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Anne Brown (August 9, 1912 – March 13, 2009) was an American lyric soprano for whom George Gershwin rewrote the part of "Bess" into a leading role in the original production of his opera Porgy and Bess in 1935.
Mar 18, 2009 · Anne Brown, who would have been 110 years old this month, was the first Black vocalist ever accepted at Juilliard.
- Bob Mondello
Nov 16, 2006 · Anne Brown was the first person to play the leading role of “Bess” in the Broadway production of Porgy and Bess. She was also a Juilliard scholar, a concert artist, and a music teacher in Norway.
Mar 18, 2009 · Anne Brown, a penetratingly pure soprano who literally put the Bess in “Porgy and Bess” by inspiring George Gershwin to expand the character’s part in a folk opera that was originally to be ...
Feb 18, 2021 · Anne Brown (1912-2009) was the first black singer to perform the role of Bess in Porgy and Bess, the opera by George Gershwin. She also sang in Europe and Norway, where she lived for most of her life.
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Feb 19, 2021 · The eldest daughter of what she called a "terribly conservative middle-class Black family," Anne Brown (1912-2009) grew up in a West Baltimore neighborhood, then home to the city's segregated Black elite. A powerful, music-loving Baltimorean encouraged her to apply to the Juilliard School in New York.
Anne Brown was the first African-American student at Juilliard and the original Bess in George Gershwin's opera Porgy and Bess. Learn about her life, career, and legacy in this biography by Opera Baltimore.
