Margaret Tynes onstage

Part Of: Sylvia Schwartz fonds; European Visits and Events series; Ed Sullivan Show in Moscow file

Part Of: Sylvia Schwartz fonds; European Visits and Events series; Ed Sullivan Show in Moscow file

Admin History/Bio: Margaret Tynes is an African-American opera, concert and oratorio soprano and singing actress. She earned a Bachelors Degree from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. Tynes continued her studies at Julliard School in New York City and later earned a Masters in Music Education from Columbia University. She has performed in the United States, Canada and throughout Europe. She has appeared with leading opera companies of the United States and Europe, including the Metropolitan Opera and the Vienna Staatsoper. Her roles range from Lady Macbeth (Macbeth), Carmen (Carmen), Aida (Aida) and Dido (Dido and Aeneas). She gained international acclaim for her role as Salome at the Festival of Two Worlds in Spoleto, Italy. She became the first American to perform behind the Iron Curtain when she went to Russia with Ed Sullivan for the U.S. State Department.

Scope and Content: Item consists of a portrait of Margaret Tynes performing onstage.

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