Leontyne Price, Summertime, George Gershwin, Porgy and Bess, Munchen, Munich 1968

I do not own this video. I am asking the licensees of this concert to release the film footage of this concert for the public. If you release it, we'll buy it and we won't do this.

[@mermodfreres]

With all the versions of "Summertime", hers is the best....she is from the south and knows how to sing those words like a southerner. Just plain stunning!!

[@jamescreason5403]

laurel misssisssisssipppi

[@corneliuswhite5139]

THIS!!

[@DomLeVey]

Bent every note possible, yall. In a classy, Mississippi delta bluesy fashion. Molasses to my south western (texas) born ears.

[@viperstrike3827]

Leontyne Price is the QUEEN of this song!

[@tappindoglover9646]

Sublime. And she’s still alive.

[@dantewalston2755]

No soprano can touch her!

[@joeabcobb1]

Best rendition I've ever heard. She captures the Southern essence and expresses it with her exquisite voice, perfect technique, and through her Mississippi lived experience. Brilliant. And she looks fabulous, too. A charming woman who was born to sing and be on stage.

[@luminiferous1960]

I am fortunate to have attended a recital by Leontyne Price in Richmond, VA in the early 1980s. With no microphone, her voice powerfully filled the entire auditorium with clear, luscious, and beautiful sound while conveying every nuance of emotion in the songs. She performed six encores and received seven well deserved standing ovations! Brava Diva Price!

[@DomLeVey]

I mean.... she set this song up with the most Mississippi delta bluesy intonation I've ever heard. 😊 So good.

[@jeffreymiller4814]

Pulling a high B natural out of the air and holding it with such arrogant ease! She sings this with such simple perfection yet still makes a tour de force out of it. No one alive can do this today. No one. They all TRY hard, but just fall short.

[@shells500tutubo]

"arrogant ease"! Perfect description.

[@robertknapp7612]

What a privilege to hear this sublime voice these 55 years later!! Many thanks for sharing.

[@user-dz4jz4dz4m]

Perfection.

[@Patrick-yh5yd]

Goose Bumpes!!!!WOW!!!

[@cooljc26]

*Great voice...it runs in the family...she is Cissy Houston 1st cousin, the mother of Whitney Houston (The Voice)!!!* 😊

[@josephmosikili1902]

....born to sing this Aria...The Ideal Bess indeed.

[@brunofatalot3808]

absolument magnifique!!!!

[@Annapolitain]

Absolutely sublime.

[@creativemindplay]

The slight head toss @ 0:55

[@patrickandrew2785]

And an even more slight one at 1:57.

[@michaelg.golden7327]

Muy perfecto!! One of the best opera sopranos ever.

[@onegin653]

Leontyne è strepitosa in questo concerto. Milioni di grazie per questi video da Monaco di Baviera❤❤❤❤❤

[@trilobit4]

She's always totally awesome, sometimes less, sometimes more. She made an opera fool of me a long time ago. She sang Verdi's "Tacea la notte placida" to me. It is like yesterday. My head spun, she got me. I've never seen her live, unfortunately. Time brought other artists, but Leontyne was the first. She is the first love, and she will always be loved.

[@onegin653]

@@trilobit4 I was lucky enough to see her twice in 1977 in Il Trovatore and a recital the same year. She is also blame for my opera love. She is in her prime in this concert in Munich and she looks so cute

[@trilobit4]

@@onegin653 I would like to kindly invite you to her FB fan group. The photos from her birthday party, 10. 2. 2023, are there.. facebook.com/groups/fansofleontyne/permalink/2981286948847215/

[@onegin653]

@@trilobit4 Thank you very much. I knew that group but they never invited me visit it

[@trilobit4]

@@onegin653 So I personally invite you to join my Fb group dedicated to her. It is much smaller and more modest. You are warmly welcomed Leontyne Price Fan Club - Unofficial

[@zacharylavender1568]

Perfection!

[@deev3282]

So grateful to you for sharing this. This was a splendid encore and a brilliant end to an immensely stunning concert

[@MultiDanielrj]

so light!!!!!

[@raouljoseph2188]

Absolutely stunning. Thank you for sharing this gem.

[@vanesasoares6869]

Queen❤

[@johanweir9848]

Thanks for the amazing quality upload! It‘s much appreciated.

[@nancybeiman5368]

I heard Leontyne Price sing SUMMERTIME with the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra at about this same time, Henry Lewis conducting. My father played the English horn in the orchestra, and he was a lot clearer than this player. I will never forget the performance.

[@alistairwatkins6455]

This concert was insanely GREAT. Hoping u have the Ernani Involami

[@trilobit4]

I'm afraid not. But I'm still looking. The whole concert was filmed, I don't understand why it's not available for purchase.

[@renaissanceinblack]

😂😂😆😅 That was amazing!!

[@dantewalston2755]

Can this be sung any better than this?

[@CwjrB3]

Thanks for posting such a gem. Is there more to this concert which can be posted?

[@liedersanger1]

Ask the Bavarian Radio and TV!

[@laurietarawa1371]

Was she even trying !!!!

[@dramaturge231]

Who’s the conductor?

[@deev3282]

Carlo Franci