[DOC] [TLE] Marian Anderson - Wikipedia [PAR] Marian Anderson (February 27, 1897  April 8, 1993) was an American contralto 
and one of the ... In 1939, the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) 
refused ... to perform at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City on January 7, 
1955. ..... On January 7, 1955, Anderson became the first African-American to 
perform... [DOC] [TLE] Marian Anderson: The First African-American Woman to Perform ... [PAR] She was also the first African-American to sing at the Metropolitan Opera in New 
York .... a music school for a year, and in 1955 she became the first African 
American ...... New York Governor Averell Harriman, and Nobel Prize winner and 
political ..... the first African-American soloist to sing at New York's Metropolitan 
Opera. [DOC] [TLE] Classic in Black [PAR] It was on Easter Sunday in 1939 that Miss Anderson gave what is perhaps her ... 
Marian Anderson became the first African American to perform at the Met, ... Her 
debut on January 7, 1955, marked the first time that an African American ...... 
Shirley, winner of the 1960-61 Metropolitan Opera auditions, was born April 18, 
1934 [DOC] [TLE] Marian Anderson - Diplomat, Singer - Biography.com [PAR] Feb 15, 2015 ... Marian Anderson became the first African American to perform with the New York 
Metropolitan Opera in 1955. ... Famous People Named Anderson  Famous 
Grammy Winners  Famous ... An acclaimed singer whose performance at the 
Lincoln Memorial in 1939 helped set the stage for the civil rights era,... [DOC] [TLE] Charlie Parker - Saxophonist, Songwriter - Biography.com [PAR] Nov 24, 2014 ... From 1935 to 1939, he played the Missouri nightclub scene with local jazz and 
blues bands. ... He died a week later on March 12, 1955, in New York City. ... His 
father, Charles Parker, was an African-American stage entertainer, ... It was with 
McShann's band, in 1940, that Parker made his first recording. [DOC] [TLE] Marian Anderson featured at new national African American history ... [PAR] Sep 20, 2016 ... First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt arranged for Anderson to perform on the steps of 
the Lincoln Memorial on Easter Sunday in 1939. ... Anderson made her debut 
with the Metropolitan Opera in New York on January 7, 1955, in Verdi's .... 
Anderson became the first black soloist to play at the Metropolitan Opera... [DOC] [TLE] MUSIC HISTORY: It's A First, Last or the Best In Music [PAR] Matilda Sissieretta Joyner Jones was the first African American to sing at .... 1939 
... Cole Porter's musical comedy "Du Barry Was a Lady" opened on .... Marian 
Anderson became the first African-American vocal soloist of the Metropolitan 
Opera, ... 1955 ... Elvis Presley made his TV debut when he appeared on the 
weekend... [DOC] [TLE] LIncoln Center | The Well-Tempered Ear [PAR] Bax, a winner of the Leeds International Piano Competition and the Martin E. 
Segal Award from .... She was the first African American soloist to appear at the 
Met. ... the historic 1939 outdoor recital (below) on the steps of the Lincoln 
Memorial in Washington, ... marian anderson in 1955 at Met Verdi un ballo en 
maschera. [DOC] [TLE] Celebrating Marian Anderson's Centenary Carnegie Hall's Rose ... [PAR] Jan 20, 1997 ... She was a soloist at Union Baptist Church in South Philadelphia ... She returned 
to America to sing her new debut in December 1935. ... In 1939, she had been 
scheduled to sing in Constitution Hall in Washington. ... As the first black singer at 
the Metropolitan Opera, she sang in Verdi's Masked Ball in 1955. [DOC] [TLE] Trailblazer: Marian Anderson - New York Philharmonic [PAR] The singer had already made her London debut at Wigmore Hall and toured in 
Germany and ... In 1955 Anderson became the first African American singer to... [DOC] [TLE] Drama, Comedy, and Dance - Dictionary definition of Drama ... [PAR] African American Dramatic Theater into the Twenty-First Century ...... became the 
first African American to dance for the Metropolitan Opera, performing the role ...

Question: This 1939 winner's debut at the Met in 1955 was the first for an African-American soloist
Answer: Marian Anderson