Leontyne Price

United States
February 10, 1927

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Mary Violet Leontyne Price (born February 10, 1927) is an American soprano. Born and raised in Laurel, Mississippi, she rose to international acclaim in the 1950s and 1960s, and was the first African American to become a leading artist at the Metropolitan Opera.

For the last 14 days:

14 tracks
15 stations
7 countries

Leontyne Price top songs

1	Ave Maria
2	It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
3	Porgy and Bess:, Act 1: "Summertime"
4	La forza del destino: Padre Eterno Signor
5	La Forza del Destino: La Vergine degli angeli
6	La Forza del Destino: Ah, per sempre
7	La forza del destino: Buona notte, mia figlia
8	It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
9	Silent Night
10	Rusalka: Mesicku na nebi hlubokém ("Song of the Moon")
11	O Tannenbaum
12	Madama Butterfly: Act II: Un bel di vedremo
13	Tosca: Ah, quegli occhi - Qual occhio al mondo può star di paro
14	Requiem: Dies irae: Dies Irae

Leontyne Price quotes

... we performers are monsters. We are a totally different, far-out race of people. I totally and completely admit, with no qualmsat all, my egomania, my selfishness, coupled with a really magnificent voice.