Jim Lieberthal she should have 150. The best operatic voice to come from this country thank God have mercy Lord amen and Glory Hallelujah saw her twice in concert 1975 1985 my wife and I fell in love in 1975. We went to leontyne price concert recital. In a beautiful Auditorium Concert Hall great acoustics. The three of us sat there thought we had been transported get my drift. I never heard anything like that never will again. When she retired at the age of 57. Her voice was still quite well if no one had ever seen her or heard of her before that and saw that Aida performance they would have said wow! I used to VCR 2 tapes I still have them. My wife is going to convert them to DVDs. Thank you Miss price forgiving us your great gift. The last great primadonna and that's a fact. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and so does she. No I am not black I'm 5% according to my DNA in the internet all caucasians in the United States have black blood in them they just don't know it. I do my wife says when you sing Spirituals you sound like a black man. She insisted I do my DNA because her mother was adopted Croatian she was illegitimate she did her DNA 18 nationalities 4% black. There's only three races. Caucasian Black Mongolian. Noah at Three Sons and all three went separate ways with their wives end of story can you dig it. She will be 92 soon but like my grandfather live to be a hundred and two my other grandfather 98. It came to America in the late 1700s from Europe I'm glad of that I have all three races in me thank you God forgiving me the best of all three. Leontyne price playlist keeps growing and growing. My daughter was mesmerised when she sang the Nile scene Etc that incredible Hi-C is she held forever no one else could do that. It was written for her. It was enough to resurrect Giuseppe Verdi. According to a book that I read when she sang in La Scala and Rome. Okay I've said enough take care and you got a laugh a little live live a little cry a little. Peace out excuse my typos I use the microphone when I make a comment I have arthritis in both hands. That's my excuse and I'm sticking to it.ARNOLD BOURBON AMARAL
Ms. Leontyne Price, Ms. Dionne Warwick, Whitney Houston, Ms. Cissy Houston. Whitney Houston, Dee Dee Warwick, and the rest of that entire family (because there are more that are not famous) are full of powerful great vocalist and talent!! Ms. Dionne and Leotyne carry similar poise, sophistication and attitude when speaking and singing. Wow!!
She’s incredible! At the end, I could hear the harmonics and sound waves bouncing around like crazy as she held that final high B flat. Anyone else hear it?!
Israel Hernandez I've been hearing it for years. Thank you CZcams. I used 2 VCR tapes to record this performance my wife's going to convert them to DVD. Because for some reason the Met did not record it and released it as a DVD do to their lack of administrative leadership. Oh well The Beat Goes On . I'm. Moving to Vienna Milan Paris Madrid I have family all over Europe so does my wife. The disadvantage of a young country the greatest art form in the world and one of the greatest voices to come from out of this country is leontyne price in regards to Opera. Please excuse my typos I use the microphone when I make a comment. Agape to all. ARNOLD BOURBON AMARAL
Israel Hernandez Lucky me, I saw her in the theater twice - once as Aida, and then as Ariadne auf Naxos. Believe me, these video clips don’t even come close to her actual sound.
the greatest soprano to ever interpret opera...and a vocal genius. She found her 'diva gear' singing Verdi...but her Strauss interpretations, weren't chopped liver. And as bombastic and dramatic as Strauss is, he begged for a voice like Ms Price's to do him justice. And she did that, hands down.
@@voraciousreader3341 DAM.....DAM....DAM !!!...I Was One Letter Away From Making My POINT !!!....( As You Can See , Adjustments Have Been Made . Thanks For The Tip !!!..)....
She did seem very conceited but for you people who don't understand the struggles of being an afro-american our people had to fight and die just to be able to freely breathe same air as anyone else so she had to hold her head high at all times and wear that persona because she was a first‼️For the black people and I'm sure it wasn't easy😤
Altra Mega Super video...really enjoy'D it...I was just giving Her ablum on Vinyl called, One Of The Most Beautiful Voices In The World Today.Cant wait to get off work top slap this wax on the wheel and needle...most definitely will take care of this record.
At the very end, when she sings the final phrase from Aida, you hear once and for all that she had the most beautiful B flat of any soprano in the 20th century. ..
You haven’t even heard every soprano who sang in the 20th century, so how do you know this?? I’m not knocking Price, at all....she was stupendous! But to say any singer was-or is-the best of anything is just silly! It’s not a horse race with a clear winner, bc the arts are subjective. If Price is YOUR favorite of the 20th century, that’s fine....just don’t make such pronouncements for anyone else!
