Spotlight February 2023

Woman of Iron

Soprano Dorothy Maynor made her dream of an arts school in Harlem a reality.

Dorothy Maynor (1910-1996), African American soprano who performed in the 1940s and 1950s. She left the stage to care for her ill husband and started the Harlem School of the Arts in 1963. — Everett Collection Inc/Alamy

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Fred Cohn is a frequent contributor to OPERA NEWS and the magazine's research associate.