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	Leontyne Price
		Soprano Leontyne Price was born Mary Violet Leontine Price in Laurel, Mississippi, on February 10, 1927, the daughter of James and Katherine Price.
		Leontyne Price scored a major success when, in 1952, she appeared as Bess in Porgy and Bess in Dallas, Chicago, Pittsburgh, and Washington, D.C. In the production, Porgy was sung by William Warfield.
		Price opened the 1969-70 season at the Metropolitan Opera as Aïda and, in 1974, she opened the San Francisco opera season in her role debut as Manon in Manon Lescaut.
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	Leontyne Price - Search Results - MSN Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Price, (Mary) Leontyne, born in 1927, American opera singer, one of the most celebrated sopranos of her generation.
		Mary Violet Leontyne Price (born February 10, 1927) is an American opera singer (soprano).
		Soprano Leontyne Price was born Mary Violet Leontine Price in Laurel, Mississippi, on February 10...
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	AFROCENTRIC VOICES--Leontyne Price Biography
		Mary Violet Leontyne Price was born February 10, 1927, and raised in the colored section of Laurel, Mississippi.
		By the mid 1960's, her reputation had grown to the extent that she was offered the lead in the Samuel Barber opera commissioned especially for the opening of the Met's new facilities at Lincoln Center.
		Price retired from the opera stage at the Met in 1985 with her signature role, Aida.
	www.afrovoices.com /price.html (521 words)

	Leontyne Price : Radio Listening Room (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Leontyne Price, one of the most acclaimed lyric sopranos of our time, sang her first opera role at Juilliard in 1951, won critical acclaim in 1952 as Bess in a revival of Porgy and Bess, and gained widespread exposure in 1955 in the title role of the NBC Opera live telecast of Tosca.
		Leontyne Price and tenor Franco Corelli made their spectacular, joint Met debuts on January 27, 1961, to cheers and standing ovations, and eight days later the Verdi opera was broadcast live from the Met on the Texaco Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast Network.
		Aida was Price's signature role--the one in which she made her debuts at the Vienna State Opera (under Herbert von Karajan), at Covent Garden in London, and at La Scala in Milan.
	www.mtr.org /screen/leontyne/leontyne_radio.htm (445 words)

	Leontyne Price Biography \| Encyclopedia of World Biography
		Leontyne Price (born 1927) was a prima donna soprano acclaimed in most circles as one of the finest opera singers of the 20th century.
		Mary Leontyne Price was born in Laurel, Mississippi, on February 10, 1927.
		Price received overwhelming critical acclaim in her 1954 Town Hall concert in New York City and followed that with her first performance in grand opera, in 1955, as Floria in Puccini's Tosca on network television with the NBC Opera.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/leontyne-price (728 words)

	LEONTYNE PRICE : Encyclopedia Entry
		Leontyne Price was born in a segregated fl neighborhood of Laurel, Mississippi.
		Leontyne Price as Cleopatra in Samuel Barber's ill-fated opera.
		Price was praised for her singing, but many felt that director Franco Zeffirelli buried Barber's music under a gradiose production that used a multitude of extras and animals, floating steel clouds, and a rotating Sphinx.
	bibleocean.com /OmniDefinition/Leontyne_Price (4686 words)

	Almost Famous Music: Music: Leontyne Price: The Ultimate Collection
		Price's Verdian predecessor Zinka Milanov) is enhanced by the soprano's expert trills, musical nuances, and the glorious vibrato that carries her gossamer tones to the floated high C in alt.
		Price's successful outings as Amelia are represented by the Act II aria "Morro, ma prima in grazia" from her stellar complete recording of "Un Ballo in Maschera".
		Price's most revered performances, indeed the aria that garnered her a (5) five minute ovation on live television at her "farewell to Opera" performance in the same opera.
	www.almostfamousmusic.com /shop.php?c=mus&n=64717&i=B00000J912&a=reviews&p=1&x=Leontyne_Price_The_Ultimate_Collection (2283 words)

	Kennedy Center: Biographical information for Leontyne Price
		Leontyne Price was born Mary Violet Leontine Price, to James Anthony Price, a carpenter, and Kate Baker Price, a midwife with a lovely soprano voice.
		Price received excellent vocal training at an early age when she is said to have sat enthralled in her stroller listening to her mother singing in the choir at the St. Paul Methodist Church in Laurel.
		Price entered Oak Park Vocational High School in 1937, where she was quickly designated as the pianist for the school concerts and functions.
	www.kennedy-center.org /calendar/index.cfm?fuseaction=showIndividual&entitY_id=3787&source_type=A (810 words)

