My best friend (and my boss) was a Leontyne Price fanatic so I painted a leather jacket with all Leontyne for her and when we met Leontyne (I was the opera buyer for Tower Records Castro San Francisco), Leontyne could not believe her eyes. She was so sweet to us, when we were kind of outcasts at the SF Opera House because my best friend had bright red hair and I had bright blue. She called my best friend on her birthday and how does that even happen? Leontyne is a goddess, IMO. Above and beyond her gorgeous voice and performances, she's so deeply kind, when the opera world has not always been so kind to her. Leontyne is my role model, though I can't sing.
I've watched this on the The Met On Demand a couple of times. Price is certainly the queen of all Aidas, but the way the audience ERUPTED for Fiorenza Cossotto's Amneris is like nothing I've ever seen.
She was 58 and this was her final opera performance, though she continued doing concerts and recitals for many years after this, still with vocal powers undiminished. She was one of a kind. I know of no soprano who could produce a high C like that at age 58. Unbelievable performance, and certainly superior to anyone who takes on this difficult role today. Probably the Aida of the Twentieth Century.
I was in the Village when I met Leontyne walking with her manager. We stopped and chatted brieflly. It was the day of her dress rehearsal for her debut. I wished her well. I was at the memorable debut, unforgettable.
I attended one of her recitals in the 80s. I sat on stage 10 feet from her and then met her afterward. I will take that divine experience with me to my grave. I have a question for my more learned opera enthusiasts online. I was introduced to opera 50 years ago, and was informed that Diva Leontyne Price and Diva Beverly Sills were the first American sopranos who were both American born AND American trained. Before then, American sopranos had to go to Europe to be "properly" trained. That both women gained stratospheric international success was seen as validation that American opera had Arrived. I welcome your edification.
I was today years old when I found out that Leontyne is Whitney Houston’s mother’s (Cissy Houston) cousin. The talent of this entire family is astonishing
The ascent to the high C, and the descent, are perfectly controlled, radiant and seamless. Beyond the reach of ordinary sopranos. The hair on my arms and neck stood on end. Truly, truly great.
As gorgeous as that moment was, for me it's the last note... the perfect pitch, the unwavering dynamic control, and the exquisitely-deployed vibrato are almost otherworldly. I probably would have fainted if I had be lucky enough to have heard it "live"!
@@vitabella6481 This was definitely not her best night and she is near the end of her career here; but still this is one of the best recordings of O Patria Mia up till now!
In my senior year of high school I had the privilege of seeing Leontyne Price in a recital at Gammage in Tempe AZ. After the concert there was an opportunity to meet with the artist. I was happy to take the publicity photo I was given at the start of the line and put it down on the table in front of Leontyne Price for an autograph. This is when my Alice Cooper "I'm not worthy" moment from "Wayne's World" happened. THIS is LEONTYNE PRICE and she is talking to ME. YOU! I broke forth into absolute gibberish that I don't remember, but I do remember the confused expression on her face. She just smiled and patted my hand and I realized what an idiot I was, almost forgot the autographed photo but at the last second remembered and grabbed it, and took a hasty exit.
@@sanjamarinkovic9040 Thank you for your recommendation. Mika´s Aida is indeed incredible. It is close to Leontyne´s level. Of course, I love Tebaldi and many other sopranos. But Leontyne will be always my number one.
UNA DELLE PIÙ GRANDI IN ASSOLUTO.....AVREBBERO VOLUTO LA CALLAS, TEBALDI E COMPAGNIA, P0SSEDERE UNA VOCE SIMILE : INTONAZIONE PERFETTA, ESTENSIONE INCREDIBILE, FLUIDITÀ E APPOGGIO SUL FIATO MAGISTRALE!!!!!!! COSI SI CANTA!!!!!!
After a lifetime listening to opera, attending scores of performances, in multiple opera houses, my all-time favorite aria is this, Price's 'O patria mia.' For me, it defines singing.
