American Anthem.”

A Washington native, Ms. Graves, 56, became famous as a sultry Carmen in Bizet’s opera. She and Laura Ward, her piano accompanist on Friday, also performed at the funeral of Justice Ginsburg’s husband, Marty, in 2010

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