Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera

Singing the role of Ulrica, American Contralto Marian Anderson reprises her history-making performance - as the first African-American to sing in a lead at the Met.

The legendary Dimitri Mitropoulos conducts the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra along with an exemplary cast let by Zinka Milanov, Roberta Peters, Jan Peerce and Robert Merrill.

2 CD's taken from the December 10, 1955 Broadcast