@@dorothydanso9820 I'm Newsweek Science Editor Charles Panati (Hudson), physicist, pianist, opera buff, I met Price in 1967, NYC, the same year Montserrat Caballe cooked me her special Paella. Caballe was a great cook, with incomparable pianissimos. Price was always warm and regal. My dear friend Allen Oxenburg was founder and director of the American Opera Society. Those were the days.
That sound you heard was not loud breath, but dramatics that the role requires. Listen carefully again. Her technique allows for pure perfection in all she does and what she does is O so deliberate. She is perfection
Happy 95th birthday, my friend, Miss Tyne!! Your voice will never be any older than our memories of you, especially on this video. Have a very happy day, and may you have many *happy* returns of the day!!✨🤗✨
I heard her say "You have to burn the midnight oil," in order to really work at your craft, and, indeed, she did. I don't think I have seen anyone like her since. I have watched them all -- they just don't have the drive, talent, musicianship and the capabilities that this great lady of the opera does (I keep it in the present, because, she claims she still warms up to a high F every day). Thank you, Ms. Price for your lesson to us all. And great gift.
People forget that, along with Callas, Schwarzkopf and Christa Ludwig, Price is one of the greatest female singing musicians of the 20th century. The breadth of her repertoire - just in recital! - is amazing. That she can capture the essence of disparate pieces like "Pace, Pace," Barber's Hermit Songs. "Sinner Please," "Or Sai Chi L'Onore" and Rusalka's Song to the Moon so personally is highly overlooked. I really see Price as Elisabeth Rethberg's heir as opposed to Zinka Milanov's., even though she primarily took over the Milanov roles during her time at the Met.
When Verdi was composing this wonderful opera, he would never have imagined that one day he would be born a soprano worthy of the role. And now we're listening to Leontyne Price, who was born to the role.
Indisputably America's greatest gift to opera in any century. Bless her for sacrificing so much to evoke herself to art. People don't realize the true cost.
She is absolutely incredible. It's completely out of all the rankings, out of all the competition. When she opens her mouth and starts her "bitter" soprano, she makes me dizzy. I've never heard anything at least close to that. Leontyne, I will always love you
This is the best aria ever sung - not only the voice, but her image and posture are more than perfect - which makes this a masterpiece. She tells a story that everyone can believe and cherish. thanks for posting!
This is My first time hearing her the moment she first opened her mouth I fell in love with her voice. Also just saw Mariah Carey’s interview where she said MsPrice and mariahs mother shared the same opera mentor.
Wow wow wow just discovered Leontyne will enjoy researching and delving into her music and life and utterly magical gift of song...life must be so rewarding when you know what you have been put on earth to do... Miss Pryce can be in no doubt nor can the whole world of her spectacular calling thank you
THIS ISN'T EVEN THE FULL SCENE!!! With the endless applause, her fantastic emotional face with near collapse and REGAL Regaining of composure>>>?????? COMEON MET!!! RELEASE IT!
oh i so wish you’d kept the ovation! her face as she takes it all in, emotion breaking through the stoicism and resolve… just extraordinary. thank you for posting
Other singers conquer the hurdles the aria presents, but Price molds the hurdles into a poignant, integrated whole where everything speaks to the character's plaintive lament for her homeland.
😂😜😂😂😂😂 you seem to have never heard good singing. There very so many better singers than her in the last century. Quite everybody before her. I guess the time was ready to sell a black singer, no matter the quality of her singing. Bumbrys or Verrets technique where much better by the way.
Vita bella. Yours is a stupid, insulting and racist comment. Shows you what she was up against if that kind of attitude is still around almost 60 years after her Met debut.
@@vitabella6481 Why did you even watch it? Your JEALOUSY is a mental neurosis. What a miserable existence to troll black excellence in some racial competition born from your own self loathing and crippling insecurity. People like you are truly sad. What a self imposed prison you live in. You must be old and if not you have a lot of miserable bitter years left to troll Beauty. Sad.💯
@@vitabella6481 Pavarotti said "the human instinct is best" when speaking about greatness in singing. Because it isn't just about technique. There is nothing in the singing, that isn't already in the singer. Price could make notes that would leave the listener in awed silence, tears in their eyes, the hair standing on their arms. That is the visceral human response to hearing something extraordinary.
