Robert McFerrin (1921-2006), made his Metropolitan ?
Robert McFerrin (1921-2006), made his Metropolitan Opera debut in 1955, the same year as Marian Anderson. Both were the first African Americans of their genders to sing principal roles at the New York opera. 1955 portrait by Carl Van Vechten
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