Classical MPR: VocalEssence celebrates the legendary Marian Anderson
by John Birge, Classical Minnesota Public Radio February 15, 2013 ST. PAUL, Minn. — Marian Anderson is twice a legend: classical singer, and civil rights icon. When Toscanini first heard Marian Anderson in 1935, he said: “A voice like hers is heard only once in a hundred years.” But four years later, she was forbidden… Read More →