	Leontyne Price: The Art of Verdi - Aida, Act III (1958)
		Leontyne Price: The Art of Verdi - Aida, Act III (1958)
		A testament to the longevity of Price’s illustrious career.
		Price in a 1982 telecast with the Orchestre symphonique de Montreal, conducted by Charles Dutoit.
	www.vaimusic.com /VIDEO/DVD_4268_69244_LeontynePrice.htm (136 words)

	Leontyn Price (Soprano) - Short Biography
		Leontyne Price entered Oak Park Vocational High School in 1937, where she was quickly designated as the pianist for the school concerts and functions.
		Leontyne Price earned her B.A. in June 1948, and headed to New York to study at the Juilliard School of Music where she had won a full tuition scholarship.
		Leontyne Price achieved one of the greatest artistic victories of her career on January 27, 1961, when she debuted at the Metropolitan Opera as Leonora in Verdi's Il Trovatore.
	www.bach-cantatas.com /Bio/Price-Leontyn.htm (857 words)

	Arias [Hybrid SACD] at Music Hills.com
		Price soars effortlessly to the heights repeatedly in "Tacea la notte", aligned to sensuously throbbing tone, singing the inexplicably rushed cabaletta fluently.
		Price's Verdian predecessor Zinka Milanov) is enhanced by the soprano's expert trills, other musical nuances, and the glorious vibrato that carries her gossamer tones to a floated high C in alt.
		Price's most revered performances, indeed the aria that garnered her a (5) five minute ovation on live television at her "farewell to Opera" (1985) performance in the same opera.
	www.music-hills.com /Giuseppe-Verdi-Giacomo-Puccini-Oliviero-de-Fabritiis-Leontyne-Price/Arias-Hybrid-SACD-B0002TKFRW.htm (1135 words)

	Leontyne Price Summary
		Leontyne Price was born in a segregated fl neighborhood of Laurel, Mississippi.
		At first, Price planned for a concert and recital career, in the pattern of her idol, the contralto Marian Anderson, and other great fl singers to whom the world's opera houses were closed.
		Price's singing was praised, particularly in the final suicide scene, but she was at the mercy of the director Franco Zeffirelli (who was also the librettist, adapting Shakespeare's play).
	www.bookrags.com /Leontyne_Price (5287 words)

	BBC - Classical Review - Leontyne Price, Rediscovered
		She was one of the great American sopranos, yet Leontyne Price had to wait to make her solo recital debut at Carnegie Hall on 28th February 1965.
		Price's voice is a marvel of brilliant diamonds dazzling in pure cream in this endless stream of the most ravishing and glorious singing possible.
		Price provides the reason for the sustained, visceral excitement that is present at all of her appearances.
	www.bbc.co.uk /music/release/9cjw (1647 words)

	Amazon.ca: Aida: Books: Leontyne Price (Site not responding. Last check: )
		While Price has faithfully outlined the opera's plot--the Ethiopian princess Aida's love for the Egyptian warrior Radames; the jealousy of Amneris, the Pharaoh's daughter; Radames's ultimate execution; and Aida's sacrifice--she does not provide a plausible rationale for their actions and, in the absence of Verdi's music, the story comes across as thin.
		Leontyne Price's retelling of Aida is concise and beautifully illustrated.
		Leontyne Price is the gifted performer who played the character of Aida for many years with much success.
	www.amazon.ca /Aida-Leontyne-Price/dp/0152015469 (1264 words)

	Leontyne Price
		After seeing Anderson, Price decided she wanted to be a musician and singer.
		Price also performed with the San Francisco Opera Company, the Vienna State Opera La Scala in Milan, Spain, and with the famous Metropolitan Opera Company in New York City.
		For her contributions to opera, Price was given the title "La diva di tutte le dive" Italian for "Opera's foremost goddess".
	www.seeingblack.com /x040901/leontyneprice.shtml (279 words)

	Today in History: February 10
		Leontyne Price, quoted in Brian Lanker, I Dream a World: Portraits of Black Women Who Changed America (New York: Stewart, Tabori and Chang, 1989), page 44.
		Lyric soprano Leontyne Price was born on February 10, 1927, in Laurel, Mississippi.
		She sang the role of Bess in Ira Gershwin's Porgy and Bess in New York City from 1952-54 and made her operatic debut at the San Francisco Opera in 1957.
	memory.loc.gov /ammem/today/feb10.html (485 words)

	Amazon.ca: Rediscovered: Music: Leontyne Price (Site not responding. Last check: )
		I have been an admirer of the great Price since I was a boy of 10 after discovering her tremendous recoding of "Carmen" with the greats Corelli, Freni, and von Karajan.
		Price's performance uncommitted and almost like she is rushing through from one number to the next.
		The feeling of immediacy is palpable and the remastering optimizes the breadth and scope of Price's singing - her voice, that velvety powerhouse, is anything but "dime a dozen." Indeed, one is given a glimpse of an artist at the peak of her powers in relationship with an audience - Price makes magic.
	www.amazon.ca /Rediscovered-Leontyne-Price/dp/B00006HCUX (804 words)

