After Marian Anderson was barred from a Washington stage because of her race, she sang for 75,000 people at the Lincoln ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Five years ago, a burst pipe soaked much of the late singer Marian Anderson's former Philadelphia home, today a museum dedicated to her artistic and civil rights legacy. Gowns, sheets of music and ...

A sold-out recital in March 1940 forever changed the story of downtown Medford’s Holly Theatre. Anderson, recognized throughout her long life for her music artistry and humanitarianism, never returned ...

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 ...

“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 ...

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 ...

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 ...