Soprano Leontyne Price recalls being chosen to open The Opera House with the premiere of Samuel Barber’s Antony and Cleopatra in 1966. President Eisenhower and Leonard Bernstein spoke at this ...

Opera Theatre in St. Paul is celebrating Black History Month with a special concert celebrating Leontyne Price. Price was the first Black Prima Donna of the New York Metropolitan Opera and later this ...

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After winning a vocal competition in 1975, she starred in “Treemonisha,” which ended up on Broadway. She also sang for a senator. By Neil Genzlinger Listen to the soaring voices of Maria Callas, ...

Soprano Leontyne Price is seen as she took nearly 30 minutes of curtain calls following her final opera performance of "Aida" at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York, Jan. 3, 1985. (AP file photo) ...

In 2008, Leontyne Price was one of the first recipients of Opera Honors from the National Endowment for the Arts. The magnificent American soprano Leontyne Price celebrates her 90th birthday Feb. 10.

A legendary American diva, Leontyne Price is celebrated for classic performances of her great roles in a new CD set from the Met. Leontyne Price, who is captured in her prime on a new CD set from the ...

LAUREL, MS (WDAM) - Leontyne Price is known for rising to international fame as one of the leading opera singers of the 1950s and 60s. George Bassi, Director of the Lauren Rogers Museum of Art, ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Legendary soprano Leontyne Price was tonight [29 April 2019] awarded the ...

Price, now 93, was the first African American soprano to have a major career at the Metropolitan Opera. Critics and fans agreed that she had one of the most beautiful singing voices they'd ever heard.

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