Word: kosti
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Dates: during 1945-1945
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Pennsylvania-born Blanche was set to be an office worker-until, at a ship's concert on a trip to Sweden with her Swedish-born parents, she found her career. To a fellow passenger, Marian Anderson's onetime accompanist Kosti Vehanen, her untrained mezzo-soprano sounded like unmistakable opera material. Vehanen shouted his enthusiastic opinion to anyone who would listen. When Blanche got home, her boss's parents agreed to finance her training...