I was today years old when I found out that Leontyne is Whitney Houston’s mother’s (Cissy Houston) cousin. The talent of this entire family is astonishing

@garygary978

3 жыл бұрын

OMG No way

@w.urlitzer1869

3 жыл бұрын

@Johan Jaziel nice relationship you have, dunce.

@maggiemcfly5267

3 жыл бұрын

Nice !

@ceddymack9127

3 жыл бұрын

@@garygary978 Yep very so true that family has musicians and singers all thru

@JP-ii9si

2 жыл бұрын

Which makes sense. If you listen to Whitney's voice it's sort of operatic

She was 58 and this was her final opera performance, though she continued doing concerts and recitals for many years after this, still with vocal powers undiminished. She was one of a kind. I know of no soprano who could produce a high C like that at age 58. Unbelievable performance, and certainly superior to anyone who takes on this difficult role today. Probably the Aida of the Twentieth Century.

@alperry02

Жыл бұрын

58 and she did this! Unbelievable

@francoisbessing

Жыл бұрын

I know some who can't properly sip soup at 58. To be able to cause the walls of the MET to resound like this. My goodness.

@bettypierce552

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely Absolutely Absolutely very Beea❤❤❤😢😢😅😅

@sweetjane5033

6 ай бұрын

Magnificent ❤

@anneleonard8535

Ай бұрын

Phenomenal!

I WAS THERE ,AT LAST TWO PERFORMANCES !!!! ....🤩

@dawnf.2182

Жыл бұрын

Lucky, lucky you!

@jessfanaticfirst

Жыл бұрын

@@dawnf.2182 really , YES !!!! THANK YOU!

@diffugerenives

5 ай бұрын

I've watched this on the The Met On Demand a couple of times. Price is certainly the queen of all Aidas, but the way the audience ERUPTED for Fiorenza Cossotto's Amneris is like nothing I've ever seen.

@liedersanger1

Ай бұрын

Is it true that the second to last was even better than the last?

My best friend (and my boss) was a Leontyne Price fanatic so I painted a leather jacket with all Leontyne for her and when we met Leontyne (I was the opera buyer for Tower Records Castro San Francisco), Leontyne could not believe her eyes. She was so sweet to us, when we were kind of outcasts at the SF Opera House because my best friend had bright red hair and I had bright blue. She called my best friend on her birthday and how does that even happen? Leontyne is a goddess, IMO. Above and beyond her gorgeous voice and performances, she's so deeply kind, when the opera world has not always been so kind to her. Leontyne is my role model, though I can't sing.

I was in the Village when I met Leontyne walking with her manager. We stopped and chatted brieflly. It was the day of her dress rehearsal for her debut. I wished her well. I was at the memorable debut, unforgettable.

Sick of the corruption and conflict of contemporary events? Just listen to Leontyne Price.............and escape into perfection.

@dawnf.2182

Жыл бұрын

Amen!

Dear God in Heaven....thank you for sharing this woman's blessing with us in the world.

@arnoldamaral7406

3 жыл бұрын

This Lady my friend. Arnold Bourbon Amaral

Jaw dropping brilliance. My God that voice.

Sat in row P center of the orchestra for this performance....utter bliss!

The ascent to the high C, and the descent, are perfectly controlled, radiant and seamless. Beyond the reach of ordinary sopranos. The hair on my arms and neck stood on end. Truly, truly great.

@ericholck272

2 жыл бұрын

As gorgeous as that moment was, for me it's the last note... the perfect pitch, the unwavering dynamic control, and the exquisitely-deployed vibrato are almost otherworldly. I probably would have fainted if I had be lucky enough to have heard it "live"!

@googlefan8990

Жыл бұрын

@@ericholck272 I love the portamenti (ascent to the high notes) which she does so perfectly - love her singing - it is coming from the heart

Ora capisco perché viene considerata la miglior Aida di sempre. Stupefacente.

This is undoubtedly the best display of the human voice ever, yes ever recorded. 🎤 literally on the floor 😯

This was her saying goodbye to the operatic stage? What a voice! She left at the top of her game. La Divina!

Price was 58 years old and 24 years after her met debut. Just beautiful. Greatness always announces itself.

Leontyne Price without a doubt is and always will be the Aida of Giuseppe Verdi's dreams.

That sound you heard was not loud breath, but dramatics that the role requires. Listen carefully again. Her technique allows for pure perfection in all she does and what she does is O so deliberate. She is perfection

@tomasandrew9354

6 жыл бұрын

Orland Bailey Tell it!!!

@francoisbessing

6 жыл бұрын

Yess!!

