Sixty years ago, opera singer Marian Anderson made her long overdue debut at New York's Metropolitan Opera. She was its first African-American... Marian Anderson's Groundbreaking Met Opera Moment It ...

The Study at University City will partner with Opera Philadelphia and Marian Anderson Historical Society for an interactive all-ages event incorporating music, art and literacy as part of the Free ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Affectionately known to audiences as “The Lady from Philadelphia” and “The People’s Princess,” the contralto, who died in 1993, is ...

Smithsonian Music interviews Curator Leslie Ureña, of the National Portrait Gallery, about the upcoming exhibition, “One Life: Marian Anderson.” Dr. Leslie Ureña & Kate Stein June 28, 2019 - May 17, ...

Famed opera and spiritual singer Marian Anderson was a woman who broke many racial barriers. She was the first African American to perform on the main stage at the Metropolitan Opera, the first ...

Famed opera singer Marian Anderson will soon be immortalized with a statue outside of the Academy of Music. News that the likeness of the South Philadelphia-made contralto singer and trailblazer will ...

A sold-out recital in March 1940 forever changed the story of downtown Medford’s Holly Theatre. Classical singer and Black civil rights activist Marian Anderson, who was denied performing in the ...

“I am not a dazzler”: How Marian Anderson’s fashion legacy recast the role of opera... Fashion historian Raissa Bretaña explores how Anderson's sartorial choices "ultimately helped shape her persona ...

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Houston Grand Opera presents its 68th world premiere “Marian’s Song,” composed by Damien Sneed to a libretto by Deborah D.E.E.P Mouton, Houston’s poet laureate emeritus. According to a news release, ...

The film will chart how the pioneer overcame racial prejudice to become an internationally renowned star and voice for social justice. THIRTEEN’s American Masters series and Philip Gittelman ...