biography
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Price, (Mary Violet) Leontyne
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| sex:
| female
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| lived:
| (1927– )
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| biography:
| Soprano, born in Laurel, Mississippi, USA. She studied at Juilliard in New York before finding success on Broadway in Four Saints in Three Acts (1952) and the female lead in Porgy and Bess the same year. In 1954 she presented a recital in New York's Town Hall, where she premiered Samuel Barber's Hermit Songs. She went on to an outstanding international career on both operatic and concert stages, especially admired for her Italian opera roles. Her Metropolitan Opera debut came in 1961. For a time she was married to baritone William Warfield. |
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