32 years later and still nothing comes even close to this. i am blessed to have attended her recital in portland and my spine still shivers!

@sanjamarinkovic9040

4 жыл бұрын

Try to found Milka Stojanovic as Aida or Desdemona, or Gioconda with Corelli...She was "golden voice" (choice of public) as well as R . Tebaldi!

@trilobit4

2 жыл бұрын

​@@sanjamarinkovic9040 Thank you for your recommendation. Mika´s Aida is indeed incredible. It is close to Leontyne´s level. Of course, I love Tebaldi and many other sopranos. But Leontyne will be always my number one.

@sanjamarinkovic9040

2 жыл бұрын

@@trilobit4 MILKA S.

That last note...😭😭😭

@RashaadCalaham

3 жыл бұрын

I cry EVERY TIME

@elainecristinaneri7422

3 жыл бұрын

@@RashaadCalaham me too 😭😭😭😭

@elainecristinaneri7422

3 жыл бұрын

I cry too 😭❤️

THIS ISN'T EVEN THE FULL SCENE!!! With the endless applause, her fantastic emotional face with near collapse and REGAL Regaining of composure>>>?????? COMEON MET!!! RELEASE IT!

She is absolutely incredible. It's completely out of all the rankings, out of all the competition. When she opens her mouth and starts her "bitter" soprano, she makes me dizzy. I've never heard anything at least close to that. Leontyne, I will always love you

For me, Leontyn Price is the epitome of Aida. She is absolutely incomparable in this role.

Flawless, soft as silk! Her neck is so relaxed despite the incredible work she does with her voice! Extraordinary!

True definition of DIVA! Did you see the expression on Leontyne's face at the end? She knew that performance was PRICELESS!!!! #queenleontyne

@hectormenchaca474

4 жыл бұрын

that voice was not human was celestial God bless her

@vitabella6481

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, bad singing sold as gold.

@catherineofaragon1343

3 жыл бұрын

@@vitabella6481 bad singing sis please. You just mad she can hit a high C. Keep her name out of your mouth.

@cyruscheng4791

3 жыл бұрын

@@vitabella6481 This was definitely not her best night and she is near the end of her career here; but still this is one of the best recordings of O Patria Mia up till now!

@darrenashley8469

2 жыл бұрын

#queenleontyne

Other singers conquer the hurdles the aria presents, but Price molds the hurdles into a poignant, integrated whole where everything speaks to the character's plaintive lament for her homeland.

UNA DELLE PIÙ GRANDI IN ASSOLUTO.....AVREBBERO VOLUTO LA CALLAS, TEBALDI E COMPAGNIA, P0SSEDERE UNA VOCE SIMILE : INTONAZIONE PERFETTA, ESTENSIONE INCREDIBILE, FLUIDITÀ E APPOGGIO SUL FIATO MAGISTRALE!!!!!!! COSI SI CANTA!!!!!!

@annabissi2887

Ай бұрын

Questa scuola non esiste piu. Con grande dispiacere.

After a lifetime listening to opera, attending scores of performances, in multiple opera houses, my all-time favorite aria is this, Price's 'O patria mia.' For me, it defines singing.

@dorothydanso9820

4 жыл бұрын

Who are you, @Charles Hudson?

@charleshudson5330

4 жыл бұрын

@@dorothydanso9820 I'm Newsweek Science Editor Charles Panati (Hudson), physicist, pianist, opera buff, I met Price in 1967, NYC, the same year Montserrat Caballe cooked me her special Paella. Caballe was a great cook, with incomparable pianissimos. Price was always warm and regal. My dear friend Allen Oxenburg was founder and director of the American Opera Society. Those were the days.

@dorothydanso9820

4 жыл бұрын

@@charleshudson5330 OMG! I Can only dream of such a life.! Thanks for your gracious response.

This calms my spirit, completely

Everytime I see this performance I get goose bumps. Leontyne was born for this! Her voice's simply amazing.

@elainecristinaneri7422

2 жыл бұрын

When Verdi was composing this wonderful opera, he would never have imagined that one day he would be born a soprano worthy of the role. And now we're listening to Leontyne Price, who was born to the role.

No woman will ever, EVER, sing like this again. Thank God for Leontyne and recordings.

Happy 95th birthday, my friend, Miss Tyne!! Your voice will never be any older than our memories of you, especially on this video. Have a very happy day, and may you have many *happy* returns of the day!!✨🤗✨

She is definetely not from this planet....Oh my.....She has put a spell on us. Nobody will ever sing this as she does here.

