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Portland, Oregon, U.S. Occupation. Operatic contralto. Marian Anderson (February 27, 1897 – April 8, 1993) [ 1 ] was an American contralto. She performed a wide range of music, from opera to spirituals. Anderson performed with renowned orchestras in major concert and recital venues throughout the United States and Europe between 1925 and 1965.
The 90-second newsreel report of Anderson's concert, as distributed in 1939. Marian Anderson: The Lincoln Memorial Concert is a 1939 documentary film that documents a concert performance by African American opera singer Marian Anderson after the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) had her barred from singing in Washington D.C.'s Constitution Hall because she was Black.
Grace Melzia Bumbry (January 4, 1937 – May 7, 2023) was an American opera singer, considered one of the leading mezzo-sopranos of her generation, who also ventured to soprano roles. She belonged to a pioneering generation of African-American classical singers, led by Marian Anderson. She was recognized internationally when Wieland Wagner cast ...
J. Thomas Shipp and Abraham S. Smith were African-American boys who were murdered in a spectacle lynching by a group of thousands on August 7, 1930, in Marion, Indiana. They were taken from jail cells, beaten, and hanged from a tree in the county courthouse square. They had been arrested that night as suspects in a robbery, murder and rape case.
Alyson Cambridge (born 1980): operatic soprano and classical music, jazz, and American popular song singer Cam'ron : Hip hop Mariah Carey (born 1969): R&B, pop, hip-hop, soul
1963–1991. Martina Arroyo (born February 2, 1937) [1] is an American operatic soprano who had a major international opera career from the 1960s through the 1980s. She was part of the first generation of black opera singers to achieve wide success. Arroyo first rose to prominence at the Zurich Opera between 1963 and 1965, and then was one of ...
The Fort Worth Opera will present the regional premiere of the one-act opera, “dwb” (driving while black) at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 16 and 17 at the Van Cliburn Concert Hall at Texas Christian ...
Veronica Tyler. Categories: African-American classical musicians. African-American singers. American opera singers. Opera singers by ethnicity.