6:11 is interesting to hear...how a human voice can sound like a trumpet...I literally cried while listening to this; she is magnificent! God bless you Ms. Price.
There are no words to describe how amazing she was that night. Simply the best. And she was so smart to go out when she was at the top of her game. WONDERFUL.
Leontyne Price; you have been and are a 'precious gift' to the entire world. Your voice is just majestic and magnificent! I have been witnessing your excellence on youtube for an extended period. True royalty; that's who you are. Queen of Music!!!
christian Williams you did NOT just compare Whitney Houston to the legendary Leontyne Price. This is not just “nice”, it’s amongst the most glorious moments in musical history.
Voce possente!!!allo stesso tempo canta con tanta leggera naturalezza, rendendo questa performance fantastica insuperabile. Grande artista voce dai 24 carati, fraseggio morbido, armonici bruniti e quando apre le trombe ti riempie di tante armonie intense e bellissime!!!!!!!!! Grazie delle tante emozioni... Stupenda VENERE CELESTE🌹🌹6th
Blessed with plenty of natural head voice and she developed it PERFECTLY over her career. What a privilege to hear her, let alone have experienced her live. Divina!
Evelyn Pugh I saw Price sing AIDA at The Met in New York City in the 70s. Her performance was utterly astounding ! I also saw AIDA at The Baths of Caracalla in Rome. It was an over-the-top, mind blowing production.
Majestic, magnificent;Aida is my favorite opera. C'est magnifique! I wish I'd been old enough to see her. her rich voice gives me chills. Such beauty in one woman. Can you imagine what obstacles she had to overcome to become a famous diva as a black woman who back in the fifties and sixties ? like Marion Anderson, Billie holliday. Even Paul Robeson who was censured, hated, loved, but all of them still persisted amongst all the troubles and prejudice of the times. Marielle
I saw/heard Ms. Price at a community concert at Marshfield High School in Coos Bay, Oregon at the beginning of her career in the late 1950s. As a young teenager, I had never heard opera or thought I would like it. Needless to say, I was impressed! And, although I never became a great opera fan, I always followed her career and even listened to and saw some opera in my lifetime! Thank you for introducing me to another form of music that I learned to respect!
Iam in total awe of this awesome Diva There have been many voices but none have touched me the way this grand Diva has touched me l was intrduced to her as a kid and to this very day still am overwhelmed with emotion that no other artist has been abled to match She is a voice of voices l love the era the voice and the grand persona brings with it There is but one voice such as Miss Price To this day l know of no star that can match this performance all hail the pueen
What a beauty, what a voice and this at the end of her career. And now we have to listen to Ms Anna Netrebko and we can read she is the best now. What a shame!!!
The bluesy-gospel inflections that Leontyne brings to her art make her singing incredibly personal and unique... I see her in this role and I think this is an African-American singing of her lost African homeland...
3 octaves from Laurel, Mississippi ❣️ Her magnificence at the end has me fighting not to cry...such an amazing presence... Try "owning" a musical note at length, any note...Pardon me: ⚘️⚘️⚘️DIVA!!!⚘️⚘️⚘️
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My best friend (and my boss) was a Leontyne Price fanatic so I painted a leather jacket with all Leontyne for her and when we met Leontyne (I was the opera buyer for Tower Records Castro San Francisco), Leontyne could not believe her eyes. She was so sweet to us, when we were kind of outcasts at the SF Opera House because my best friend had bright red hair and I had bright blue. She called my best friend on her birthday and how does that even happen? Leontyne is a goddess, IMO. Above and beyond her gorgeous voice and performances, she's so deeply kind, when the opera world has not always been so kind to her. Leontyne is my role model, though I can't sing.
