Creatively Speaking
9:51 pm
Sun February 24, 2013

Remembering A Philadelphia-Born Opera Legend

Marian Anderson at Lincoln Memorial in 1939

This week, we celebrate the birthday of Marian Anderson. The opera superstar was born in Philadelphia in 1897. WRTI’s Jim Cotter says that though her voice had an ethereal quality, the late, great contralto was renowned for her humility and her humanity.

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