Marian Anderson was the first person of color to perform at the Metropolitan Opera
It happened on the 7th of January, 1955
Marian Anderson was an American contralto and one of the most talented singers of the 20th century. Music critics said that her voice was a rich contralto of extraterrestrial beauty. She spent most of her singing career performing in concert and with famous orchestras throughout the United States. Anderson was often offered roles with opera companies but she declined them as she had no training in acting. However, it was she who became the the first person of color to perform at the Metropolitan Opera in Giuseppe Verdi's Un ballo in maschera.
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llm
Actually isn't white supposed to be all colors and black an absence of color?
Dana13
What a gorgeous voice!
Noel Dsouza
I thought the same Jana Johnson 😉
Naked Kitty Slave
Don't care for these questions; if they weren't true, they wouldn't be presented. Adding the date it happened is an interesting clue to a T/F question.
Kevin Dale Streets
Ken Merritt, apparently white is the absence of color, and black is the presence of all colors...
Mrs. Marci
Odd to realize, by the wording of this question, that there were no colorful musicians in their orchestra...bears a double check...
Ron Barnes
Got it.
Janice Fish
Good one
Daniel Weaver
These type of questions are always true on here!
Zahra Ali Y'sra El
Linda Moses you got it backwards!
Zahra Ali Y'sra El
...right again!...I am just too much!...bwahahahaha!
Peter Campbell
She has a wonderful voice and her story should be more widely known. She used her abilities to help advance the cause of Black Americans and helped overcome a lot of needless prejudice by her singing and her choices of where to sing.
Empara Samuda
Marian Anderson personal history is very intresting.
Tyrone Cramblit
Sheila, You have pretty hair and your cute.
llm
When I mentioned that white was all colors and black was the absence of color, I was just repeating what I learned in school. I was discussing colors not races. It was somebody else that brought up race.
Edith Woods
That's great history need to know