It's 2024. It's her 97th Birthday. I've watched this countless times. I still blubber like an infant. What did we do to deserve this JEWEL OF A BEING??? NOTHING! She is The GRACE-GIFT of HEAVEN to us! 🎼🎶🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🎶
@andriancurshen35863 ай бұрын
Me too, the tears just flow down my face whenever I hear this glorious Puccini aria sung by such A superb soprano as Leontyne Price. .
@shells500tutubo3 ай бұрын
@@andriancurshen3586 Listen to "Senza Mamma" from Suor Angelica. Waterworks everytime.
@andriancurshen35863 ай бұрын
@@shells500tutubo Senza mamma bimbo tu sei morto. - you died without your mama my baby - Just typing those words brings tears to my eyes. It's impossible to remain dry eyed when you hear this aria. Oh that Puccini, he knew how to wring every last tear from your eyes.
@RicardoMartinez-ro1sk28 күн бұрын
Only sad I wasn’t graced to hear her voice live and in person.
@frankm69384 ай бұрын
Love her face when she finishes…..secure in the fact that no one can sing THAT aria like THAT!!!! That voice was one of a kind.
@Soulman35-dc8ky11 ай бұрын
The crowd goes absolutely crazy after her last note! Her expression at that moment is so sweet because she knows it is so good, but she also knows it comes from a place outside of herself that she reflects, and it is a celebration of beauty and wonder that is shared by her and the audience in honor of the music and of LIFE!!!! Ahh! Goodness!!!
@Jcarolinajr10 ай бұрын
Amen!!!
@tanyasimon5959 ай бұрын
The one, the only, unique, stand-alone DIVA ever. I have loved her for six+ decades. I greatly admire her for never milking the audience. She doesn't need to. And she exhibits such class by acknowledging the orchestra and taking the hand of the Concert Master. Her entrances and exits are majestic, and we are in awe. Thank you, God, for giving us Leontyne Price.
@michaeltres3 ай бұрын
This is beyond imagination! Stunning.
@joeleigen41794 ай бұрын
I was there - I remember every note - meltingly beautiful. How lucky we were to have lived at a time of Price, Sutherland, Caballé...voices for eternity.
@pamwren68664 ай бұрын
Also, Tebaldi
@joeleigen41794 ай бұрын
Oh yes - sorry! @@pamwren6866
@anthonylamberti88242 ай бұрын
I have seen her many times at the met..she is one of the greatest opera singers in the world...happy birthday from all us here who love opera............
@barrymorentz51903 ай бұрын
NOBODY sings this aria like Leontyne! If it is the last thing I hear before I depart this world I will die a happy man.
@Maryuris0016 ай бұрын
2024 Im still here ❤❤❤❤
@PatriciaRose9075 ай бұрын
me too
@JazzMaestra9 ай бұрын
I still remember Renée Fleming (another Opera great) saying that her mother spoke of Leontyne Price in hushed tones. When Fleming met Price when Fleming was still a kid, she said when Price sang every muscle on Price’s body seemed to relax. This is not the way most Opera singers are described.
@shells500tutubo3 ай бұрын
If you listen to Fleming sing you can hear Leontyne's style sometimes.
@biancacastafiore87605 ай бұрын
in addition to all that can be said about the voice and the singing, she was always so gracious. she immediately turns to the conductor to acknowledge him, before accepting applause for herself. she has done that many times, once I even thought her turning away from the audience, to the conductor, was so abrupt. she was always a classy, gracious colleague.
@nelsonjoseperez-sosa8809 Жыл бұрын
The great Leontyne Price! The most beautiful voice. Her sound is pure gold!
@ChagoWilson5 ай бұрын
Happy 97th Anniversary Of Life Saturday, February 10, 2024 Her Royal Highness Queen Leontyne Price Grandest Soprano Of Them ALL !!!!
@DomLeVey5 ай бұрын
🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
@m.antoniosims3424 ай бұрын
Ms. Price is a beautiful woman! Her sultry eyes and expressions reveal the complete & utter joy she had for singing! She executed the high notes with ease and confidence! Her ability to navigate this most difficult aria and to do so with great pleasure is a testament that she was a true soprano!!
@le_chiffre_ Жыл бұрын
How many times have I come back to this particular video...
