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Archives & Special Collections
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F.D. Bluford Archives & Special Collections
Margaret Tynes
The Margaret Tynes Collection
English
Margaret Tynes is an African-American opera, concert and oratorio soprano and singing actress. She earned a Bachelors Degree from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. Tynes continued her studies at Julliard School in New York City and later earned a Masters in Music Education from Columbia University. She has performed in the United States, Canada and throughout Europe. She has appeared with leading opera companies of the United States and Europe, including the Metropolitan Opera and the Vienna Staatsoper. Her roles range from Lady Macbeth (Macbeth), Carmen (Carmen), Aida (Aida) and Dido (Dido and Aeneas). She gained international acclaim for her role as Salome at the Festival of Two Worlds in Spoleto, Italy. She became the first American to perform behind the Iron Curtain when she went to Russia with Ed Sullivan for the U.S. State Department. The Tynes collection consists of personal and professional memorabilia that includes posters, programs of her performances, reviews, framed and unframed photographs of family and friends and photographs of Ms. Tynes in her performing roles. Also included are biographical information and newspaper articles.
This collection has no restrictions to access.
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This collection is in a closed stacks area.
The materials are in non-print format (photographs) and print format.
Materials donated by Ms. Tynes to F.D. Bluford Library. Please consult Archives staff for additional information.
The Margaret Tynes Collection, Archives and Special Collections, F. D. Bluford Library, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Greensboro, NC
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Tynes, Margaret
Framed photograph of Margaret Tynes
Margaret Tynes, the daughter of Rev. and Mrs. J. W. Tynes, was born in Saluda, Virginia, September 11, 1919. She received her Bachelor of Science from A&T College on June 2, 1941. Ms. Tynes continued her studies at Julliard School in New York City and eventually transferred to Columbia University where she received her Masters of Art in Music Education on June 5, 1945. On April 29, 1967, A&T College conferred the Degree of Doctor of Humanities on Ms. Tynes. Her professional career began in the popular field with Finian’s Rainbow on Broadway and Harry Belafonte’s Sing Man Sing as his leading lady. She recorded A Drum in a Woman with Duke Ellington and participated in Ed Sullivan’s State Department sponsored tour of the Soviet Union. Her early major operatic roles include Carmen and Aida. She appeared as Lady Macbeth in Verdi’s Macbeth in the United States and Canada followed by her highly praised performances of this role in Bologna, Italy and Lausanne, Switzerland. She gained international acclaim when Gian Carlo Menotti engaged her for eight performances of Salome at the Spoleto Festival of Two Worlds which were conducted by Thomas Schippers and directed by renowned Italian stage and film producer, Luchino Visconti. She appeared repeatedly with leading opera companies of Europe, Canada and the United States. These companies included the Metropolitan Opera, the Vienna Statsopera, Prague Opera, Budapest Opera, Bologna Opera and Barcelona Liceo. She also performed in Toronto and other centers. Ms. Tynes is noted for her German Lieder, contemporary Italian songs, French and Spanish works, spirituals and Louisiana Creole songs. She was married to the late Hans von Klier, a Czech-born architect and baron, for 39 years.