Leontyne Price

African-American soprano · United States · On the map · Musicians · Born 1927 · age 99

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.

Leontyne Price is read about 427 times a day, in 44 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 10 November 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 406 days, one point a day.

Something wrong?

Compare Claim

A life in dates

2019International Opera AwardAward2003Gramophone Award for Lifetime AchievementAward1989Grammy Lifetime Achievement AwardAward1987Honorary Degree from Spelman CollegeAward1965Spingarn MedalAward1964Presidential Medal of FreedomAward1927Born10 February 1927

People around Leontyne

Family

Leontyne Price

Partners

Former spouse William Warfield

Is this everyone?

Only relatives with a profile here are drawn, so a family can be larger than this. A line here can also be wrong.

Correct this family

Also in Deutsch

Media & music

Listen

Spotify

Loads from Spotify when you press play

Open artist page on Spotify

Awards

International Opera Award2019

Gramophone Award for Lifetime Achievement2003

Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award1989

Honorary Degree from Spelman College1987

Spingarn Medal1965

Presidential Medal of Freedom1964

National Medal of Arts

Library of Congress Living Legend

Kennedy Center Honors

Primetime Emmy Award for Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program

Grammy Awards

About this person

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.

Country

United States