Marian Anderson, one of the most celebrated singers of the 20th century, once performed in the UN's gilded General Assembly ...

She was the first African American to perform on the main stage at the Metropolitan Opera, the first African American artist ...

Singer and curator Tanisha Mitchellwill pay tribute to legendary African American singers who performed at prestigious venues like the Metropolitan ... Opera House, including Marian Anderson ...

American opera singer Marian Anderson (1897 - 1993), the first Black singer to perform at the New York Metropolitan Opera House, on her arrival in London on November 16, 1936, for a concert at the ...

when he was 16. He attended Eastside High School and was directed toward opera by a teacher after he performed Jud Fry in “Oklahoma!” Plishka majored in music at Montclair State College and ...