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          Leontyne Price

          A 1981 portrait of Price by Jack Mitchell

          Born

          Mary Violet Leontyne Price


          (1927-02-10) February 10, 1927 (age 97)

          Laurel, Mississippi, U.S.

          EducationCentral State University
          (BA)
          Julliard School
          OccupationOperatic spinto soprano
          Years active1952-1997
          OrganizationMetropolitan Opera
          Known forOperas of Verdi
          particulary Aida
          SpouseWilliam Warfield

          Mary Violet Leontyne Price (born February 10, 1927) is an Americansoprano.

          She is particularly associated with Verdi roles, notably in the operas Il trovatore and Aida. She was one of the first black singers to enjoy an international career in opera.

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          Life and career

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          Price was born in Laurel, Mississippi. She studied at Central State College, Wilberforce, Ohio, and with Florence Kimball at the Juilliard School of Music in New York City.

          She began her professional career in 1952, when she appeared as Bess