| LC control no. | n 95028692 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Dobbs, Mattiwilda |
| Variant(s) | Janzon, Mattiwilda Dobbs Dobbs Janzon, Mattiwilda |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1925-07-11 |
| Death date | 2015-12-08 |
| Place of birth | Atlanta (Ga.) |
| Place of death | Atlanta (Ga.) |
| Field of activity | Opera |
| Affiliation | Spelman College Columbia University. Teachers College Teatro alla Scala Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) Howard University |
| Profession or occupation | Sopranos (Singers) Voice teachers College teachers |
| Found in | Två sidor av Mattiwilda Dobbs, Gotthard Arnér, 1970?: container (soprano) LC data base, 3-23-95 (hdg.: Dobbs, Mattiwilda) Grovemusic.com WWW site, Jan. 24, 2003 (Dobbs, Mattiwilda; b. Atlanta, Ga., July 11, 1925; American soprano) African American National Biography, accessed January 14, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database (Dobbs, Mattiwilda; opera singer; born 11 July 1925 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States; graduated music in Spelman College; master's degree in Spanish at Columbia Teachers College; won the Marian Anderson Award; received the James Weldon Johnson Award in Fine Arts from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; won first prize at the Geneva Conservatory; became the first African American to sing at La Scala; the first African American female to have a regular commitment and contract with the Metropolitan Opera; after retiring from performing she taught at Howard University) New York times WWW site, viewed Dec. 18, 2015 (in obituary published Dec. 10: Mattiwilda Dobbs; b. July 11, 1925, Atlanta; d. there Tuesday [Dec. 8, 2015], aged 90; coloratura soprano who was the third African-American to appear as a principal singer with the Metropolitan Opera) HistoryMakers WWW site, viewed on May 3, 2020: Biography webpage (Opera singer Mattiwilda Dobbs Janzon was born on July 11, 1925 in Atlanta, Georgia. In 1951, Dobbs gained fame when she won an international music competition in Geneva, Switzerland. The first African American woman to appear in a principal role at La Scala Opera House in Milan, Dobbs Janzon also desegregated the San Francisco Opera Company and performed at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. She taught at several institutions before retiring from Howard University in 1991. Dobbs Janzon passed away on December 8, 2015 at age 90) Slating of Mattiwilda Dobbs Janzon's interview webpage (Closed caption video recording: My name is Mattiwilda Dobbs Janzon and the first name is spelled M-A-T-T-I-W-I-L-D-A, second name D-O-B-B-S, last name J-A-N-Z-O-N) |
| Associated language | eng |
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