I WAS THERE ,AT LAST TWO PERFORMANCES !!!! ....🤩
Lucky, lucky you!
@@dawnf.2182 really , YES !!!! THANK YOU!
I've watched this on the The Met On Demand a couple of times. Price is certainly the queen of all Aidas, but the way the audience ERUPTED for Fiorenza Cossotto's Amneris is like nothing I've ever seen.
Is it true that the second to last was even better than the last?
She was 58 and this was her final opera performance, though she continued doing concerts and recitals for many years after this, still with vocal powers undiminished. She was one of a kind. I know of no soprano who could produce a high C like that at age 58. Unbelievable performance, and certainly superior to anyone who takes on this difficult role today. Probably the Aida of the Twentieth Century.
58 and she did this! Unbelievable
I know some who can't properly sip soup at 58. To be able to cause the walls of the MET to resound like this. My goodness.
Absolutely Absolutely Absolutely very Beea❤❤❤😢😢😅😅
Magnificent ❤
Phenomenal!
Sick of the corruption and conflict of contemporary events? Just listen to Leontyne Price.............and escape into perfection.
Amen!
I was in the Village when I met Leontyne walking with her manager. We stopped and chatted brieflly. It was the day of her dress rehearsal for her debut. I wished her well. I was at the memorable debut, unforgettable.
I attended one of her recitals in the 80s. I sat on stage 10 feet from her and then met her afterward. I will take that divine experience with me to my grave.
I have a question for my more learned opera enthusiasts online. I was introduced to opera 50 years ago, and was informed that Diva Leontyne Price and Diva Beverly Sills were the first American sopranos who were both American born AND American trained. Before then, American sopranos had to go to Europe to be "properly" trained. That both women gained stratospheric international success was seen as validation that American opera had Arrived. I welcome your edification.
I was today years old when I found out that Leontyne is Whitney Houston’s mother’s (Cissy Houston) cousin. The talent of this entire family is astonishing
OMG No way
@Johan Jaziel nice relationship you have, dunce.
Nice !
@@garygary978 Yep very so true that family has musicians and singers all thru
Which makes sense. If you listen to Whitney's voice it's sort of operatic
The ascent to the high C, and the descent, are perfectly controlled, radiant and seamless. Beyond the reach of ordinary sopranos. The hair on my arms and neck stood on end. Truly, truly great.
As gorgeous as that moment was, for me it's the last note... the perfect pitch, the unwavering dynamic control, and the exquisitely-deployed vibrato are almost otherworldly. I probably would have fainted if I had be lucky enough to have heard it "live"!
@@ericholck272 I love the portamenti (ascent to the high notes) which she does so perfectly - love her singing - it is coming from the heart
Dear God in Heaven....thank you for sharing this woman's blessing with us in the world.
This Lady my friend. Arnold Bourbon Amaral
🪽🎼🎵🪽🪽🩷🪽🪽💫
One of the most Beautiful voices to Ever sing opera. Ms.Leontine price ❤❤❤❤❤❤😅😅😅
Sat in row P center of the orchestra for this performance....utter bliss!
Leontyne Price without a doubt is and always will be the Aida of Giuseppe Verdi's dreams.
True definition of DIVA! Did you see the expression on Leontyne's face at the end? She knew that performance was PRICELESS!!!! #queenleontyne
that voice was not human was celestial God bless her
Yes, bad singing sold as gold.
@@vitabella6481 bad singing sis please. You just mad she can hit a high C. Keep her name out of your mouth.
@@vitabella6481 This was definitely not her best night and she is near the end of her career here; but still this is one of the best recordings of O Patria Mia up till now!
