Monday, March 18, 2013

John Malveaux: 'Who was the first African American female to be hired by an American opera company?'

Camilla Williams
(New York Times)

John Malveaux of www.MusicUNTOLD.com writes:

Women’s History Month
Who was the first African American female to be hired by an American opera company and she sang the STAR SPANGLED BANNER immediately before Dr. King’s I Have A DREAM speech at the 1963 MARCH on Washington when Marian Anderson was stuck in traffic? Sunday afternoon, I invited Valerie Ricks, a former 2-year vocal student of Camille Williams at Indiana University to a chamber music concert and discussion about the historic talent who passed February 2012. See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHEM5-tTPE0

John Malveaux

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