San Franciso Symphony Contralto Marian Anderson and conductor Pierre Monteux backstage at the War Memorial Opera House. A special guest artist on the San Francisco Symphony's 1936-37 season's star-studded roster was contralto Marian Anderson. Anderson ma

I like Canadians, and I like geese, but the flock of Canada geese that haunts our National Mall is fixing to foul the $30.7 million face-lift of one of America’s most revered national monuments, the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. The paths that run al

Charles Anthony, 82, of Tampa, Fla. , a character singer who set the record for Metropolitan Opera appearances with 2,928, died Feb. 15 of kidney failure. From 1954 to 2010, the tenor shared the stage with artists including Marian Anderson, Birgit Nilsson

Charles Anthony, a character singer who set the record for most appearances at the Metropolitan Opera — 2,928 — during a career that spanned from 1954 to 2010, died Wednesday. He was 82. Anthony, a tenor, died at his home in Tampa, Fla. , from kidney fail

Genius has no color boundaries. Today, the great American coloratura soprano Leontyne Price celebrates her 85th birthday. Although she retired in 1984, when her voice was still magnificent, she continued to sing in concerts. Much later, she even came ou

[Portrait of Francis (Frank) Johnson (1792-1844). Image courtesy of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.] “The Penn Libraries are home to several distinguished research collections related to the musical arts in Philadelphia. Researchers from across t