#queenleontyne
In my senior year of high school I had the privilege of seeing Leontyne Price in a recital at Gammage in Tempe AZ. After the concert there was an opportunity to meet with the artist. I was happy to take the publicity photo I was given at the start of the line and put it down on the table in front of Leontyne Price for an autograph. This is when my Alice Cooper "I'm not worthy" moment from "Wayne's World" happened. THIS is LEONTYNE PRICE and she is talking to ME. YOU! I broke forth into absolute gibberish that I don't remember, but I do remember the confused expression on her face. She just smiled and patted my hand and I realized what an idiot I was, almost forgot the autographed photo but at the last second remembered and grabbed it, and took a hasty exit.
😂 That must have been mortifying but she likely understood.
I acted that way when I met Carl Sagan. I think that such people get used to it.
OMG ... Love your story! Made me laugh AND cry. You were blessed that day, indeed! 💛
32 years later and still nothing comes even close to this. i am blessed to have attended her recital in portland and my spine still shivers!
Try to found Milka Stojanovic as Aida or Desdemona, or Gioconda with Corelli...She was "golden voice" (choice of public) as well as R . Tebaldi!
@@sanjamarinkovic9040 Thank you for your recommendation. Mika´s Aida is indeed incredible. It is close to Leontyne´s level. Of course, I love Tebaldi and many other sopranos. But Leontyne will be always my number one.
@@trilobit4 MILKA S.
Price was 58 years old and 24 years after her met debut. Just beautiful. Greatness always announces itself.
Flawless, soft as silk! Her neck is so relaxed despite the incredible work she does with her voice! Extraordinary!
UNA DELLE PIÙ GRANDI IN ASSOLUTO.....AVREBBERO VOLUTO LA CALLAS, TEBALDI E COMPAGNIA, P0SSEDERE UNA VOCE SIMILE : INTONAZIONE PERFETTA, ESTENSIONE INCREDIBILE, FLUIDITÀ E APPOGGIO SUL FIATO MAGISTRALE!!!!!!! COSI SI CANTA!!!!!!
Questa scuola non esiste piu.
Con grande dispiacere.
This is undoubtedly the best display of the human voice ever, yes ever recorded. 🎤 literally on the floor 😯
For me, Leontyn Price is the epitome of Aida. She is absolutely incomparable in this role.
Jaw dropping brilliance. My God that voice.
After a lifetime listening to opera, attending scores of performances, in multiple opera houses, my all-time favorite aria is this, Price's 'O patria mia.' For me, it defines singing.
Who are you, @Charles Hudson?
@@dorothydanso9820 I'm Newsweek Science Editor Charles Panati (Hudson), physicist, pianist, opera buff, I met Price in 1967, NYC, the same year Montserrat Caballe cooked me her special Paella. Caballe was a great cook, with incomparable pianissimos. Price was always warm and regal. My dear friend Allen Oxenburg was founder and director of the American Opera Society. Those were the days.
@@charleshudson5330 OMG! I Can only dream of such a life.! Thanks for your gracious response.
I have simply nothing but adoration for this wonderful woman and artist. Having met her once her once she was and is a class and gracious human being.
I know of no other soprano who can match her for sheer vocal beauty combined with such emotional expressiveness and intensity. We are truly blessed.
That sound you heard was not loud breath, but dramatics that the role requires. Listen carefully again. Her technique allows for pure perfection in all she does and what she does is O so deliberate. She is perfection
Orland Bailey Tell it!!!
Yess!!
Happy 95th birthday, my friend, Miss Tyne!! Your voice will never be any older than our memories of you, especially on this video. Have a very happy day, and may you have many *happy* returns of the day!!✨🤗✨
I heard her say "You have to burn the midnight oil," in order to really work at your craft, and, indeed, she did. I don't think I have seen anyone like her since. I have watched them all -- they just don't have the drive, talent, musicianship and the capabilities that this great lady of the opera does (I keep it in the present, because, she claims she still warms up to a high F every day). Thank you, Ms. Price for your lesson to us all. And great gift.
