Leontyne Price [SEP] voice type
Leontyne Price
Mary Violet Leontyne Price (born February 10, 1927) is an American soprano. Born and raised in Laurel, Mississippi, she rose to international acclaim in the 1950s and 1960s, and was the first African American to become a leading performer, or prima donna, at the Metropolitan Opera, and one of the most popular American classical singers of her generation.
One critic characterized Price's voice as "vibrant", "soaring" and "a Price beyond pearls", as well as "genuinely
breathing support/technique. In addition, coordination by the muscle in the vocal folds as it contracts creates the ability to sing in a chest voice (thyroarytenoid muscle), and the head voice (lengthening of the cricothyroid muscle) allows for the creation of the mixed voice.
Examples.
- Franco Corelli – "L'amour... Ah! leve-toi, soleil!" from "Roméo et Juliette"
- Franco Corelli – "Vesti la giubba" from "Pagliacci"
- Leontyne Price – "Chi