Brook Eggleston no that was Renata Scotto she ruled in the 70s why I don't know standard was for Alley Cats it sounded like opera singers. Don't be offended it's my sense of humor. My friend Sharon who died can years ago loved CABALLE PRICE and I asked her once what do you what do you think of Renata Scotto and she said I hate I hate Renata Scotto! My wife and I just laughed she had front row seats at the Arizona Opera House she said she understood Opera very well I miss her and my wife's best friend too June passed away 12 years ago to cancer bless her heart introduce my wife to me. She had it all planned out. Thank you for listening. Excuse my typos I use the microphone when I make a comment. Agape to all
Dave Glo :: (1) Great singers can also have some humility. (2) I was a great fan of Price's when I first started listening to opera ; as time passed, I heard other voices and became more discerning. (3) She was a terrible actress. She lacked the virtuosity to sing _IL Trovatore_ and to bring that character, fully, to vocal-life and other Verdi vocal-demands. Her earlier versions were good, because of her youthful sound. Her later recorded versions were heavy-handed ; heavy-sounding, vocally. Her version of _Ernani ! Ernani, Involami_ was not good ( w / o the trills, as one example ). It took me many years before I realized her lack of virtuoso singing. (4) Her rep. was limited, maybe by choice ; maybe by voice. (5) Her speaking-affectations are even difficult for her to pull-off. (6) Her Italian-diction was criticized. (7) Her Prima Donna Series were excellent. Her _Carmen_ was her greatest singing performance. (8) Her upper-voice was glorious ! I really had no idea she was this conceited ; so I wanted to type a comment about her for some "balance" and I decided to "hide" ( like a coward ) behind your comment ! I knew I would be torn apart in the general area of the comments. Conceit is never an admirable trait, I think, especially when there are greater voices :: Willamina Fernandez Shirley Verrett Marian Anderson AND the majestic voice of Bumbry with her extremely-varied vocal-accomplishments AND others ... A singer who thinks her voice is so beautiful that she "toasts" her own voice with champagne, is hiding deficiencies, elsewhere ... Just my opinion. Don't "kill" me.
@@SOUNDROTATION I don’t even remember posting this comment, yikes. I wonder if it was someone else I was referring to, because you’re right - Leontyne deserves only plaudits
That is because her life has always been about her. She separated from her husband in 1967 and divorced in 1972, she had no children, so it is not strange that she is her own topic! I am not defending her, but, just saying I totally understand her behaviour.
"I was superb, comme toujours" true diva
My favorite fact - she is the only opera singer to have won 15 Grammys!!!
Jim Lieberthal she should have 150. The best operatic voice to come from this country thank God have mercy Lord amen and Glory Hallelujah saw her twice in concert 1975 1985 my wife and I fell in love in 1975. We went to leontyne price concert recital. In a beautiful Auditorium Concert Hall great acoustics. The three of us sat there thought we had been transported get my drift. I never heard anything like that never will again. When she retired at the age of 57. Her voice was still quite well if no one had ever seen her or heard of her before that and saw that Aida performance they would have said wow! I used to VCR 2 tapes I still have them. My wife is going to convert them to DVDs. Thank you Miss price forgiving us your great gift. The last great primadonna and that's a fact. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and so does she. No I am not black I'm 5% according to my DNA in the internet all caucasians in the United States have black blood in them they just don't know it. I do my wife says when you sing Spirituals you sound like a black man. She insisted I do my DNA because her mother was adopted Croatian she was illegitimate she did her DNA 18 nationalities 4% black. There's only three races. Caucasian Black Mongolian. Noah at Three Sons and all three went separate ways with their wives end of story can you dig it. She will be 92 soon but like my grandfather live to be a hundred and two my other grandfather 98. It came to America in the late 1700s from Europe I'm glad of that I have all three races in me thank you God forgiving me the best of all three. Leontyne price playlist keeps growing and growing. My daughter was mesmerised when she sang the Nile scene Etc that incredible Hi-C is she held forever no one else could do that. It was written for her. It was enough to resurrect Giuseppe Verdi. According to a book that I read when she sang in La Scala and Rome. Okay I've said enough take care and you got a laugh a little live live a little cry a little. Peace out excuse my typos I use the microphone when I make a comment I have arthritis in both hands. That's my excuse and I'm sticking to it.ARNOLD BOURBON AMARAL
@Arnold Amarai
I read with interest your beautiful comment; thank you for sharing. Would love to hear you sing our beautiful Spirituals. :)
@@arnoldamaral7406 I REALLY ENJOYED YOUR EPIC COMMENT !!!.....In Fact I'm Even Nominating Your Comment For A PULITZER PRIZE !!!.....
