7-January... First performance by an African-American with the New York Metropolitan Opera...


One of the most celebrated singers of the 20th Century, Marian Anderson, was commemorated by US Postal Administration in the year 2005 with the release of a 37-cent postage stamp under its Black Heritage Series...

She was the first African-American to perform with the New York Metropolitan Opera...  Her performance with the Opera took place on this day (7th Jan) in the year 1955...

This stamp can be collected under the themes:

(a) Black Heritage Series of USA...
(b) Music...
(c) Singers...
(d) African-American...

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