Leontyne Price - Wikipedia
Mary Violet Leontyne Price (/ l i ˈ ɒ n t iː n, ˈ l iː ə n t iː n / 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]
Leontyne Price | Biography, Opera, & Facts | Britannica
2024年10月12日 · 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.
Leontyne Price - Aida, Awards & Age - Biography
2014年4月2日 · Soprano Leontyne Price is widely regarded as the first African American to gain international acclaim as a professional opera singer.
Leontyne Price Biography - life, parents, school, young, old ...
Leontyne Price was a prima donna soprano (the lead female singer in an opera) and considered in most many circles as one of the finest opera singers of the twentieth century.
AFROCENTRIC VOICES--Leontyne Price Biography
Price has been described as a "lirico-spinto" soprano with a 3-1/2 octave range. Her rock-solid vocal technique and purity and her dramatic flair have been combined to create a mix suitable both for the opera and concert stage.
Leontyne Price - National Endowment for the Arts
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.
Leontyne Price: A Legendary Met Career - Metropolitan Opera
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.
Leontyne Price | Kennedy Center
Price achieved one of the greatest artistic victories of her career on January 27, 1961, when she debuted at the Metropolitan Opera as Leonora in Verdi's Il Trovatore. This performance ignited a 42-minute ovation, one of the longest in the Met's history.
Leontyne Price - Encyclopedia.com
2018年5月29日 · 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 …
Leontyne Price was the outstanding lyric-dramatic US soprano of her generation, with a uniquely recognisable timbre.