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 ...

Marian Anderson looms large in history not only for her achievements in classical music, but also for the strides she made for Black artists in the mid-twentieth century. Since her career took off in ...

“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 ...

As nation continues to cope with the COVID-19 crisis, Jillian Patricia Pirtle, CEO of the National Marian Anderson Museum and Historical Society, is doing her best to preserve the joy and spirit of ...

Marian Anderson was the first African-American soloist to perform with the Metropolitan Opera and paved the way for such future greats as Leontyne Price and Jessye Norman. She had a purity of tone in ...

On Easter Sunday 1939, Marian Anderson looked out from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and saw a sea of people. The crowd of more than 75,000 stretched all the way to the Washington Monument, but ...

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, ...

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 ...

Penn Museum will commemorate civil rights figure and opera singer Marian Anderson throughout Black History Month. Credit: Navraj Singh The Penn Museum will honor 20th-century civil rights figure and ...

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, ...

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 ...

Named for the groundbreaking African American contralto, the Marian Anderson Vocal Award recognizes a young American singer in opera, oratorio, or recital repertoire with outstanding promise for a ...