As it turns out, the celebrated soprano is doing exactly that — today marks her 90th birthday. The sound of Price's radiant voice got people talking even at the local weddings and funerals she sang at ...

Price, now 93, was the first African American soprano to have a major career at the Metropolitan Opera. Critics and fans agreed that she had one of the most beautiful singing voices they'd ever heard.

Legendary American soprano Leontyne Price turns 99 years old today. Her story began in Mississippi, and includes 13 Grammy ...

LAUREL, MS (WDAM) - Leontyne Price was born and raised in Laurel, Mississippi. "Like most singers, she started out playing the piano and singing in the church choir," said George Price, her brother.

After winning a vocal competition in 1975, she starred in “Treemonisha,” which ended up on Broadway. She also sang for a senator. By Neil Genzlinger Listen to the soaring voices of Maria Callas, ...

Big Auntie sits in the parlor listening to French art songs on the phonograph. They sound, she says, “a little like the cha cha cha.” Past the veranda of the one-story. frame house runs South Fifth ...

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COLUMBIA, Md. — Soprano Leontyne Price, who retired from singing 20 years ago, assumed that the triumphs of her illustrious career were behind her. Not so. At 90, Price has become an unlikely movie ...

A legendary American diva, Leontyne Price is celebrated for classic performances of her great roles in a new CD set from the Met. Leontyne Price, who is captured in her prime on a new CD set from the ...

Sherrill Milnes calls it "an avalanche of sound." Jessye Norman says it's "a cloud filled with silver." Singers and critics talk about the amazing... Long live Leontyne Price! As it turns out, the ...