GRIST, RERI. Opera singer ( in New York, New York). She obtained her musical education in the public schools of New York, where she attended the High School of Music and Art, and at Queens College of the City University of New York (B. A.). She studied voice with Claire Gelda. As a child she danced in Broadway musicals, and her early professional experience was acquired in musicals, including Carmen Jones (1956), Shinbone Alley (1957), and West Side Story (1957)...