Museum receives portrait of opera singer Newman

NATCHEZ, MISS. » A Mississippi museum has acquired a portrait of opera singer and music educator Daisy Cecelia Newman, who was born in the state and had an international performing career that included a nomination for a Tony Award.

Newman’s portrait will be included in “The Black Butterfly,” an exhibition about her life at the Natchez Museum of African American History and Culture, according to a news release from the city’s tourism agency, Visit Natchez.

Newman was born in Natchez on Jan. 5, 1947. She was 74 when she died Feb. 10. “This artifact is a significant contribution to our collection,” the museum’s executive director, Bobby Dennis, said in the news release.