People forget that, along with Callas, Schwarzkopf and Christa Ludwig, Price is one of the greatest female singing musicians of the 20th century. The breadth of her repertoire - just in recital! - is amazing. That she can capture the essence of disparate pieces like "Pace, Pace," Barber's Hermit Songs. "Sinner Please," "Or Sai Chi L'Onore" and Rusalka's Song to the Moon so personally is highly overlooked. I really see Price as Elisabeth Rethberg's heir as opposed to Zinka Milanov's., even though she primarily took over the Milanov roles during her time at the Met.
Everytime I see this performance I get goose bumps. Leontyne was born for this! Her voice's simply amazing.
When Verdi was composing this wonderful opera, he would never have imagined that one day he would be born a soprano worthy of the role. And now we're listening to Leontyne Price, who was born to the role.
Ora capisco perché viene considerata la miglior Aida di sempre. Stupefacente.
This was her saying goodbye to the operatic stage? What a voice! She left at the top of her game. La Divina!
Indisputably America's greatest gift to opera in any century. Bless her for sacrificing so much to evoke herself to art. People don't realize the true cost.
Amen!
She is absolutely incredible. It's completely out of all the rankings, out of all the competition. When she opens her mouth and starts her "bitter" soprano, she makes me dizzy. I've never heard anything at least close to that. Leontyne, I will always love you
The Applause speaks for itself amen and Glory Hallelujah! You got to love it. She's 91 years old still going strong my leontyne price!
No woman will ever, EVER, sing like this again. Thank God for Leontyne and recordings.
I saw Price sing AIDA at The Met in New York City in the 70s. Her performance was utterly astounding !
This is the best aria ever sung - not only the voice, but her image and posture are more than perfect - which makes this a masterpiece.
She tells a story that everyone can believe and cherish. thanks for posting!
This is My first time hearing her the moment she first opened her mouth I fell in love with her voice. Also just saw Mariah Carey’s interview where she said MsPrice and mariahs mother shared the same opera mentor.
And MsPrice is Whitney Houston's mom's cousin
@@enternalmoonlight No.
@@liedersanger1 yes
From the first note my spirit fluttered even though there is no wind.
Wow wow wow just discovered Leontyne will enjoy researching and delving into her music and life and utterly magical gift of song...life must be so rewarding when you know what you have been put on earth to do... Miss Pryce can be in no doubt nor can the whole world of her spectacular calling thank you
I saw Leontyne Price in Aida at the San Francisco Opera house and it was superb! She is Aida! What a spectacular performance!
She is Now in Her 90s
Thumbs up for that feat alone
THIS ISN'T EVEN THE FULL SCENE!!! With the endless applause, her fantastic emotional face with near collapse and REGAL Regaining of composure>>>??????
COMEON MET!!! RELEASE IT!
I heard the applause and stampeding and thunder went on for over 22 minutes!!
Imagine
The diamonds, rubies, and pearls of the soprano voice. A DIVINE gift to the world!
Happy 92nd Anniversary Of Life
Sunday, February 10, 2019
Soprano, Leontyne Price
Queen Of Them All!
And She Shall Reign Forever!
oh i so wish you’d kept the ovation! her face as she takes it all in, emotion breaking through the stoicism and resolve… just extraordinary. thank you for posting
Other singers conquer the hurdles the aria presents, but Price molds the hurdles into a poignant, integrated whole where everything speaks to the character's plaintive lament for her homeland.
At 58!! She was one of the greatest voices of the 20th century.
Maybe of ANY century.
That High C !!
😂😜😂😂😂😂 you seem to have never heard good singing. There very so many better singers than her in the last century. Quite everybody before her. I guess the time was ready to sell a black singer, no matter the quality of her singing. Bumbrys or Verrets technique where much better by the way.
Vita bella. Yours is a stupid, insulting and racist comment. Shows you what she was up against if that kind of attitude is still around almost 60 years after her Met debut.
@David Perkins Thank you very much for putting the Queen Of The KuKluxKlan in her place!