	Leontyne Price Was Born
		Price caught the performance bug when her parents bought her a toy piano.
		Price attended the Julliard School of Music and sang the role of Bess in the American opera Porgy and Bess in New York City from 1952 to 1954.
		Price came a long way from that day she heard Marian Anderson sing.
	www.americasstory.com /cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb/jazz/price_2 (130 words)

	Amazon.com: Leontyne Price: The Ultimate Collection: Music: Samuel Barber,Hector Berlioz,Georges Bizet,George ... (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The selections gathered here vividly demonstrate the reason why Leontyne Price is regarded as the supreme VERDI soprano of her generation (30 years to date) a renowned PUCCINI specialist, and one of the greatest artists of all time.
		Price's Verdian predecessor Zinka Milanov) is enhanced by the soprano's expert trills, musical nuances, and the glorious vibrato that carries her gossamer tones to the floated high C in alt.
		Price's most revered performances, indeed the aria that garnered her a (5) five minute ovation on live television at her "farewell to Opera" performance in the same opera.
	www.amazon.com /Leontyne-Price-Collection-Samuel-Barber/dp/B00000J912 (2068 words)

	Leontyne Price (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Leontyne was born in Laurel, Mississippi, to James and Kate Price.
		Price’s career began when she sang in “Four Saints in Three Acts.” She was very successful and signed to sing the role of Bess in “Porgy and Bess.” Price went on to win nearly twenty Grammy awards during her career.
		Leontyne most recently was inducted into the Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame (1999) and received the Mississippi Governor’s Lifetime Achievement Award (2000).
	www2.nemcc.edu /mspeople/leontyne_price.htm (135 words)

	Leontyne Price, A Mississippi Musician
		Mary Violet Leontyne Price, better known as Leontyne Price, a famous fl opera singer, was born in Laurel, Mississippi, on February 10, 1927.
		Price's retirement form the opera stage came in 1985 with the performance of Aida at the Lincoln Center.
		Although she is no longer making recordings, BMG has recently released a new boxed set entitled "The Essential Leontyne Price," which includes eleven CD's of Price's greatest recorded performances (including many rarities), from operatic scenes and arias to art songs to spirituals and sacred songs.
	www.shs.starkville.k12.ms.us /mswm/MSWritersAndMusicians/musicians/Price.html (1199 words)

	LEONTYNE PRICE Autograph
		Price, who attended the Juilliard School of Music, made her Broadway debut in Porgy and Bess in 1952 and three years later became the first Black American singer to appear in a television production of an opera (Tosca).
		Price made her debut with the San Francisco Opera in 1957, the year she first sang Aida.
		Price, who also made a number of recordings, married concert singer William Warfield in 1952 (the couple separated in 1959 and divorced in 1972).
	www.historyforsale.com /html/prodetails.asp?documentid=265697 (246 words)

	SHE PROFILE: LEONTYNE PRICE
		A wise man once said "You can either have a silent, hidden voice in the folds of oblivion or a voice that causes the heavens to tremble." A long time ago Leontyne Price decided that she would make her voice one that shook audiences.
		Using her voice to sing to the world Price was able to create a atmosphere where rawest human emotions could be seen and felt in under three hours.
		As child Price grew up signing in around the house and in her church choir in Mississippi.
	www.harlemlive.org /shethang/profiles/leontyneprice/price.html (313 words)

	A A World . Reference Room . Articles . Leontyne Price \| PBS
		Both of Price's grandfathers had been Methodist ministers in fl churches in Mississippi, and she sang in her church choir as a girl.
		Price's operatic stage debut, did not take place until September 1957, when she appeared in the American premiere of Francis Poulenc's Les Dialogues des Carmélites at the San Francisco Opera.
		In the 1970s Price began to devote more time to recitals, but she scored another great success in her first performance of Ariadne auf Naxos in San Francisco in October 1977.
	www.pbs.org /wnet/aaworld/reference/articles/leontyne_price.html (509 words)

	Classically Black: Leontyne Price
		When Roger was first introduced to Price’s voice in a music appreciation course, he had never heard a fl person sing opera.
		It describes Price’s childhood in Mississippi, her Metropolitan Opera debut that ended with an unprecedented 42-minute Grand Ovation, her rapid ascent in the opera world, and her farewell bow in Aida in 1985.
		Roger, whose living room wall is covered with a huge poster from Price’s last performance at the Krannert Center, said every time he hears her voice, he thinks of a soda his mother used to drink.
	www.will.uiuc.edu /fm/programs/classicallyblack/cbprice.htm (435 words)

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