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Leontyne Price

 
Artist: Leontyne Price
Leontyne Price

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Robert Merrill, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta, Rome Opera House Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan, RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Erich Leinsdorf, Vienna State Opera Chorus, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Ettore Bastianini, John Alldis Choir, Edward Downes, Plácido Domingo, Thomas Schippers, Franco Corelli, Oliviero de Fabritiis, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, Sherrill Milnes, Georg Solti

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  • Born: February 10, 1927, Laurel, MS
  • Active: '60s, '70s, '80s
  • Genres: Classical
  • Instrument: Vocals
  • Representative Albums: "God Bless America", "In Concert", "Christmas Songs

Biography

African American Soprano. Won a scholarship to Juilliard in 1949. In 1952 Ms. Price was chosen by Virgil Thomson for a Broadway revival of his Four Saints in Three Acts, and then starred as Bess in Gershwin's Porgy and Bess on a world tour. A concert career including first performances of works by Barber and Sauguet was interrupted by a television performance of Tosca. This success along with other operatic appearances set the course of her career. She achieved fame as one of the world's foremost sopranos, mainly through her roles in Verdi's operas. Her voice is a true lirico-spinto, a voice that can sound powerful and incisive at dramatic climaxes. A subtle interpreter of many of the great women's operatic roles. ~ Lynn Vought, All Music Guide
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