Leontyne Price

About the artist

Wikipedia says: "Mary Violet Leontyne Price (b. February 10, 1927) is an opera singer (soprano). She was best known for her Verdi roles, above all Aida, a role that she is said to have "owned" for almost 30 years. Her rise to international fame was one of several breakthroughs by African Americans in the 1960s, and a high water mark for American classical singing. In an extraordinary generation of great singers that included Maria Callas, Joan Sutherland

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Aida: Fu la sorte dell'armi...Mia rivale?
Surta e la notte...Ernani, Ernani, involami
Crudele!...Non mi dir, bell'idol mio
Il trovatore: Siam giunti...D'amor sull'ali rosee...Miserere...Udite? come albeggii... Mira, di acerbe lagrime
Ave Maria
Porgy and Bess:, Act 1: Summertime
When Johnny Comes Marching Home
America
God Of Our Fathers
We Three Kings Of Orient Are

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A Mighty Fortress Is Our God
Ave Maria (Schubert)
Blowin' In The Wind
Star-Spangled Banner
Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor
Il Trovatore, Act IV Scene One: D'amor sull'ali rosee (Leonora)
O Tannenbaum
Shenandoah
America, the Beautiful
Madama Butterfly: Act II: Un bel di vedremo
Battle Hymn of the Republic
It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
God Bless America
Angels we have heard on high
Summertime
O Holy Night
Silent Night
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
Porgy And Bess: Summertime
Tosca: Act II: Vissi d'arte
It Came Upon The Midnight Clear
4. Alleluia
Norma: Act I: Casta diva
Sweet little Jesus Boy
Act II: Un bel di vedremo
Madama Butterfly: Tu, tu, piccolo iddio
La Rondine: Chi il bel sogno di Doretta
Dido and Aeneas: Act III: When I am laid in earth
Tosca: Vissi d'arte
Alleluja
Vissi D'arte
Un bel dì (From "Madama Butterfly")
Aida: O Patria Mia
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
D'amor sull'ali rosee (Basquiat)
l'amour est un oiseau rebel
"Vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore"
Ev'ry Time I Feel the Spirit
"In quali eccessi - Mi tradi quell'alma ingrata" (K. 540c)
Ride On, King Jesus
O Holy Night (Minuit Chrétien)
God rest ye merry, gentlemen
Il Trovatore (1986 - Remaster), Act IV Scene One: D'amor sull'ali rosee (Leonora)
Knoxville: Summer Of 1915, Op. 24
Qui Radames verrà!...O Patria mia
Porgy and Bess - Summertime
He's Got the Whole World in His Hands
Amazing Grace
His Name So Sweet
O patria mia
I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free
I Wonder as I Wander
Ave Maria, D. 839
Turandot: Act I: Signore, ascolta!
Liebestod
Ave Maria: Arr. From Bach's Prelude No.1 BWV 846
"Io tenni la promessa...E qual via scegliete?...Tosca, finalmente mia!"
Cantique de Noël for voice & orchestra "O Holy Night"
Gounod: Ave Maria: arr. from Bach's Prelude No.1 BWV 846
Aida: Ritorna vincitor
My Soul's Been Anchored in de Lord
Deep River
Let Us Break Bread Together On Our Knees
Puccini: Tosca / Act 2 - "Vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore"
O Holy Night (Adam)
Hark! The Hearald Angels Sing
Aida: Act III: O Patria Mia
Pace, pace, mio Dio
Were You There
A City Called Heaven
Turandot: Signore, Ascolta
"Chi è là?"
Ernani: Ernani! Ernani, Involami
Sweet Li'l Jesus
Adam: O holy night (Minuit chrétien)
Un bel dì from Madama Butterfly
Give Me Some Music
Il Trovatore: Tacea la notte
Exsultate Jubilate, K. 615: Alleluja
Il Trovatore (1986 Digital Remaster), ACT 4 Scene 1: D'amor sull'ali rosee (Leonora)
Madama Butterfly: Act II: Piangi? Perchè?; Un bel dì vedremo
Don Giovanni, K. 527: In quali eccessi....... Mi tradi
O Mio Babbino Caro
Ritorna vincitor!
On Ma Journey
Schubert: Ave Maria
Il Trovatore: D'amor sull'ali rosee
Exsultate, jubilate, K.165 : Mozart: Exsultate, jubilate, K.165 - 4. Alleluia
Act II: Vissi d'arte (From "Tosca")

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