![]() Mouton, Houston’s poet laureate emeritus. The one-act opera composed by Damien Sneed to a libretto by Deborah D.E.E.P. ![]() It's definitely something that I was immediately interested in. "As a black opera singer it's a huge honor. About a year ago she was contacted about possibly performing in this, even though the libretto hadn't been written yet. Mezzo soprano Zoie Reams ( West Side Story), a graduate of the HGO Studio, will take on the Marian Anderson role. Now, in a special production entitled Marian's Song commissioned by HGOco, the outreach and education branch of Houston Grand Opera, her story will be told - appropriately enough - in opera form. ![]() Eventually, President Dwight Eisenhower made her a delegate to the United Nations General Assembly and President Lyndon Johnson awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1963. a decision which led to Eleanor Roosevelt withdrawing her from the DAR) where she sang "Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen" and "America." She went on to become the first black artist to sing at the Metropolitan Opera in 1955. However, the moment she is most remembered for occurred back in the United States in 1939 when she performed on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial (after the Daughters of the American Revolution refused to allow her to perform at Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C. Her story of perseverance and undeniable talent is legendary as she traveled to Europe for the kind of recognition that eluded her at home, even after she won a contest that entitled her to make a solo appearance with the New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra. Marian Anderson was an accomplished singer of classical music and spirituals who grew up at a time that was not welcoming to African American performers of any kind in the United States.
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