@RodolfoLimacbxАй бұрын
Her high notes are like sweet needles that pierce our ears and gently pass through our hearts to sew up our broken souls together! ❤ (I'm listening in 12.06.2024)
@ronaldo1901725 ай бұрын
Her voice is like a flute, absolute perfection. Thank you for posting X
@jirizednik62182 жыл бұрын
My great Diva, I wish you all the best on your 95th birthday. You are responsible for my love of opera. You trapped me on your angelic voice almost 40 years ago. Do you hear a voice of an angel? Yes, she is the best, her name is Leontyne Price.
@blackcotton2288 Жыл бұрын
the reason I became an Opera singer so many years ago...🙂
@seanohelan82414 ай бұрын
She was sent from heaven to give us an inkling what perfection is. Bravo Miss Price and thank you for this piece of heaven
@larespo18 ай бұрын
She is bringing so much emotional joy to me right at this very moment in time, 11/5/2023. She has blessed us with that magnificent voice. Love her!!!!!
@cagedbirdsings Жыл бұрын
Devastatingly beautiful!
@daniel_56062 жыл бұрын
Que bello I cry..
@royjuancamaney26932 жыл бұрын
Me too, ANCHE io.
@Nightmarigny Жыл бұрын
No soprano's tone can match hers. It is angelic in a powerful way.
@dantewalston2755 Жыл бұрын
There are many sopranos that sing this aria, but no soprano has come close to the perfection that Price delivers… past her prime, by the way!!! Brava La Price!!!
@anthonydixon8602 Жыл бұрын
I agree I just sene. Someone say Anna Moffo and it’s cool but it’s not this. Lol
@jdawgchappellicious Жыл бұрын
Wait---what do you mean, "past her prime"? I can't let that go by. This ageless voice was nothing ever than the very prime representative what the greatest opera singing should be. I was in the audience for her many live recitals over the years and there was never a trace of diminishment. No more conditional compliments!
@dantewalston2755 Жыл бұрын
@@jdawgchappellicious Let's be clear, every singer has their prime, this doesn't mean the voice or quality has diminished, but it does change. I am unashamedly a huge fan of Price, but her best singing years are from 1957-1973ish, she did her best recordings during this time. But her voice and ease of high notes stayed well into her 70's.
@jayresidue5441 Жыл бұрын
@@dantewalston2755 Leontyne is not every singer.
@DorrenRennes Жыл бұрын
@@dantewalston2755 Interestingly, Ms. Price delivered this heart-piercing performance in March 1982 at age 55 years old and retired from opera approximately three years later. Of course, she continued to deliver wonderful concert performances for several years. I was fortunate to have heard three of those performances at the Joseph Meyerhoff Hall in Baltimore. I think her last public performance was in 2001, when she stepped out of retirement to participate at a 9-11 related gathering.
@jamesmayo8881 Жыл бұрын
Happy 96th Birthday, Mama Price!
@a.bbangor61162 ай бұрын
The way she plays around with volume, pacing and phrasing makes this so emotional. Gotta love that last note!!!❤❤❤
@ChagoWilson2 жыл бұрын
Happy 95th Anniversary Of Life February 10, 2022 Her Royal Highness, Queen Leontyne Price Grandest Of Them All!
@stuartp42806 ай бұрын
As a 21 year old, the "Opera" seemed much too esoteric and stuffy for my naive musical tastes. Then I encountered Ms. Price's RCA recording (a cut on her "blue" album) of this aria; afterward I couldn't get enough Opera. Still can't. Thanks "Mama"!
@stevendaniel8126 Жыл бұрын
Holy Smokes !!! What a sound ......
@Stephen.Stefano.L3 ай бұрын
One of my absolute favorite opera solos… The test of a great singer…
@hermangaddy43619 ай бұрын
This voice singing this music defines what great singing is and set the feet of this African-American boy firmly on the road to learning how is sing in this genre. Thank you Leontyne for setting the bar and leading the way.
@ronbryantjr10475 ай бұрын
What a perfect sounding voice. The voice of an angel. Leontyne Price, you are so greatly appreciated.
@ianmorrison3922 Жыл бұрын
2:02-2:05 I feel feel like she added a little gospel to that down swing. I love it because she’s a black girl from Laurel, Mississippi who never forgot her gospel roots and even though she became a world famous opera singer…she never forgot who she was.
@thomasmbr11 ай бұрын
I thought the same thing!
