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- 1927-02-10
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Acting · Laurel, Mississippi, USA
An American soprano who has performed at some of the major opera houses throughout the world. She is perhaps best known for her performances of the title role in Verdi's Aida.
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- The Opera House — Self - Interviewee2017
- In Concert at The Met — Soprano2010
- Salzburg Marionette Theatre: Don Giovanni — Donna Elvira1995
- Aida — Aida1985
- La Forza del Destino — Donna Leonora1984
- The Metropolitan Opera Centennial Gala — Self1983
- The Kennedy Center Honors — Self1978
- Le Grand Échiquier — Self1972
- The Pearl Bailey Show — Self1971
- Great Performances — Self1971
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Leontyne Price (/ˈliːəntiːn, liˈɒntiːn/ LEE-ən-teen, lee-ON-teen; born Mary Violet Leontine Price, February 10, 1927) is an American singer who was the first African-American soprano to receive international acclaim. From 1961 she began a long association with the Metropolitan Opera, becoming the first Black singer to maintain a sustained relationship with the company. She regularly appeared at the world's major opera houses, including the Vienna State Opera, the Royal Opera House, San Francisco Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, and La Scala. She was particularly renowned for her performances of the title role in Giuseppe Verdi's Aida.
Born in Laurel, Mississippi, Price studied music at the College of Education and Industrial Arts in Wilberforce, Ohio which at the beginning of her education was a department inside Wilberforce University. By the time she graduated in June 1948 with a degree in music education, the department had split from Wilberforce and become its own separate institution, the State College of Education and Industrial Arts at Wilberforce (now known as Central State University). She pursued further studies at the Juilliard School from 1948 until 1952, where she was trained as a soprano by Florence Kimball. Price developed a close relationship with Kimball and continued to study with her until Kimball's death in 1977.
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1927 births20th-century African-American women singers20th-century American singers20th-century American women opera singers21st-century American womenAfrican-American women opera singersAmerican MethodistsAmerican musical theatre actressesAmerican operatic sopranosCentral State University alumniClassical musicians from MississippiDelta Sigma Theta members