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Both Kelley O'Connor as Mary and Tamara Mumford as Martha pour out their lines with fervent, ripe tone, frequently descending to the depths of a contralto's range.
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DePreist was the nephew of Marian Anderson, a celebrated contralto whose 1939 concert on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial was a landmark moment in civil-rights history.
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Ms. MARIAN ANDERSON (Contralto): (Singing) Come, Lord, Lord of morning.
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Asians are to be seen on classical podiums across America, but, as the author notes in a profile of Marian Anderson, a contralto whom Arturo Toscanini called a once-in-a-century voice, blacks make up just 2% of orchestral players.
ECONOMIST: Essays by the New Yorker's music critic