Margaret Tynes
Margaret Tynes | |
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 Tynes in 1959 | |
| Born | September 11, 1919 Saluda, Virginia, U.S. |
| Died | March 7, 2024 (aged 104) Silver Spring, Maryland, U.S. |
| Occupation | Opera singer |
| Spouse | Hans von Klier[1][2] |
Margaret Elinor Tynes (September 11, 1919 – March 7, 2024) was an American opera singer.[3][4][5]
Early life and education
[edit]Born in Saluda, Virginia, on September 11, 1919, Margaret Elinor Tynes was one of ten children born to Lucy Jane (née Rich) and Rev. J. W. Tynes.[6] Her family was involved with the leadership at Northern Neck Industrial Academy;[7][8] and they later moved to Lynchburg and finally to Greensboro, North Carolina, where her father was the pastor of the Providence Baptist Church for 26 years.[5][9]
Tynes went to James B. Dudley High School, where she sang in the school chorus and was mentored by Eloise Logan Penn.[6]
She attended the Negro Agricultural and Technical College of North Carolina (A&T) in Greensboro, where she was named "Miss A&T" of 1939–1940 and graduated in 1941.[10] Her two sisters also attended A&T, Katherine in 1935 and Angeline c. 1940 and all three were Miss A&Ts.[6] She then studied voice at the Juilliard School in New York City[11] and received a master's degree in music education from Columbia University in 1944.[12]
Career
[edit]Her first opera role was Lady Macbeth in 1952.[13] During this period, she performed in a Harry Belafonte Broadway show called Sing Man, Sing!. She was a featured singer with the New York City Opera for five seasons[14][15] and played Bess in Porgy and Bess there for six years.[4]
Tynes was one of a group of artists to appear at the American National Exhibition in Moscow in 1959, assembled by Ed Sullivan and sponsored by the US State Department.[12] and was the first American singer to perform at the Budapest Opera after World War II[15]
The Philadelphia Museum of Art has a photograph of her taken by Carl Van Vechten in their collection.[16] In 2001, she donated a collection of her papers and photographs to the A&T Bluford Library.[5][11]
Personal life
[edit]Margaret Tynes married Hans von Klier (1934-2000), an industrial designer of Czech German aristocratic descent. They made their home in Milan and on Lake Garda. Tynes returned to live in the United States when she was widowed.[3]
Tynes died in Silver Spring, Maryland, on March 4, 2024, at the age of 104.[4][3]
References
[edit]- ^ "'Salome' Star Tabbed By Fans 'Stupenda Tynes'". The Herald-Sun. Durham, North Carolina. January 13, 1974. p. 62. Retrieved April 6, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Margaret Tynes returns for hometown appearance". The Greensboro Record. Greensboro, North Carolina. February 28, 1976. p. 10. Retrieved April 6, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c Nossiter, Adam (April 5, 2024). "Margaret Tynes, Soprano Who Soared in Verdi and Strauss, Dies at 104". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
- ^ a b c Salazar, Francisco (March 14, 2024). "Obituary: Soprano Margaret Tynes Dies at 104". OperaWire. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
- ^ a b c "'I have lived for music and art'". News & Record. Greensboro, North Carolina. August 31, 2001. p. 39. Retrieved April 6, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c "Women's History Feature: The late, Margaret Tynes, an International Star of Aggie Pride Passes on March 7, 2024". North Carolina A&T Alumni in the News. March 28, 2024. Retrieved April 13, 2024.
- ^ Hartshorn, William Newton (1910). "Northern Neck Industrial Academy, Ivondale, VA". Era Of Progress And Promise, 1863–1910 : The Religious, Moral, And Educational Development Of The American Negro Since His Emancipation. Priscilla Pub. Co. p. 274 – via North Carolina Digital Collections.
- ^ "Prominent Pastor Dies" (PDF). Greensboro Daily News. November 2, 1972.
- ^ "Profiles of Prominent African-Americans in Greensboro: 22. Margaret Tynes". Greensboro Public Library. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
- ^ "A&T 1925–1955: The Bluford Era". Bluford Library, North Carolina A&T State University. Retrieved April 7, 2024.
- ^ a b "Inventory of the Margaret Tynes Collection". Bluford Library, North Carolina A&T State University. Archived from the original on October 11, 2019. Retrieved October 11, 2019.
- ^ a b "Margaret Tynes: Star Soprano sang the title role of Strauss' "Salome"". Battle Creek Enquirer. February 26, 1964. p. 23. Retrieved April 7, 2024.
- ^ Story, Rosalyn (1993). And So I Sing: African American Divas of Opera and Concert. New York: Amistad Press. pp. 136–137. ISBN 978-1-56743-011-0.
- ^ "Margaret Tynes, Soprano, In Concert Here Tonight". The Salem News. Salem, Ohio. February 8, 1964. p. 2. Retrieved April 6, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Soprano Is Bonus Gift To Concert Patrons". Battle Creek Enquirer. February 26, 1964. p. 23. Retrieved April 6, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Margaret Tynes". philamuseum.org. Retrieved April 7, 2024.