I heard her say "You have to burn the midnight oil," in order to really work at your craft, and, indeed, she did. I don't think I have seen anyone like her since. I have watched them all -- they just don't have the drive, talent, musicianship and the capabilities that this great lady of the opera does (I keep it in the present, because, she claims she still warms up to a high F every day). Thank you, Ms. Price for your lesson to us all. And great gift.

@GarthAstrology

Жыл бұрын

People forget that, along with Callas, Schwarzkopf and Christa Ludwig, Price is one of the greatest female singing musicians of the 20th century. The breadth of her repertoire - just in recital! - is amazing. That she can capture the essence of disparate pieces like "Pace, Pace," Barber's Hermit Songs. "Sinner Please," "Or Sai Chi L'Onore" and Rusalka's Song to the Moon so personally is highly overlooked. I really see Price as Elisabeth Rethberg's heir as opposed to Zinka Milanov's., even though she primarily took over the Milanov roles during her time at the Met.

This is My first time hearing her the moment she first opened her mouth I fell in love with her voice. Also just saw Mariah Carey’s interview where she said MsPrice and mariahs mother shared the same opera mentor.

@enternalmoonlight

3 жыл бұрын

And MsPrice is Whitney Houston's mom's cousin

@liedersanger1

2 жыл бұрын

@@enternalmoonlight No.

@daisydupe8971

2 жыл бұрын

@@liedersanger1 yes

I attended one of her recitals in the 80s. I sat on stage 10 feet from her and then met her afterward. I will take that divine experience with me to my grave. I have a question for my more learned opera enthusiasts online. I was introduced to opera 50 years ago, and was informed that Diva Leontyne Price and Diva Beverly Sills were the first American sopranos who were both American born AND American trained. Before then, American sopranos had to go to Europe to be "properly" trained. That both women gained stratospheric international success was seen as validation that American opera had Arrived. I welcome your edification.

I have simply nothing but adoration for this wonderful woman and artist. Having met her once her once she was and is a class and gracious human being.

In my senior year of high school I had the privilege of seeing Leontyne Price in a recital at Gammage in Tempe AZ. After the concert there was an opportunity to meet with the artist. I was happy to take the publicity photo I was given at the start of the line and put it down on the table in front of Leontyne Price for an autograph. This is when my Alice Cooper "I'm not worthy" moment from "Wayne's World" happened. THIS is LEONTYNE PRICE and she is talking to ME. YOU! I broke forth into absolute gibberish that I don't remember, but I do remember the confused expression on her face. She just smiled and patted my hand and I realized what an idiot I was, almost forgot the autographed photo but at the last second remembered and grabbed it, and took a hasty exit.

@googleuser7454

3 жыл бұрын

😂 That must have been mortifying but she likely understood.

@YY4Me133

3 жыл бұрын

I acted that way when I met Carl Sagan. I think that such people get used to it.

@dawnf.2182

Жыл бұрын

OMG ... Love your story! Made me laugh AND cry. You were blessed that day, indeed! 💛

I saw Price sing AIDA at The Met in New York City in the 70s. Her performance was utterly astounding !

Iam in total awe of this awesome Diva There have been many voices but none have touched me the way this grand Diva has touched me l was intrduced to her as a kid and to this very day still am overwhelmed with emotion that no other artist has been abled to match She is a voice of voices l love the era the voice and the grand persona brings with it There is but one voice such as Miss Price To this day l know of no star that can match this performance all hail the pueen

The Applause speaks for itself amen and Glory Hallelujah! You got to love it. She's 91 years old still going strong my leontyne price!

I know of no other soprano who can match her for sheer vocal beauty combined with such emotional expressiveness and intensity. We are truly blessed.

Indisputably America's greatest gift to opera in any century. Bless her for sacrificing so much to evoke herself to art. People don't realize the true cost.

@dawnf.2182

Жыл бұрын

Amen!

Stunning!! Magical!! Historical!!

6:11 is interesting to hear...how a human voice can sound like a trumpet...I literally cried while listening to this; she is magnificent! God bless you Ms. Price.

@gerardotovar87

6 жыл бұрын

actually the music instruments are conceived to emulate human voice...

@the-chipette

6 жыл бұрын

I would say more oboe-ish on the high gliding C

@MrOu83

5 жыл бұрын

gerardo Tovar - And, vice versa. The goal of instrumentalists is to emulate a human voice.

@scoubidu2133

Жыл бұрын

Like a trumpet? Odd comparison.

She is Now in Her 90s Thumbs up for that feat alone

5:59 WOW, her high note was so clean, clear, and resonant! This lady has a beautiful voice! 😍❤️👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Incomparable!! The ONLY AIDA!! The greatest soprano ever...what a range! What beauty!#

She still moves me to tears.

