- She sang in Zurich, Vienna, Munich, Berlin, Hamburg, Paris, Oslo, Copenhagen, Stockholm, The Royal Opera in London, La Scala in Milan and Metropolitan Opera, New York.
- She directed Il trovatore in Philadelphia and Porgy and Bess in Rio de Janeiro.
- In 2011, she was recipient of the National Opera Association's "Lift Every Voice" award.
- She did sing for the Chicago Lyric Opera in the 1960's, appeared in roles at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in London (England) in 1970, and made her Metropolitan Opera debut in New York in 1965.
- She recorded a very fine album of Puccini and Verdi arias which is still available today and it is a testament to a very fine expressive voice.
- Her last performance in opera was in 1999 in Germany. Here she sang the role of Chrysothemis in Elektra (R. Strauss). Since then she sings in concerts and dedicates her professional experience in being a voice and vocal technique teacher.
- One of her supporters was the conductor Herbert von Karajan.
- Weathers directed Madama Butterfly for the Ebony National Opera in New York City and for the Heidelberg Oper in Germany.
- February 13 of every year has been made Felicia Weathers Day by the city of Indianapolis, Indiana.
- Weathers is recipient of many international awards. For instance for her outstanding achievements in Italy, she was awarded with the Il Sagittario d'oro. From the hands of the Norwegian King Harald she received a national award for her dedicated work for the Norwegian country.
- Felicia Weathers made her opera debut in Kiel (AMG) or Zürich (Baker's) in 1961.
- The majority of her career was centered in Germany. She recorded for the German branch of Decca.
- She was also a recitalist and concert singer.
- In Germany, she received the Deutscher Schallplattenpreis.
- The black American soprano, Felicia Weathers, studied voice at the Indiana University School of Music in Bloomington with St. Leger, Charles Kullman, and Manski, but continued her course of study in Europe.
- She withdrew from the opera stage in 1972, reputedly owing to strain on the voice but she has remained an active participant in German-speaking countries as a teacher, recitalist- and a popular celebrity.
- Among Weathers' notable opera performances were the leading roles in Salome (R. Strauss), Aida (Verdi), Madama Butterfly (Puccini), and as Dona Anna in Don Giovanni (Mozart), Elisabeth in Don Carlos (Verdi), and many others.
- In 1963 she made her first appearance at the Hamburg State Opera, and subsequently was a regular member there from 1966 to 1970.
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