Just leaving leontyne Price Blvd in Laurel Mississippii
Ms. Leontyne Price, Ms. Dionne Warwick, Whitney Houston, Ms. Cissy Houston. Whitney Houston, Dee Dee Warwick, and the rest of that entire family (because there are more that are not famous) are full of powerful great vocalist and talent!! Ms. Dionne and Leotyne carry similar poise, sophistication and attitude when speaking and singing. Wow!!
She’s incredible! At the end, I could hear the harmonics and sound waves bouncing around like crazy as she held that final high B flat. Anyone else hear it?!
Israel Hernandez I've been hearing it for years. Thank you CZcams. I used 2 VCR tapes to record this performance my wife's going to convert them to DVD. Because for some reason the Met did not record it and released it as a DVD do to their lack of administrative leadership. Oh well The Beat Goes On . I'm. Moving
to Vienna Milan Paris Madrid I have family all over Europe so does my wife. The disadvantage of a young country the greatest art form in the world and one of the greatest voices to come from out of this country is leontyne price in regards to Opera. Please excuse my typos I use the microphone when I make a comment. Agape to all. ARNOLD BOURBON AMARAL
Israel Hernandez Lucky me, I saw her in the theater twice - once as Aida, and then as Ariadne auf Naxos. Believe me, these video clips don’t even come close to her actual sound.
Miss Price was/is uniquely superb!
Yes..
It is an A.
Ms.Leontyne Price Is The Original Grand High Diva, I Love Her Accent & Way Of Phrasing Words. 💯
"You cannot turn a willow into an oak" a WORD!
actually, she said "you cannot make a willow out of an oak" meaning she could not be a lesser version of herself, she was born an oak
@@BernardProfitendieu thank you!!💕
omg she's really a diva.
Happy 91st Life Anniversary - Saturday, February 10, 2018
Grand Opera Soprano Queen Leontyne Price
And She Shall Reign Forever & Ever!
Thank you Miss Price, for being you. We come to you.
Comme toujours!!! That's my diva!
@5:42! WOW! She is truly a-m-a-z-i-n-g!!!
Yes! absolutely amazing! Bravo!
the greatest soprano to ever interpret opera...and a vocal genius. She found her 'diva gear' singing Verdi...but her Strauss interpretations, weren't chopped liver. And as bombastic and dramatic as Strauss is, he begged for a voice like Ms Price's to do him justice. And she did that, hands down.
I love her more now because she is unapologetic for her success. She is "superb" and then some. She is self confident, not a diva.
Yes, self-confident.
I LOVE THIS INTERVIEW 😀 ❤ !!!...Miss Price DEFINES The Word DIVA !!!....AND SHE KNOWS IT !!!!!
......
Ummmm.....I hate to tell you, but.....it’s “DIVA”!
You’re welcome. 😁
@@voraciousreader3341 DAM.....DAM....DAM !!!...I Was One Letter Away From Making My POINT !!!....( As You Can See , Adjustments Have Been Made . Thanks For The Tip !!!..)....
Wonderful voice. What vocal talent in her family - Whitney Houston, Dionne Warwick, Cissy Houston, as well as beautiful looks!
Well…
I Love Her She's The Grand High Opera Diva ❤️💯 🎶🎵🎼
Diva! Love it!
I love this woman.
Of all the opera singers I have known in my long life she is the most endearing. Just being in her presence was like getting a shot of Adrenalin.
She did seem very conceited but for you people who don't understand the struggles of being an afro-american our people had to fight and die just to be able to freely breathe same air as anyone else so she had to hold her head high at all times and wear that persona because she was a first‼️For the black people and I'm sure it wasn't easy😤
🙄
I had the honor to see her
Happy Birthday ❤️❤️❤️I love U❤️❤️❤️
Beautiful artist
Altra Mega Super video...really enjoy'D it...I was just giving Her ablum on Vinyl called, One Of The Most Beautiful Voices In The World Today.Cant wait to get off work top slap this wax on the wheel and needle...most definitely will take care of this record.
