i12bent: Leontyne Price (b. Feb. 10, 1927), African-America opera diva of great vocal power and verbal wit, is 84 today! Price was the first black star at the Met in New York, opening the 1961 season and singing multiple prima donna parts over a number of seasons - and despite often being type-cast in operas such as Porgy and Bess and Virgil Thomson’s all-black opera (w. a Gertrude Stein libretto) Four Saints in Three Acts, she also became known as a Verdi specialist…

i12bent:

Leontyne Price (b. Feb. 10, 1927), African-America opera diva of great vocal power and verbal wit, is 84 today!

Price was the first black star at the Met in New York, opening the 1961 season and singing multiple prima donna parts over a number of seasons - and despite often being type-cast in operas such as Porgy and Bess and Virgil Thomson’s all-black opera (w. a Gertrude Stein libretto) Four Saints in Three Acts, she also became known as a Verdi specialist…

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    acabo de buscar un video de ella. coño que brutal! me encanta la Opera
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    I love her and Kathleen Battle, my favs!
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    This woman’s voice is just simply breathtaking
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    We share a birthday! I’m so honored - this woman is amazing.
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    It wasn’t Christmas at our house without repeated listens to Leontyne Price’s Christmas Songs with the Vienna...
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    Leontyne Price (b. Feb. 10, 1927), African-America opera diva of great vocal power and verbal wit, is 84!
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