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Camilla Williams dies at 92; opera singer broke racial barriers
Camilla Williams, believed to be the first African American woman to appear with a major U.S. opera company, has died. She was 92.
Williams died Sunday at her home in Bloomington, Ind., according to her attorney, Eric Slotegraaf. She died of...Tags: Concerts, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Companies and Corporations, Opera (genre), Civil Rights
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Oprah Winfrey, Paul McCartney among Kennedy Center honorees
Gold DerbyThe Kennedy Center has announced the five performers to be feted at the upcoming 33rd edition of its honors: daytime TV talk show host Oprah Winfrey; two musical titans -- pop superstar Paul McCartney and country crooner Merle Haggard; and two Broadway... -
Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, March 1, 1941
The Daily MirrorMarch 1, 1941: Lee Shippey writes about Marian Anderson and Tom Treanor has the story of Schuyler Standish, 13, who just enrolled at UCLA. Katharine Hepburn has promised director Garson Kanin a yes or no in 30 days. Meanwhile he...... -
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Blanche Thebom dies at 94; operatic mezzo-soprano
Times staff and wire reportsBlanche Thebom, a mezzo-soprano who was a mainstay at the Metropolitan Opera in New York for decades, died March 23 at her home in San Francisco of heart failure, said Dr. Peter Greenberg, a longtime family friend. She was 94. Thebom performed more...Tags: Education, Opera (genre), Death, Obituaries, Moscow (Russia)
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Acclaimed conductor DePreist to advise troubled Pasadena Symphony and Pops
Culture MonsterThe economically troubled, controversy-racked Pasadena Symphony and Pops announced Wednesday that it has hired an artistic advisor – and, for two October concerts , a conductor -- in James DePreist, who led the Oregon Symphony for more than 20 years....... -
Betty Allen dies at 82; mezzo-soprano and music teacher
Betty Allen, one of the first African American singers to reach prominence on the international opera stage, died June 22 of complications from kidney disease at a hospital in Valhalla, N.Y. She was 82.
If contralto Marian Anderson in the 1930s and 1940s...Tags: The Washington Post, Opera (genre), Obituaries, Giuseppe Verdi, Virgil Thomson
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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movie Columnist
The Daily MirrorThe dark ages of crossword puzzle construction: Look at all those two-letter answers! Marian Anderson performs at Philharmonic Auditorium in a recital of works by Bach, Handel, Scarlatti, Rachmaninoff and Gretchaninoff, who is not a composer I recognize.... -
Barack Obama at Lincoln Memorial
Washington BureauWASHINGTON — It was a day that combined high-minded political rhetoric with the very best of pop culture. Tens of thousands of citizens, a throng more than a mile long on the National Mall, braved cold weather and long security lines to attend a...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Bruce Springsteen, Samuel L. Jackson, Jamie Foxx, Thurgood Marshall
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