Ericka Simone
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@atomicpoet her, Jessye Norman, and Marian Anderson. The trifecta of Black Opera. Please get into them ASAP.
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bituur esztreym
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@ErickaSimone @atomicpoet
i had - long ago - a k7 of Strauss's 4 last lieders by Jessye Norman (with Gewandhaus Leipzig dir. Kurt Masur), one of absolute everests of registered classic music.
i've got her voice in my ears and my arms's hair shivering just writing this.
i didn't know one the three, Marian Anderson, gonna look for her, thanks.
Ericka Simone
@ErickaSimone@mastodon.social
@bituur_esztreym @atomicpoet oh Jessye. Falcon soprano. A gift of a voice. So glad we have so many recordings.
Marian was first in America to do a lot of things; in the segregation era, she was the first to be so good that racists whites had to integrate their spaces to include her. When Constitution hall banned her, Elenor Roosevelt quit and she gave a legendary performance on the steps of Lincoln Memorial on protest. Start there. 🙏🏾