Leontyne Price: From Choir Girl to Opera Princess

From Cleopatra to Aida, this opera singer solidified her legacy in the opera world.
Leontyne Price: From Choir Girl to Opera Princess
A detail from the cover of the 1971 album "The Great Voice Of Leontyne Price." Internet Archive. Public Domain
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She looked like a queen and sang like an archangel. When lyric soprano Leontyne Price walked out onstage it was with a regal, cool bearing that projected she had everything under control. And she did. There was a grandeur and spirituality about her stage presence, an opulent liquid gold gleam to her voice.

Now 97 years old, the legendary opera singer looks back on a spectacular international opera career that included performances in most of the major opera houses of the world. At age 90, she was interviewed for a documentary on the opening of the Metropolitan Opera at Lincoln Center.

Helena Elling
Helena Elling
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Helena Elling is a singer and freelance writer living in Scottsdale, Arizona.