Wow wow wow just discovered Leontyne will enjoy researching and delving into her music and life and utterly magical gift of song...life must be so rewarding when you know what you have been put on earth to do... Miss Pryce can be in no doubt nor can the whole world of her spectacular calling thank you

HAPPY LIFE ANNIVERSARY Miss Price! The greatest soprano of the 20th century is 89 today!

@kngiht84

6 жыл бұрын

christian Williams you did NOT just compare Whitney Houston to the legendary Leontyne Price. This is not just “nice”, it’s amongst the most glorious moments in musical history.

@superloose5632

4 жыл бұрын

christian Williams Cousin?? But the age difference of about 50 years... ummm??

I saw Leontyne Price in Aida at the San Francisco Opera house and it was superb! She is Aida! What a spectacular performance!

Happy 90th birthday Leontyne Price!

Just mesmerizing. So superb, WOW!

Majestic, magnificent;Aida is my favorite opera. C'est magnifique! I wish I'd been old enough to see her. her rich voice gives me chills. Such beauty in one woman. Can you imagine what obstacles she had to overcome to become a famous diva as a black woman who back in the fifties and sixties ? like Marion Anderson, Billie holliday. Even Paul Robeson who was censured, hated, loved, but all of them still persisted amongst all the troubles and prejudice of the times. Marielle

@yellowlight2563

5 жыл бұрын

👏👏👏

@blackcoffee2002

4 жыл бұрын

Yes...I am today years old hearing this rich magnificence.

From the first note my spirit fluttered even though there is no wind.

One of the most Beautiful voices to Ever sing opera. Ms.Leontine price ❤❤❤❤❤❤😅😅😅

I have seen other sopranos singing Aida, but Leontyne really identies with her role which makes her unique.

The first time I heard Ms. Price, I was 13 years old. This is not just a voice, this is an "instrument!"

The diamonds, rubies, and pearls of the soprano voice. A DIVINE gift to the world!

This is the best aria ever sung - not only the voice, but her image and posture are more than perfect - which makes this a masterpiece. She tells a story that everyone can believe and cherish. thanks for posting!

A once in a lifetime voice. Simply stunning! The lioness!

EXQUISITE!!! SImply my favorite soprano of all time!!! What a GIFT!!!

3 octaves from Laurel, Mississippi ❣️ Her magnificence at the end has me fighting not to cry...such an amazing presence... Try "owning" a musical note at length, any note...Pardon me: ⚘️⚘️⚘️DIVA!!!⚘️⚘️⚘️

Undoubtedly one of the most beautiful voices❤

At 58!! She was one of the greatest voices of the 20th century. Maybe of ANY century. That High C !!

@vitabella6481

4 жыл бұрын

😂😜😂😂😂😂 you seem to have never heard good singing. There very so many better singers than her in the last century. Quite everybody before her. I guess the time was ready to sell a black singer, no matter the quality of her singing. Bumbrys or Verrets technique where much better by the way.

@liedersanger1

4 жыл бұрын

Vita bella. Yours is a stupid, insulting and racist comment. Shows you what she was up against if that kind of attitude is still around almost 60 years after her Met debut.

@dorothydanso9820

4 жыл бұрын

@David Perkins Thank you very much for putting the Queen Of The KuKluxKlan in her place!

@lf1496

3 жыл бұрын

@@vitabella6481 Why did you even watch it? Your JEALOUSY is a mental neurosis. What a miserable existence to troll black excellence in some racial competition born from your own self loathing and crippling insecurity. People like you are truly sad. What a self imposed prison you live in. You must be old and if not you have a lot of miserable bitter years left to troll Beauty. Sad.💯

@joshuamcpherson007

3 жыл бұрын

@@vitabella6481 Pavarotti said "the human instinct is best" when speaking about greatness in singing. Because it isn't just about technique. There is nothing in the singing, that isn't already in the singer. Price could make notes that would leave the listener in awed silence, tears in their eyes, the hair standing on their arms. That is the visceral human response to hearing something extraordinary.

There are no words to describe how amazing she was that night. Simply the best. And she was so smart to go out when she was at the top of her game. WONDERFUL.

oh i so wish you’d kept the ovation! her face as she takes it all in, emotion breaking through the stoicism and resolve… just extraordinary. thank you for posting

I saw her on stage several times, but never in Aida. It was always a privilege and a treat to see her and hear her.

oh my word she made me feel as though I was leaving my country never to see it again,so beautiful I'm literally in tears. love love love

Happy 92nd Anniversary Of Life Sunday, February 10, 2019 Soprano, Leontyne Price Queen Of Them All! And She Shall Reign Forever!

