Lyric soprano Leontyne Price was born on February 10, 1927, in Laurel, Mississippi. Price debuted on Broadway in April 1952. Her successful career took her to leading opera houses around the world and brought eighteen Grammy awards as well as the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
In 1985, Price gave her final performance at New York’s Lincoln Center in the title role of Verdi’s Aida; she was fifty-seven years old. Read more HERE.
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