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I m deep in research mode for my next WWII story and want to share what I ve uncovered about an annual music festival in Salzburg, Austria. One of my three heroines is an Austrian opera singer who chooses to remain in her beloved homeland after Hitler annexes her country. She s based on a real woman who used her fame and notoriety to rescue dozens of Jews from persecution and death. (More on her in another post). Today, let s talk about how she was able to move around so freely during Nazi occupation.
Enter Adolf Hitler s love of opera and his annual trip to Salzburg for the Salzburg Music Festival. If you ve seen the Sound of Music, then you know all about this popular summer event. The Salzburg Music Festival is where the von Trapp family performed their disappearing act from the Felsenreitschule Theatre in 1938. The theatre still stands and is still the home of some amazing music year round, as well as during the annual festival.
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Friday, February 26, 2021 on PBS
Film Explores the Life and Legacy of Singer Marian Anderson and Her Triumphant 1939 Concert at the Lincoln Memorial
American Experience presents
Voice of Freedom, a new documentary about singer Marian Anderson, whose talent broke down barriers around the world. Hailed as a voice that “comes around once in 100 years” and widely celebrated by both white and Black audiences at home, her fame wasn’t enough to insulate her from the indignities and trauma of racism and segregation. On Easter Sunday, 1939, she stepped up to a microphone in front of the Lincoln Memorial. Inscribed on the walls of the monument behind her were the words “all men are created equal.” Barred from performing in Constitution Hall because of her race, Anderson would sing for the American people in the open air. Narrated by Renée Elise Goldsberry (
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. Alisha Jones looked up to Marian Anderson not only as a vocalist, but as a Black woman.
Anderson was breaking down barriers in the 1920s and ’30s, often being the only woman of color at events.
Singer Marian Anderson signs a contract with Metropolitan Opera representative Rudolf Bing, right, in 1954. She was the first Black performer to sing leading roles for the Met. Anderson’s manager, Sol Hurok, is on the left. ( Courtesy of Courtesy Csu Archives/Everett Collection/Alamy Stock Photo)
Her hard-fought journey is chronicled in the American Experience documentary, “Voice of Freedom.” It will air at 8 p.m. Monday, Feb. 15, on New Mexico PBS.