# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/leontyne-price
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:20:43.595Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/leontyne-price"
name: "Leontyne Price"
slug: "leontyne-price"
description: "Leontyne Price is an American singer who was the first African-American soprano to receive international acclaim. From 1961 she began a long association with the Metropolitan Opera, becoming the first Black singer to maintain a sustained relationship with the company. She regularly appeared at the world's major opera houses, including the Vienna State Opera, the Royal Opera House, San Francisco Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, and La Scala. She was particularly renowned for her performances of the title role in Giuseppe Verdi's Aida."
tagline: "African-American soprano"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Leontyne_Price_(b%26w)_by_Jack_Mitchell.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
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  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1927-02-10"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           24.329632
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump