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Metropolitan Opera audiences began an extraordinary love affair with American soprano Leontyne Price immediately upon her debut on January 27, 1961. She was by then an internationally heralded singer and an experienced, refined musician and artist.
The whistling voice of Woodstock in She’s a Good Skate, Charlie Brown, the longtime Oakland resident now resides in Port Townsend, Washington. The great American soprano turned 95 in February. Here’s where to start with her storied decades of recording.
There are very few singers with voices that are as instantly recognizable, and revered, as the rich, creamy lyric soprano of Leontyne Price. She continues to be a powerful advocate not only for the art she loves, but for human rights. Born in Laurel, Mississippi in 1927, Price played the piano early on and soon began to sing at church and school.
She was also considered one of the most talented members of her high school choir. In 1944, she went on to the College of Educational and Industrial Arts in Wilberforce, Ohio, to study to be a music teacher.
May 28, 2019 · Updated on May 28, 2019. Known for: New York Metropolitan Opera soprano 1960 – 1985; one of the most popular opera sopranos of recent history, known as the first Black American-born prima donna; she was the first Black opera singer on television. Occupation: opera singer. Dates: February 10, 1927 - Also known as: Mary Violet Leontyne Price.
May 29, 2018 · Born February 10, 1927, in Laurel, MS; daughter of James and Kate (Baker) Price; married William C. Warfield (an opera singer), August 31, 1952 (divorced, 1973). Education: Central State College, Wilberforce, OH, B.A., 1949; attended the Juilliard School of Music, 1949 – 52; studied voice with Florence Page Kimball.
Who was Leontyne Price, the great American soprano? - Classical Music. Leontyne Price was the outstanding lyric-dramatic US soprano of her generation, with a uniquely recognisable timbre.
