but Marian Anderson isn’t just any artist. She was born in Philadelphia and, in 1955, she became the first Black singer to appear at New York’s Metropolitan Opera. She first sang at the ...

Training and performing, Marian made her European debut at the Paris Opera House in 1935 ... her any type of deference; "Artist Anderson" and "Singer Anderson" frequently being used.

“Standing here, near the steps where Marian Anderson sang ... to promote the therapeutic properties of music, and opera in particular. When Anderson and tenor Antonio Poli sang a piece ...