@@vitabella6481 Why did you even watch it? Your JEALOUSY is a mental neurosis. What a miserable existence to troll black excellence in some racial competition born from your own self loathing and crippling insecurity. People like you are truly sad. What a self imposed prison you live in. You must be old and if not you have a lot of miserable bitter years left to troll Beauty. Sad.💯
@@vitabella6481 Pavarotti said "the human instinct is best" when speaking about greatness in singing. Because it isn't just about technique. There is nothing in the singing, that isn't already in the singer. Price could make notes that would leave the listener in awed silence, tears in their eyes, the hair standing on their arms. That is the visceral human response to hearing something extraordinary.
6:11 is interesting to hear...how a human voice can sound like a trumpet...I literally cried while listening to this; she is magnificent! God bless you Ms. Price.
actually the music instruments are conceived to emulate human voice...
I would say more oboe-ish on the high gliding C
gerardo Tovar - And, vice versa. The goal of instrumentalists is to emulate a human voice.
Like a trumpet? Odd comparison.
This role has never had a more beautiful interpreter, than Ms Price! The sounds of all humanity, are in her mellifluous instrument! Such beauty! 💞👏
Yes!
The first time I heard Ms. Price, I was 13 years old. This is not just a voice, this is an "instrument!"
This calms my spirit, completely
I have seen other sopranos singing Aida, but Leontyne really identies with her role which makes her unique.
oh my word she made me feel as though I was leaving my country never to see it again,so beautiful I'm literally in tears. love love love
Happy 93rd Life Anniversary
February 10, 2020
Queen Leontyne Price
Greatest Of Them All!
There are no words to describe how amazing she was that night. Simply the best. And she was so smart to go out when she was at the top of her game. WONDERFUL.
That last note...😭😭😭
I cry EVERY TIME
@@RashaadCalaham me too 😭😭😭😭
I cry too 😭❤️
Stunning!! Magical!! Historical!!
I saw her on stage several times, but never in Aida. It was always a privilege and a treat to see her and hear her.
5:59 WOW, her high note was so clean, clear, and resonant! This lady has a beautiful voice! 😍❤️👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Thank you leotyne Price..you are the best ❤💖.
Leontyne Price; you have been and are a 'precious gift' to the entire world. Your voice is just majestic and magnificent! I have been witnessing your excellence on youtube for an extended period. True royalty; that's who you are. Queen of Music!!!
HAPPY LIFE ANNIVERSARY Miss Price!
The greatest soprano of the 20th century is 89 today!
christian Williams you did NOT just compare Whitney Houston to the legendary Leontyne Price. This is not just “nice”, it’s amongst the most glorious moments in musical history.
christian Williams
Cousin??
But the age difference of about 50 years... ummm??
Voce possente!!!allo stesso tempo canta con tanta leggera naturalezza, rendendo questa performance fantastica insuperabile. Grande artista voce dai 24 carati, fraseggio morbido, armonici bruniti e quando apre le trombe ti riempie di tante armonie intense e bellissime!!!!!!!!! Grazie delle tante emozioni... Stupenda VENERE CELESTE🌹🌹6th
Blessed with plenty of natural head voice and she developed it PERFECTLY over her career. What a privilege to hear her, let alone have experienced her live. Divina!
A once in a lifetime voice. Simply stunning! The lioness!
Incomparable!! The ONLY AIDA!! The greatest soprano ever...what a range! What beauty!#
I remember watching this performance on TV, it was WOW!
Oh, if only I could have witnessed her sublime performance in Aida, one of my favorite operas!
Evelyn Pugh I saw Price sing AIDA at The Met in New York City in the 70s. Her performance was utterly astounding ! I also saw AIDA at The Baths of Caracalla in Rome. It was an over-the-top, mind blowing production.
Lol. you eye witnessed her performances! I'm so jealous, all I have are her wonderful recordings!
I saw her perform Aida broadcast from the Met on television years ago. What a voice to hear even without the advent of good sound then,
EvelyEvelyn
This performance on TV was my first time seeing the opera Aida. It remains my gold standard.
She still moves me to tears.
