About Marilyn Horne
Marilyn Berneice Horne is an American mezzo-soprano opera singer. She specialized in roles requiring beauty of tone, excellent breath support, and the ability to execute difficult coloratura passages. She is a recipient of the National Medal of Arts and the Kennedy Center Honors, and has won four Grammy Awards. Horne won a scholarship for the University of Southern California where she was a member of Pi Beta Phi sorority. Horne's first major professional engagement was in 1954, when she dubbed the singing voice of Dorothy Dandridge in the film Carmen Jones. At age 13, Horne became part of the newly formed Roger Wagner Chorale.
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