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Remembering A Philadelphia-Born Opera Legend

WRTI Your Classical and Jazz Source

Published February 24, 2013 at 9:51 PM EST

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This week, we celebrate the birthday of Marian Anderson. The opera superstar was born in Philadelphia in 1897. WRTI’s Jim Cotter says that though her voice had an ethereal quality, the late, great contralto was renowned for her humility and her humanity.

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