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Spinto Soprano Leontyne Price was the first Black soprano to become the Met Opera’s leading performer. She is still with us at 99 years young. Here she is w/a selection from “Aida” (https://youtu.be/MkKGPLlria4?si=0LmVLABlsmAAMfaz) with some help from Luciano Pavarotti
#RetroView #LeontynePrice #BlackHistoryMonth #opera

50+ Music Feb 10

On February 10th, 1927: #LeontynePrice, American opera #soprano (Porgy and Bess; Aida; Metropolitan Opera. 1961-85), born in Laurel, Mississippi.
#HappyBirthday #99 °❀⋆.ೃ࿔*:･°❀⋆.ೃ࿔*:･

The 🫠 ᴘʀᴇᴛᴛʏ BBC Radio 3 🎶 #NowPlaying Bot Feb 10

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #InTune Samuel Barber, Leontyne Price & Samuel Barber: 🎵 The monk and his cat (Hermit Songs) #BBCRadio3 #SamuelBarber #LeontynePrice

50+ Music Jan 27

65 years ago today, #LeontynePrice and Franco Corelli make debuts at the Metropolitan Opera in New York in "Il trovatore"; final curtain call lasts 35 minutes.

The 🫠 ᴘʀᴇᴛᴛʏ BBC Radio 3 🎶 #NowPlaying Bot Nov 21

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #FridayNightIsMusicNight Giuseppe Verdi, Leontyne Price, New Philharmonia Orchestra & Nello Santi: 🎵 La luce Langue (Macbeth) #BBCRadio3 #GiuseppeVerdi #LeontynePrice #NewPhilharmoniaOrchestra #NelloSanti

50+ Music Sep 20

#OnThisDay in 1957, #LeontynePrice makes her operatic stage debut singing Madame Lidoine in the US premiere of "Dialogues of the Carmelites" in San Francisco.

BuzzingRoom Aug 13, 2025

Leontyne Price // #LeontynePrice //

Tosca, Act II: Vissi d'arte,
recorded live at the Met in 1962
[album Leontyne Price at the Met, 2020]

//via // #TheMetropolitanOpera //

#buzzingroom #music #youtube #LeontynePrice #VissiDArte #Tosca #GiacomoPucini #Pucini #KurtAdler #TheMet #MetropolitanOpera

link youtube: https://youtu.be/i9H5HcajFJU

Leontyne Price at the Met: "Vissi d'arte"

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Tim Ashley 🏳️‍🌈Jun 6, 2025

Richard Strauss's Die ägyptische Helena was first performed in Dresden #OTD in 1928.

So here's Leontyne Price singing the Awakening Scene with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Erich Leinsdorf. One of the most astonishing things on disc, it still takes my breath away fifty years after I first heard it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUQp7Wo4s20

@classicalmusic #Strauss #Helena #LeontynePrice

Die ägyptische Helena: Act II: Arie der Helena

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Dr. Dani Sanchez Feb 27, 2025

Spinto Soprano Leontyne Price was the first Black soprano to become the Met Opera’s first Black female leading performer. She is still with us at 98 years young. Here she is with a selection from Giacomo Puccini’s “Madam Butterfly” (https://youtu.be/WwkMxz2nEdc?si=ADkvd5QPc26ZY5CC)
#RetroView #BlackHistoryMonth #LeontynePrice

Leontyne Price sings Madama Butterfly (vaimusic.com)

http://vaimusic.com/product/4268.htmlLeontyne Price sings "Un Bel Di" from Madama Butterfly (Puccini) From: VAI DVD 4268 The Art of Leontyne PriceA testament...

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