Marian Anderson First Person of Color at Metropolitan Opera, January 7, 1955
Contralto Marian Anderson becomes the first person of color to perform at the Metropolitan Opera in Giuseppe Verdi's Un ballo in maschera.
Date: January 7, 1955
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