Very Special !!!!!! ,forever we will love the best Aida in HISTORY.
Just mesmerizing. So superb, WOW!
Goosebumps all over no matter how many times I’ve heard this aria!! What a brilliant & beautiful artist Ms. Leontyne Price is 💖
Majestic, magnificent;Aida is my favorite opera. C'est magnifique! I wish I'd been old enough to see her. her rich voice gives me chills. Such beauty in one woman. Can you imagine what obstacles she had to overcome to become a famous diva as a black woman who back in the fifties and sixties ? like Marion Anderson, Billie holliday. Even Paul Robeson who was censured, hated, loved, but all of them still persisted amongst all the troubles and prejudice of the times. Marielle
👏👏👏
Yes...I am today years old hearing this rich magnificence.
EXQUISITE!!! SImply my favorite soprano of all time!!! What a GIFT!!!
I saw/heard Ms. Price at a community concert at Marshfield High School in Coos Bay, Oregon at the beginning of her career in the late 1950s. As a young teenager, I had never heard opera or thought I would like it. Needless to say, I was impressed! And, although I never became a great opera fan, I always followed her career and even listened to and saw some opera in my lifetime! Thank you for introducing me to another form of music that I learned to respect!
Just magnificent. I was blessed to hear her sing several times in the 1960s.
the very best Aida ever known,
May 2019
From Santiago of Chile
Happy 90th birthday Leontyne Price!
Brings tears to my eyes...her voice is so wonderfully sublime! Pristine and perfect in every way.
Thank you for posting,
Cheers!
Iam in total awe of this awesome Diva There have been many voices but none have touched me the way this grand Diva has touched me l was intrduced to her as a kid and to this very day still am overwhelmed with emotion that no other artist has been abled to match She is a voice of voices l love the era the voice and the grand persona brings with it There is but one voice such as Miss Price To this day l know of no star that can match this performance all hail the pueen
Oh my God ❤️ thank you for this beautiful angel
Voice of a ANGEL the one and only LEONTYNE PRICE BRAVO
Undoubtedly one of the most beautiful voices❤
One of the most stunning performances ever.
Pure power, clear and controlled. She has a speaker in her throat. A true operatic voice
What a beauty, what a voice and this at the end of her career. And now we have to listen to Ms Anna Netrebko and we can read she is the best now. What a shame!!!
Jaroslav Sojka Netrebko is terrible to me. She has nothing to do with Renee Fleming f.e.
Ssssssh! Don't say it so loud!!!!
She is definetely not from this planet....Oh my.....She has put a spell on us. Nobody will ever sing this as she does here.
Truly incredible. 60 years old almost. Incredible voice.
Her singing made me watching still. Her voice is hypnotizing. Oh my golly! The highest notes from 5:57 is oh my, she's great. 🎤🎶❤🙏😇.
Amazing and gifted from God!!!
The bluesy-gospel inflections that Leontyne brings to her art make her
singing incredibly personal and unique... I see her in this role and I
think this is an African-American singing of her lost African
homeland...
WOWWW!!!, NOT AN OPERA FAN BUT THIS LADY,LEONTYNE PRICE, WAS REALLY SOMETHING ELSE..DIVINE!.."BLAKK GURL MAGIK" IN EFFECT!!!
♥️♥️♥️
What a beautiful performance. Such a clear interpretation. It is emotionally stirring 💐🌹💐🌹 💐🌹
WOW, simply the best, what a voice!
Oh my goodness, have we just witnessed the greatest soprano ever... !!!
Yes, you have!
Truly historic and gorgeous woman and moment. God bless you Ms. Price and your family.
Just unbelievable! PERIOD!!
3 octaves from Laurel, Mississippi ❣️
Her magnificence at the end has me fighting not to cry...such an amazing presence...
Try "owning" a musical note at length, any note...Pardon me: ⚘️⚘️⚘️DIVA!!!⚘️⚘️⚘️
Absolutely amazing, fabulous, such openness
She and Callas were the standard.