5/11/2023 0 Comments Aida by leontyne priceThe original Metropolitan Opera House, sometimes referred to as “the Old Met”, was located at 1411 Broadway, occupying the whole block between West 39th Street and West 40th Street on the west side of the street. Only six seasons after her debut, she made Metropolitan Opera history, appearing as Cleopatra in the world premiere of Barber’s Antony and Cleopatra to inaugurate the new Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center. Price would go on to sing in more than 200 performances in a broad range at the Met: from Donna Anna in Mozart’s Don Giovanni to Elvira in Verdi’s Ernani to the title role of Puccini’s Tosca. One of the most beloved artists in Metropolitan Opera history, Leontyne Price made her debut as Leonora in Verdi’s Il Trovatore, alongside tenor Franco Corelli as Manrico, in his first appearance with the company. Leontyne Price after her triumphant debut at the “Old Met” Her career broke through racial barriers at another time in our history when the United States was experiencing intense racial strife and conflict. Price was one of the first internationally recognized African-American opera stars. Leontyn Price, the groundbreaking, world-renowned soprano and longtime Greenwich Village resident, made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera on January 27, 1961.
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