Dorothy Maynor should have made it to the Met

We had to wait for Marian Anderson to break the color barrier at the Met and many great Black opera singers never had a chance there.

Here is just one of many who could have graced the stage during their lifetime: Dorothy Maynor, singing a beautiful arrangement of “You’ll Never Walk Alone.” Nostalgia at its best.

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