Training and performing, Marian made her European debut at the Paris Opera House in 1935. Marian Anderson, noted contralto, sings "The Star Spangled Banner" at the dedication of a mural ...

She was the first African American to perform on the main stage at the Metropolitan Opera, the first African American artist ...

Arturo Toscanini said that Marian Anderson (February 27, 1897 – April 8 ... Despite that acclaim, in 1939 the Daughters of the American Revolution banned her from performing at its Constitution Hall.

The Philadelphia Orchestra's home is being renamed Marian Anderson Hall in honor of the ... The orchestra's auditorium in the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts was known as Verizon Hall ...