Soprano Leontyne Price recalls being chosen to open The Opera House with the premiere of Samuel Barber’s Antony and Cleopatra in 1966. President Eisenhower and Leonard Bernstein spoke at this ...

Opera Theatre in St. Paul is celebrating Black History Month with a special concert celebrating Leontyne Price. Price was the first Black Prima Donna of the New York Metropolitan Opera and later this ...

Soprano Leontyne Price is seen as she took nearly 30 minutes of curtain calls following her final opera performance of "Aida" at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York, Jan. 3, 1985. (AP file photo) ...

After winning a vocal competition in 1975, she starred in “Treemonisha,” which ended up on Broadway. She also sang for a senator. By Neil Genzlinger Listen to the soaring voices of Maria Callas, ...

In 2008, Leontyne Price was one of the first recipients of Opera Honors from the National Endowment for the Arts. The magnificent American soprano Leontyne Price celebrates her 90th birthday Feb. 10.