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vintageblackglamour: Soprano Gloria Davy, photographed by Carl Van Vechten on February 22, 1958, in character as Aida. A few days earlier, on February 12, she was the first African American to sing the famous role at The Metropolitan Opera. Photo: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

vintageblackglamour:

Soprano Gloria Davy, photographed by Carl Van Vechten on February 22, 1958, in character as Aida. A few days earlier, on February 12, she was the first African American to sing the famous role at The Metropolitan Opera. Photo: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

#Gloria Davy   #carl van vechten   #1950s   #african american   #opera   #colour image  
8 months ago · 603 notes
holdthisphoto: Betty Allen, 1958 by Carl Van Vechten Opera singer Betty Allen by Carl Van Vechten, 1958 

holdthisphoto:

Betty Allen, 1958

  • by Carl Van Vechten

Opera singer Betty Allen by Carl Van Vechten, 1958 

(via backtothefiveanddime)

#1950s   #Betty Allen   #Carl Van Vechten   #african american   #opera  
8 months ago · 17 notes
Altonell Hines as Commere in the opera Four Saints in Three Acts. New York, March 9, 1934. Photograph by Carl Van Vechten

Altonell Hines as Commere in the opera Four Saints in Three Acts. New York, March 9, 1934. Photograph by Carl Van Vechten

(Source: digitalgallery.nypl.org)

#Altonell Hines   #Four Saints in Three Acts   #1930s   #african american   #carl van vechten   #opera  
10 months ago · 18 notes
Altonell Hines as Commere in the opera Four Saints in Three Acts. New York, March 9, 1934. Photograph by Carl Van Vechten

Altonell Hines as Commere in the opera Four Saints in Three Acts. New York, March 9, 1934. Photograph by Carl Van Vechten

(Source: digitalgallery.nypl.org)

#Altonell Hines   #Four Saints in Three Acts   #carl van vechten   #opera   #african american  
10 months ago · 27 notes
vintageblackglamour: Marian Anderson in the 1920s.

vintageblackglamour:

Marian Anderson in the 1920s.

#Marian Anderson   #vintage   #1920s   #opera   #African American  
1 year ago · 195 notes
“Evelyn Dove wearing a mantilla and carrying a folding fan” Black British contralto Evelyn Dove by Carl Van Vechten, 1935 (Source: Beinecke Library)

“Evelyn Dove wearing a mantilla and carrying a folding fan” Black British contralto Evelyn Dove by Carl Van Vechten, 1935

(Source: Beinecke Library)

#1930s   #Evelyn Dove   #UK   #black british   #opera   #vintage   #carl van vechten  
1 year ago · 29 notes
sirajnuri: Margaret Tynes Margaret Tynes by Carl Van Vechten, 1959) (she’s also vintageblackglamour’s Aunt)

sirajnuri:

Margaret Tynes

Margaret Tynes by Carl Van Vechten, 1959)

(she’s also vintageblackglamour’s Aunt)

(Source: beinecke.library.yale.edu)

#Margaret Tynes   #vintage black glamour   #opera   #carl van vechten   #1950s   #vintage  
1 year ago · 121 notes
sisterwolf: Grace Bumbry, American opera singer, as Carmen

sisterwolf:

Grace Bumbry, American opera singer, as Carmen

#Carmen   #Grace Bumbry   #1960s   #african-american   #opera   #vintage  
1 year ago · 204 notes
holdthisphoto: Debria Brown as Carmen (Act IV), 1959 by Carl Van Vechten

holdthisphoto:

Debria Brown as Carmen (Act IV), 1959

  • by Carl Van Vechten

(via backtothefiveanddime)

#Carl Van Vechten   #Debria Brown   #opera   #1950s   #carmen   #carm   #carmen jones   #colour image  
1 year ago · 3 notes
holdthisphoto: Margaret Tynes, 1959 by Carl Van Vechten

holdthisphoto:

Margaret Tynes, 1959

  • by Carl Van Vechten

(via backtothefiveanddime)

#Margaret Tynes   #opera   #1950s   #Carl Van Vechten   #colour image   #Carmen  
1 year ago · 17 notes