Price, (Mary Violet) Leontyne
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born Feb. 10, 1927, Laurel, Miss., U.S.
U.S. soprano.
She was trained at the Juilliard School. After her debut in a revival of
Four Saints in Three Acts in 1952, she made her name in the international tour of
Porgy and Bess (1953–55). She sang in
Aïda at Milan's La Scala in 1960 and made her Metropolitan Opera debut in 1961. Price was one of the Met's most popular stars for more than two decades and was the first African American singer to achieve an international reputation in opera. She gave her farewell performance of
Aïda at the Met in 1985 but continued to give recitals.
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2010.
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Leontyne Price — fotografiada por Carl Van Vechten en 1951 … Wikipedia Español
