World's Fair Colored Opera Company debuts. . .
Date:
Sat, 1892-02-13
*On this date in 1892 the first African-American performers appeared at Carnegie Hall.
The World's Fair Colored Opera Company, with featured singer, soprano Matilda Sissieretta Jones, performed less than one year after the hall's opening.
Reference:
Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History
Volume 1, ISBN #0-02-897345-3
Jack Salzman, David Lionel Smith, Cornel West