Opera Chic

American Singers Rock Hammerstein

Here's Marilyn Horne doing what she does best (aside from ripping apart vocal trax) = looking fabulous. The American mezzo was at the 20th Oscar Hammerstein Award gala on November 21 to celebrate honoree Barbara Cook for a Lifetime Achievement in Musical Theatre. Cook also treated the crowds to a live performance from her new CD.

Opera for Art's Sake: Marilyn Horne in Oil

Legendary American mezzo, cancer survivor, and an all-around kicka$$ lady, Marilyn Horne just donated an oil painting to Washington D.C.'s National Portrait Gallery. The portrait was painted of Horne in 1971 by John Foote. Now hanging on the walls (in addition to portraits of Leonard Bernstein, Maria Callas, Aaron Copland in scary bronze, Leontyne Price, and Marian Anderson) we can find the fabulous Miss Horne. Also Reggie Jackson!

*~*Click the link below to see La Horne posing with her portrait!*~*

Marilyn Horne Str8talk

 

"In an interview with The Associated Press, [mezzo-soprano Marilyn] Horne — who has never discussed her experimental cancer treatment publicly — said she wanted to talk about it to help others facing the same illness."