The Metropolitan Opera’s 2021-22 season of Saturday matinee broadcasts continues with a celebration of Black History Month that showcases some of the Met’s most revered African-American stars.
Beginning with legendary contralto Marian Anderson, who crossed the Met’s color barrier in 1955, the program features broadcast highlights from great Black artists who made their Met debuts in the three decades following hers – stars like Reri Grist, Leontyne Price, George Shirley, Grace Bumbry, Martina Arroyo, Shirley Verrett, Kathleen Battle, Jessye Norman, and Simon Estes, among others.
Celebrating Black History Month: Groundbreaking Artists on the Air will be heard over Toll Brothers-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network at 1:00 p.m. ET on Saturday, February 26 . Listen to it on Classical IPR!
