Pittsburgh’s Black Opera Impressario: Mary Cardwell Dawson

Posted by on Nov 26, 2013 in | Comments Off on Pittsburgh’s Black Opera Impressario: Mary Cardwell Dawson More than three decades after her death, Pittsburgh’s pioneer black opera company founder Mary Cardwell Dawson (1894-1962) has finally been honored for her many contributions to the Commonwealth’s musical heritage. On Sunday, September 25, 1994, the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission unveiled and dedicated a state historical marker at the site of the Cardwell School of...
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