@johnpickford422210 ай бұрын
@ianmorrison3922: You are pathetically behind the times in ‘saluting’ Miss Price to refer her as “a black girl”. DAMN IT! She’s an African-American WOMAN. For your own safety, please do not post on KZbin or visit south of the Mason-Dixon Line with your immature racial attitude.
@tanyasimon5959 ай бұрын
Madama Price is from Heaven by way of Mississippi.
@shannonk.moorer91587 ай бұрын
@ianmorrison3922 The real instances of what you describe she exhibits in private recitals in black and white, including this aria, along with Vissi Darte & the Butterfly death scene. There's a separate video for Signore Ascolta. She injects more of her true self in this private session than she does in performance. She also employs raw power and technique over literal delivery. If you haven't, you must check them out.
@harrietthornton5328 Жыл бұрын
Melts my heart every time.
@mjremy26052 ай бұрын
So lyrical, just magnificent!
@mirianalajtman77284 күн бұрын
Beautiful and talented!
@barbaradigiuseppe5815 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for this. I cried when I saw this on PBS decades ago. Cried again watching it now lol. Perfection.
@alanfite3333 ай бұрын
Her voice grabs you and you never want to let go. 😀🖖🏽🌎
@Arkelk20104 ай бұрын
While you all debate her tone and all, I am going to praise her glorious pronunciation of the Italian Rs. Yes, her singing was beautiful.
@davidvaughan3989 Жыл бұрын
I have always loved Kiri's version the best, but this....this hits me hard in my soul. What a talent, what heart!!!! And thank you, God, for Giacomo Puccini.
@jacobmorris36643 ай бұрын
Technical matters aside, I think Kiri's timbre suits the aria better than any other singer's I've heard.
@justtubing76711 ай бұрын
Absolutely magnificent.
@ronalddade3017Ай бұрын
ABSOLUTE PERFECTION!!!!
@richmerne35936 ай бұрын
I follow her around on youtube, - they simply dont make them like her anymore. I'll know if they do, she is majestic and it's not a fault for her to know she's so good, anybody discerning would know it so why should she not, - magnifico!
@sergiovarela80302 ай бұрын
... Leontyne Price ... , É Uma Voz Paradisíaca !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!... Das Mais Celestiais ....!!!!!!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
@leticiasales714 ай бұрын
such grace, elegance, poise and virtuosity. a true dame of the arts. bravissima!
@arabia19805 ай бұрын
My god I shed a tear. This was magnificent
@1968KWT2 жыл бұрын
Happy Birthday, #LeontynePrice95! 🌹🌹🌹
@xzyeee5 ай бұрын
It is this rare type of...audacity, presented most exquisitely here, that crowns Price as sovereign of the operatic voice.
@icereaper124 күн бұрын
This is a divine gift.
@chickennuggetss35412 ай бұрын
Now I see where Whitney got it from! It runs in the family🙌🏾
@maury00096 ай бұрын
Price's vocal prowess is absolutely mesmerizing! She effortlessly ascends to the stratosphere with grace and power, delivering a stunning performance that leaves us in awe. What an incredible talent! ❤️🎶
@Jcarolinajr10 ай бұрын
A pearl of the great 👍 Price; simply incomparable.
@josephgail2043 ай бұрын
She sang the best"o holy night" thankyou madame Pryce.
What a beauty, grace, peace and joy she share in this master piece🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
@ninaaaa74202 ай бұрын
Omgggg this is Sooooo Beautiful ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🤎🤎🤎🤎✨✨✨✨✨ #BeautifulBlackQueenMagic
@aavalestormiconicperformer Жыл бұрын
The emotions in her tone and her expressions shows she is connected wow 😘
@collegeri2 жыл бұрын
Total perfection
@packer8123 ай бұрын
Great technique and one of the most beautiful voices ever, She's missed in the opera world.
@andrekerr68592 ай бұрын
Goosebumps !!!!!
@Eligold99 Жыл бұрын
Breathtaking. Beautiful, elegant, powerful.
@kerri-annvigar4763 ай бұрын
Perfection. Tears every time.
@LaPrimadonna1643 ай бұрын
Fantástica la Price. Voces de otro tiempo,que hoy no existen. Gracias ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
@isaballaserrano4991 Жыл бұрын
This is perfection! DIVINA ❤❤❤❤❤❤💯👌🏻
@1968KWT Жыл бұрын
Happy Birthday, La Splendissima! 🎈🎉🎂🥳
@kebinchen85856 ай бұрын
Incredible voice, can listen all day long.