I remember watching this performance on TV, it was WOW!

Oh my goodness, have we just witnessed the greatest soprano ever... !!!

@dawnf.2182

Жыл бұрын

Yes, you have!

One of the most stunning performances ever.

the very best Aida ever known, May 2019 From Santiago of Chile

What a beautiful performance. Such a clear interpretation. It is emotionally stirring 💐🌹💐🌹 💐🌹

Oh, if only I could have witnessed her sublime performance in Aida, one of my favorite operas!

@vovodetna8828

9 жыл бұрын

Evelyn Pugh I saw Price sing AIDA at The Met in New York City in the 70s. Her performance was utterly astounding ! I also saw AIDA at The Baths of Caracalla in Rome. It was an over-the-top, mind blowing production.

@evelynpugh2787

9 жыл бұрын

Lol. you eye witnessed her performances! I'm so jealous, all I have are her wonderful recordings!

@audreyskrzyniarz9411

7 жыл бұрын

I saw her perform Aida broadcast from the Met on television years ago. What a voice to hear even without the advent of good sound then,

@lolaolarte3255

6 жыл бұрын

EvelyEvelyn

What a beauty, what a voice and this at the end of her career. And now we have to listen to Ms Anna Netrebko and we can read she is the best now. What a shame!!!

@davidmuller9938

6 жыл бұрын

Jaroslav Sojka Netrebko is terrible to me. She has nothing to do with Renee Fleming f.e.

@dorothydanso9820

4 жыл бұрын

Ssssssh! Don't say it so loud!!!!

Oh my God ❤️ thank you for this beautiful angel

Thank you leotyne Price..you are the best ❤💖.

This role has never had a more beautiful interpreter, than Ms Price! The sounds of all humanity, are in her mellifluous instrument! Such beauty! 💞👏

@dawnf.2182

Жыл бұрын

Yes!

The bluesy-gospel inflections that Leontyne brings to her art make her singing incredibly personal and unique... I see her in this role and I think this is an African-American singing of her lost African homeland...

WOWWW!!!, NOT AN OPERA FAN BUT THIS LADY,LEONTYNE PRICE, WAS REALLY SOMETHING ELSE..DIVINE!.."BLAKK GURL MAGIK" IN EFFECT!!!

@dawnf.2182

Жыл бұрын

♥️♥️♥️

Very Special !!!!!! ,forever we will love the best Aida in HISTORY.

Amazing and gifted from God!!!

Just unbelievable! PERIOD!!

Just magnificent. I was blessed to hear her sing several times in the 1960s.

WOW, simply the best, what a voice!

Goosebumps all over no matter how many times I’ve heard this aria!! What a brilliant & beautiful artist Ms. Leontyne Price is 💖

Truly incredible. 60 years old almost. Incredible voice.

Voce possente!!!allo stesso tempo canta con tanta leggera naturalezza, rendendo questa performance fantastica insuperabile. Grande artista voce dai 24 carati, fraseggio morbido, armonici bruniti e quando apre le trombe ti riempie di tante armonie intense e bellissime!!!!!!!!! Grazie delle tante emozioni... Stupenda VENERE CELESTE🌹🌹6th

@dawnf.2182

Жыл бұрын

Blessed with plenty of natural head voice and she developed it PERFECTLY over her career. What a privilege to hear her, let alone have experienced her live. Divina!

Happy 93rd Life Anniversary February 10, 2020 Queen Leontyne Price Greatest Of Them All!

Utterly spectacular phrasing!

Voice of a ANGEL the one and only LEONTYNE PRICE BRAVO

A bunch of us who sang in the chorus of the local opera company got together to watch this on PBS. We stuffed our faces after Act I. Some left, disappointed -- then came the rest of the opera. We ran out of tissues and had to rob the toilet roll!

Home Town series brought me here. #MISSISSIPPI

She could have went on singing at least another 10 years. She was phenomenal!

Pure power, clear and controlled. She has a speaker in her throat. A true operatic voice

Leontyne Price; you have been and are a 'precious gift' to the entire world. Your voice is just majestic and magnificent! I have been witnessing your excellence on youtube for an extended period. True royalty; that's who you are. Queen of Music!!!

I received life at 5:58

I saw/heard Ms. Price at a community concert at Marshfield High School in Coos Bay, Oregon at the beginning of her career in the late 1950s. As a young teenager, I had never heard opera or thought I would like it. Needless to say, I was impressed! And, although I never became a great opera fan, I always followed her career and even listened to and saw some opera in my lifetime! Thank you for introducing me to another form of music that I learned to respect!

Absolutely amazing, fabulous, such openness