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Leontyne Price

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Voice: Soprano
Nationality: American
Year of Birth: 1927

About Leontyne Price:

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 prima donna at the Metropolitan Opera.

One critic characterized Price's voice as "vibrant", "soaring" and "a Price beyond pearls", as well as "genuinely buttery, carefully produced but firmly under control", with phrases that "took on a seductive sinuousness." Time magazine called her voice "Rich, supple and shining, it was in its prime capable of effortlessly soaring from a smoky mezzo to the pure soprano gold of a perfectly spun high C."

A lirico spinto (Italian for "pushed lyric") soprano, she was considered especially well suited to the roles of Giuseppe Verdi and Giacomo Puccini, as well as several in operas by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

After her retirement from the opera stage in 1985, she continued to appear in recitals and orchestral concerts until 1997.

Among her many honors are the Presidential Medal of Freedom (1964), the Spingarn Medal (1965), the Kennedy Center Honors (1980), the National Medal of Arts (1985), numerous honorary degrees, and 19 Grammy Awards for operatic and song recitals and full operas, and a special Lifetime Achievement Award in 1989, more than any other classical singer. In October 2008, she was one of the recipients of the first Opera Honors given by the National Endowment for the Arts.

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Nr.Title scenePopularityOperaComposerActTypeVoicesLang.Roles
271Miei Signori tutto e fatto Popularity:

Opera: Cosi Fan TutteComposer: MozartAct: 2.28

Type: quintet,finaleVoice: B S Mz T BrLanguage: Italian

Roles: Alfonso/Fiordiligi/Dorabella/Ferrando/Guglielmo
272Ein schones war,hiess Theseus Ariadne Popularity:

Opera: Ariadne auf NaxosComposer: StraussAct: 1

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: German

Roles: Ariadne
273Andate la che siete due Popularity:

Opera: Cosi Fan TutteComposer: MozartAct: 2.01

Type: recitativeVoice: S S MzLanguage: Italian

Roles: Despina/Fiordiligi/Dorabella
274Mesta e la tua canzon Popularity:

Opera: Trovatore, IlComposer: VerdiAct: 2.03

Type: ariaVoice: mezzoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Azucena
275Dimani si partira Popularity:

Opera: Forza del destino, LaComposer: VerdiAct: 1.06-2

Type: duetVoice: T SLanguage: Italian

Roles: Alvaro/Leonora
276Gelo che ti da foco Popularity:

Opera: TurandotComposer: PucciniAct: 2.13

Type: recitativeVoice: S TLanguage: Italian

Roles: Turandot/Calaf
277Un patto un giuramento Popularity:

Opera: ErnaniComposer: VerdiAct: 3.04

Type: ensembleVoice: T Br B SLanguage: Italian

Roles:
278E tardi Popularity:

Opera: Forza del destino, LaComposer: VerdiAct: 1.07-1

Type: trioVoice: B T SLanguage: Italian

Roles: Marquis/Alvaro/Leonora
279Ah! piuttosto giu m'avvento Popularity:

Opera: ToscaComposer: PucciniAct: 2.13

Type: recitativeVoice: S BrLanguage: Italian

Roles: Tosca/Scarpia
280Ou vas - tu Laisse - moi Popularity:

Opera: CarmenComposer: BizetAct: 3.15

Type: duet,choirVoice: T MzLanguage: French

Roles: José/Carmen
281Risolvi mi vuoi supplice Popularity:

Opera: ToscaComposer: PucciniAct: 2.14-3

Type: recitativeVoice: Br S TLanguage: Italian

Roles: Scarpia/Tosca/Spoletta
282Oh! come felici gioiscon gli sposi Popularity:

Opera: ErnaniComposer: VerdiAct: 4.01

Type: ensembleVoice: S T B BrLanguage: Italian

Roles:
283La commedia e graziosa Popularity:

Opera: Cosi Fan TutteComposer: MozartAct: 1.14

Type: recitativeVoice: B T S MzLanguage: Italian

Roles: Alfonso/Ferrando/Fiordiligi/Dorabella
284Ah! dove il perfido Popularity:

Opera: Don GiovanniComposer: MozartAct: 2.21

Type: recitativeVoice: S S T BLanguage: Italian

Roles: Elvira/Zerlina/Ottavio/Masetto
285Suo padre anch io pugnai Popularity:

Opera: AidaComposer: VerdiAct: 2.13-1

Type: ariaVoice: baritoneLanguage: Italian

Roles: Amonasro
286Soliloquy and Prayer: On rivalries 'tis safe for kings Popularity:

Opera: GlorianaComposer: BrittenAct:

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: English

Roles:
287Ah! no ti calma ascoltami Popularity:

Opera: AidaComposer: VerdiAct: 3.15

Type: recitativeVoice: Br S TLanguage: Italian

Roles: Amonasro/Aida/Radames
288Sur mes genoux fils du soleil Popularity:

Opera: Africaine, L'Composer: MeyerbeerAct: 2.03

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: French

Roles: Sélika
289Chi mi cerca? son io Popularity:

Opera: Forza del destino, LaComposer: VerdiAct: 2.14

Type: recitativeVoice: S B BrLanguage: Italian

Roles: Leonora/Guardiano/Melitone
290No son tuo figlio Popularity:

Opera: Trovatore, IlComposer: VerdiAct: 2.06

Type: Voice: T MzLanguage: Italian

Roles: Manrico/Azucena
291Fermati! - Nò crudel! Popularity:

Opera: RinaldoComposer: HandelAct: 2.06-2

Type: duetVoice: S Mz/cTLanguage: Italian

Roles: Armida/Rinaldo
292Ecco respiro appena Popularity:

Opera: Adriana LecouvreurComposer: CileaAct: 1.04-1

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Adriana
293Colui vivra Popularity:

Opera: Trovatore, IlComposer: VerdiAct: 4.09

Type: recitativeVoice: Br SLanguage: Italian

Roles: Count/Leonora
294Rivedro le foreste imbalsamate Popularity:

Opera: AidaComposer: VerdiAct: 3.06

Type: recitativeVoice: Br SLanguage: Italian

Roles: Amonasro/Aida
295Su del Nilo al sacro lido 2 Popularity:

Opera: AidaComposer: VerdiAct: 2.06-1

Type: recitativeVoice: Mz SLanguage: Italian

Roles: Amneris/Aida
296Morrai si l'empia tua testa Popularity:

Opera: RodelindaComposer: HandelAct: 1.08-2

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Rodelinda
297Qual occhi al mondo puo Popularity:

Opera: ToscaComposer: PucciniAct: 1.11-2

Type: duetVoice: S TLanguage: Italian

Roles: Tosca/Cavaradossi
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