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Nov 4, 2022 · Hear an extended interview with internationally acclaimed soprano Leontyne Price as she reflects on her life and achievements. Explore the Kennedy Center Honors - https://www.kennedy-center.org...
Feb 10, 2022 · Leontyne Price, 95 today. The Mississippi soprano who planted her feet on the Metropolitan Opera stage in 1961 and sang there for quarter of a century has a round-numbered birthday today.
Mary Violet Leontyne Price ( / liˈɒntiːn, ˈliːəntiːn / lee-ON-teen, LEE-ən-teen; born February 10, 1927) is an American spinto soprano who was the first African American soprano to receive international acclaim. [1] From 1961 she began a long association with the Metropolitan Opera.
Apr 2, 2014 · Renowned for her early stage and television work, Leontyne Price made her opera stage debut at the San Francisco Opera in 1957, and her debut at New York City's Metropolitan Opera House...
Leontyne Price, American lyric soprano, the first African American singer to achieve an international reputation in opera. She was one of the Metropolitan Opera’s leading regular sopranos, notably appearing in Madama Butterfly, Don Giovanni, and Aida. Learn more about Price’s life and career.
She now lives quietly in a cozy house in New York's Greenwich Village.
Feb 10, 2017 · Long live Leontyne Price! As it turns out, the celebrated soprano is doing exactly that — today marks her 90th birthday.
