NEA Opera Honors: Leontyne Price Tribute
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- čas přidán 13. 06. 2010
- There are very few singers with voices that are as instantly recognizable, and revered, as the rich, creamy lyric soprano of Leontyne Price. Price has made a long career in opera, concert and recital. Though she is best known as a Verdi and Puccini singer, she has always embraced the work of American composers, particularly Samuel Barber. She gave the premiere of his Hermit Songs at New York City's Town Hall in 1954, with the composer at the piano, and Barber went on to write many pieces for her.
In 1997, Price introduced children to one of opera's greatest heroines in her book Aida. Her scores of awards include the Presidential Medal of Freedom (1964), the Kennedy Center Honors (1980), the National Medal of the Arts (1985), the National Association of Black Broadcasters Award (2002), the French Order of Arts and Letters, the Italian Order of Merit, 19 Grammys and three Emmys. - Hudba
The finest American soprano of her period.
MAGNIFICENT !!!.....THE GREATEST VOICE OF THE 21st CENTURY !!!... THANK GOD SHE'S STILL WITH US !!!....
My mother had Ms Price on the "stereo" all the time when I was young. Her voice still leaves me speechless.
La Divina!
Outstanding wow wow wow I am buying her albums right now...GOD what a VOICE....what a GIFT...what an INSPIRATION
wow, she is something else. and still so beautiful and regal.
Whenever I hear Leontyne's voice it's as though I have fell in love for the first time all over again. I get this overwhelming feeling in my stomach like I want to cry and smile and gasp. It's so exhaustingly beautiful that I can't get enough. I wish that I could have heard her live. Her voice reaches to the depths of my soul and caresses my heart. Thank you for honoring such an amazing artist.
she is related to Whitney houston.
Her Talking Voice is Absolutely exquisite a
This is the voice of lifetime
WOW...What a voice ..that voice moves me!!! Yes it's God given
What an incredible human being - and one of the best Sopranos to ever live.
Her voice above all, but also she should be remembered as a great American, a hero, an inspiration needed more today. I remember her as bringing opera to the soul. where all mortals could enjoy it, and she was my introduction to it as a teenager, love at first song! Now that I live in Mississippi, I can't help but remember this native treasure.
Happy 93rd Anniversary Of Life
February 10, 2020
Queen Leontyne Price
Greatest Of Them ALL!
What a beautiful woman 😍❤️
What A VOICE!
Whenever I am in doubt and want inspiration, I come here and watch this. Thank you, Ms. Price, for keeping me focused on what is important in life!
Ms. Price, Your voice is just Awesome...Many Blessings you have and Share to the World...Thank Y ou.
An immensely great American heroine in life and the vocal arts.
Thank you so much for the inspiration and enrichment, Ms Leontyne Price.
I absolutely LOVE her voice! She has been my she-ro in many ways, but mostly "the voice".
The finest American soprano...PERIOD.
God's gift to us is pure love for the "art form" thank you Ms Leontyne Price your voice will live forever!
Everyone talk about the South, particularly Mississippi but Miss has and still produces some of the greatest people in the USA.
Absolutely breathtaking a woman of class and talent. I love her reference to Marianne Anderson both great examples for anyone to look up too
God bless this BEAUTIFUL human being Leontine Price!
brings tears to my eyes....
Great Joy in listening to her beautiful voice.
Awesome, Regal, Stunning!
I love the way she talk
Great singer. Great person. Great artist.
Pure class
I was fortunate enough to hear her and Domingo at the Met in 1969. I was either going to or coming back from a year in Vietnam, and in my Army uniform, when I heard about such a performance and raced to the ticket office right off the plane to ask if any seats were available for the "Force of Destiny" and to my surprise, the clerk told me yes. For $7.50 I was given the 10th row, center front. Her voice was amazing. So clear and powerful and beautiful. It was a night to always remember. I think she was the greatest dramatic soprano of the last 50 to 60 years, in my opinion.
La Forza del Destino! The Met doesn't do Italian opera in English!
@@brookeggleston9314 What a prissy pedant.
@@auscub213 No, just into reality! It wouldn't have been listed in English. The Met doesn't do operas in English unless they were written in English. They present operas in their original language!
@@brookeggleston9314 Big deal. Anyway, it was probably “Il Trovatore” since she and Domingo didn’t sing Forza until 1977.
@@liedersanger1 Another point of reality!
beautiful....
What a magnificent instrument.
"THE FACE OF GOD"......La voce d' un Angelo!!!!
Leontyne Price is indisputably the world’s greatest living soprano.
Molto bene! Molto grazie.
DIVA!!!👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Extraordinary woman
My hopes is to see Academy Award Winners F. W. & J. H. -develop and star in Ms. Price & Warfield's Biopic! From my post to God's ear!
My God!
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what is the name of the song she is singing?? at the start of this video?
Vissi d'Arte, from Tosca
March 2021... Anyone else?
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AIDA maybe my operatic legacy for
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many reasons but I'm thrilled to say and
04:52
happy that it is for the obvious because
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my skin was my costume I was allowed
04:58
freedoms with her because she was and
05:01
still is very much me to be able to
05:05
finally express not just vocally but
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with words that she was a princess as
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was I'm there's never a slave
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achievement has nothing except what it's
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supposed to be it has no color it has no
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religion it has you and your god-given
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@Remalia19 Or, Puccini's "Tosca", as it were. ;-)
:)
Is she a mezzo soprano?
No.