@donovanrobinson1843 Жыл бұрын
Out of her prime still handling big arias such as this masterpiece by Puccini. Ive heard this aria song by many of the greats kiri, caballe etc but they dont flow as well as price does throughout the climax and pianissimos. Although caballe pianissimo is otherworldly, madam Price does what puccini intended of the work you feel the desperate longing meant to be felt by the lyric.
@strykerman85902 ай бұрын
Prices flow is spectacular, I’ve been listening. To as many versions of this I can find and all pale in comparison
@PolCoUSA Жыл бұрын
Bellissima!
@PABLOGARCIA-gb5ih2 жыл бұрын
1:53-2:15 HERMOSO 💚. COMO BRILLAN ESOS OJOS 👏🏿🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗
@kittydeneuve41603 ай бұрын
Thrilling. Just thrilling.
@deev32822 жыл бұрын
Diva!
@shakiraanderson6820 Жыл бұрын
Heavenly. So inspiring of beautiful things, a beautiful life, and great future happiness. Thank you, Ms. Price.
@judithlungen69582 ай бұрын
Amazing Thank you Ms Price Thank you God what a voice
@carlfigueiredo20952 жыл бұрын
Simply glorious! Bravissima!
@JoseFlores-xf4xy10 ай бұрын
Suprema 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏desde🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷
@SirTenor774 ай бұрын
Simply Divine!! Brava!❤
@dondrejohnson7440 Жыл бұрын
Omyy gosh I almost melted In myself I have never liked opera until now I want to learn how to sing opera
@johnhendricks81404 ай бұрын
What a voice!
@lugano19992 ай бұрын
I would describe her voice with one word: LUXURIOUS,
@ageeblue7522 ай бұрын
Wow!!!
@mistermornevanderberg Жыл бұрын
Wow. All I can say is W!O!W!!
@renatocavaradoss Жыл бұрын
Simply perfect!
@gtownlad77Ай бұрын
So amazing how she can control her voice like that amazing. Just amazing.
@michaelrg38362 ай бұрын
I had no idea she is related to the Houston/Warwick family! An entire family of incredible vocal talent!!
@jsc12352 жыл бұрын
Amazing 😻
@Cat-no8ts9 ай бұрын
Pure platinum!❤❤❤❤
@EmacosaАй бұрын
It's a wonderful emotional piece of music! for a SOPRANO And if you can bring it to it's emotional heights!! That's fantastic! Nice performance 🌷🐕💞🐦⬛ Really nice
@Onche518 Жыл бұрын
I got teary eyed everytime she went high
@erikfonseca20258 ай бұрын
Bravi
@parfumelise62173 ай бұрын
She' s the one!
@6voces Жыл бұрын
Emocionante, as lágrimas....
@shakiraanderson6820 Жыл бұрын
Beautiful. Awe inspiring.
@Hotmerky5 ай бұрын
Wow! Amazing! No wonder, winter had some good linage in her! 🎉❤
@EmacosaАй бұрын
Wow! "Que mi porta!" I was about to skip the video till I heard the perfect high note!! 🌷🐕💞🐦⬛🐦 Impressive Exciting performance! I never really heard her singing That's exactly how that high note should be sung! Cha ching! "Que mi porta!"
@victora.fernandezc.1401 Жыл бұрын
GODDESS!!!👏👏👏👏
@user-sb8im4ws4b3 ай бұрын
она прекрасна!!!!
@geoffthomson16862 ай бұрын
Wow magnificent :))
@marthagutierrez11785 ай бұрын
We love you Mrs. Price. You’ve touched us all with your magnificent voice. Brava 👏👏👏
@frankm69384 ай бұрын
She was never called Mrs Price.
@yisuahАй бұрын
아름다운 소리입니다.영상감사합니다.
@Kegeljan2 жыл бұрын
Sa puissance vocale, sa maîtrise du souffle, la justesse de chaque note, l'étendue de son ambitus, sa diction et la continuité de son chant dans les moindres inflexions classent Madame Leontyne Price, au sommet de la pyramide du chant, bon anniversaire Madame, vous apportez beaucoup de bonheur chez vous et autour de vous.Merci pour cela !