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ALBUMVerdi: HeroinesLeontyne Price, Arturo Basile, Carlo Bergonzi, Corinne Vozza, Daniel Guss, Erich Leinsdorf, Ezio Flagello, Fernando Iacopucci, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, Giorgio Tozzi, Hartje Mueller, John Newton, Julia Hamari, Laura Londi, Mario Sereni, Oliviero de Fabritiis, RCA Italiana Opera Chorus, RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra, Reri Grist, Robert El Hage, Robert Merrill, Rome Opera Orchestra, Shirley Verrett & Thomas Schippers
ALBUMGreat Scenes from Gershwin's Porgy And BessLeontyne Price, Maeretha Stewart, Barbara Webb, John W. Bubbles, Nathaniel S. Johnson, Skitch Henderson, William Warfield, The RCA Victor Orchestra, Alonzo Jones, Miriam Burton, RCA Victor Chorus, Leonard de Paur, Berniece Hall, Robert Henson & McHenry Boatwright
ALBUMPuccini: Madama ButterflyLeontyne Price, Erich Leinsdorf, Richard Tucker, Rosalind Elias, Philip Maero, Virgilio Carbonari, Oliviero de Fabritiis, Robert Kerns, Arturo La Porta, Silvia Bertona, RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra, Anna Di Stasio, RCA Italiana Opera Chorus, Fernanda Cadoni, Mario Rinaudo, Leo Pudis, Gianna Lollini & Nino Antonellini
About Leontyne Price
Artist Biography
African American Soprano. Won a scholarship to Juilliard in 1949. In 1952 Ms. Price was chosen by Virgil Thomson for a Broadway revival of his Four Saints in Three Acts, and then starred as Bess in Gershwin's Porgy and Bess on a world tour. A concert career including first performances of works by Barber and Sauguet was interrupted by a television performance of Tosca. This success along with other operatic appearances set the course of her career. She achieved fame as one of the world's foremost sopranos, mainly through her roles in Verdi's operas. Her voice is a true lirico-spinto, a voice that can sound powerful and incisive at dramatic climaxes. A subtle interpreter of many of the great women's operatic roles. ~ Lynn Vought
Hometown
Laurel, MS, United States
Genre
Classical
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