WOW!!!!!!!!! Brava, Ms. Price, thousands of times over!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you so much for posting. Do you know what year this interview occurred? Ms. Price is stunning as usual.
I LOVE MS. PRICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
15 grammy's ??? wow!!!
At the very end, when she sings the final phrase from Aida, you hear once and for all that she had the most beautiful B flat of any soprano in the 20th century. ..
Josquinquin it’s incredible. I could hear the harmonics and sound waves bouncing round like crazy!
You haven’t even heard every soprano who sang in the 20th century, so how do you know this?? I’m not knocking Price, at all....she was stupendous! But to say any singer was-or is-the best of anything is just silly! It’s not a horse race with a clear winner, bc the arts are subjective. If Price is YOUR favorite of the 20th century, that’s fine....just don’t make such pronouncements for anyone else!
It’s an A. But who cares? It is stunning.
@@voraciousreader3341 They said THE MOST BEAUTIFUL, now shut your face.
It's Prima Donna Assoluta
Prima Dona Assoluta!!!
Brook Eggleston no that was Renata Scotto she ruled in the 70s why I don't know standard was for Alley Cats it sounded like opera singers. Don't be offended it's my sense of humor. My friend Sharon who died can years ago loved CABALLE PRICE and I asked her once what do you what do you think of Renata Scotto and she said I hate I hate Renata Scotto! My wife and I just laughed she had front row seats at the Arizona Opera House she said she understood Opera very well I miss her and my wife's best friend too June passed away 12 years ago to cancer bless her heart introduce my wife to me. She had it all planned out. Thank you for listening. Excuse my typos I use the microphone when I make a comment. Agape to all
What year is this?
15-Grammy Awards??? Wow!
i call the shots you have love her
She can be Tina Turner's older sister lol they are so alike 💯
now this is a Diva ? proper
OMG! The man at the beginning is Tina Knowles (Beyonce's mom) new husband.... his last name is Lawson I believe
Yes Richard Lawson
Yes, that's correct!
i call the shot i tell people to do love it
She's giving me Tina turner vibes hahaha
Not sure there could be two women who were more different.
The greatest Verdi soprano of the 20th Century.
She is so breathtakingly conceited. But then again, as one of the great singers of all time, she earned the right to be full of herself.
Dave Glo ::
(1)
Great singers can also have some humility.
(2)
I was a great fan of Price's when I first started listening to opera ; as time passed, I heard other voices and became more discerning.
(3)
She was a terrible actress. She lacked the virtuosity to sing _IL Trovatore_ and to bring that character, fully, to vocal-life and other Verdi vocal-demands. Her earlier versions were good, because of her youthful sound. Her later recorded versions were heavy-handed ; heavy-sounding, vocally. Her version of _Ernani ! Ernani, Involami_ was not good ( w / o the trills, as one example ). It took me many years before I realized her lack of virtuoso singing.
(4)
Her rep. was limited, maybe by choice ; maybe by voice.
(5)
Her speaking-affectations are even difficult for her to pull-off.
(6)
Her Italian-diction was criticized.
(7)
Her Prima Donna Series were excellent.
Her _Carmen_ was her greatest singing performance.
(8)
Her upper-voice was glorious !
I really had no idea she was this conceited ; so I wanted to type a comment about her for some "balance" and I decided to "hide" ( like a coward ) behind your comment ! I knew I would be torn apart in the general area of the comments.
Conceit is never an admirable trait, I think, especially when there are greater voices ::
Willamina Fernandez
Shirley Verrett
Marian Anderson
AND the majestic voice of Bumbry with her extremely-varied vocal-accomplishments
AND others ...
A singer who thinks her voice is so beautiful that she "toasts" her own voice with champagne, is hiding deficiencies, elsewhere ...
Just my opinion. Don't "kill" me.
@@cliffgaither What's virtuoso singing?
That man can sang
Why disrespect the icon in this manner?
@@SOUNDROTATION I don’t even remember posting this comment, yikes. I wonder if it was someone else I was referring to, because you’re right - Leontyne deserves only plaudits
I heard she became drunk after being dismissed by her ex husband. It might be untrue
I love Leontyne Price but God is she ever full of herself !
That is because her life has always been about her.
She separated from her husband in 1967 and divorced in 1972, she had no children, so it is not strange that she is her own topic!
I am not defending her, but, just saying I totally understand her behaviour.
When you have reached the height of success that she has reached, you have the right to be full of yourself.