Leontyne Price-Death of Butterfly. Rare private film.

Glitch in film but no matter- Incredible Performance.

[@Perrosiutico]

An erupting volcano of voice, freighted with such passion and music! Who could blame the audience for erupting in response!

[@danielcabrera4161]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@archeboddraughtsman567]

1:40-1:46 is the part where mother Price gagged her entire Haus of opera kids!

[@AfroPoli]

One of the best operatic videos on all of YT. Thanks!!

[@tonyndege8582]

That walk off the stage was ablaze with pure 🔥

[@shirleyrombough8173]

This...this is Butterfly: wonderful singing with all of the emotions of Butterfly in Mme. Price's voice. Brava.

[@EmilyGloeggler7984]

Not even close.

[@UncleLouie867]

All these films are from MY OWN PERSONAL COLLECTION.

[@corneliuswhite5139]

God Bless You.

[@silvanero]

Thank you Uncle Louie for sharing these magnificent videos of Price!! If you have more live vids, please share!!!

[@TheWiseMonkey8888]

@@silvanero 1:34 ... my, my...

[@rosalindmartin4469]

Thank you molto molto. I used to lunch with her agent in San Miguel ...it brought me beyond Mozart and chamber music. Huge and Splendid. Grazie👍💕

[@oliverflorence539]

and we love them, and you unca Louie! ❤🧡💛💚💙💜

[@operalover1010]

Obviously, her voice, which I could describe with dozens of adjectives - huge, dusky, silky, exquisite, molten, smoky, divine - is the primary indicator of her musical genius. But her musical genius can also be heard in smaller nuances of her interpretations of various roles. One such example is found right here. Listen to her “Amore, amore mio” at 0:11, particularly the second "amore". Listen to how she really doesn't even sing it; she instead almost groans it, her voice thick with agony. It becomes a murmur. With this one small artistic choice, she renders this scene even more heartrending. Price is a truly extraordinary woman, a goddess. Bravissima diva!

[@TomCloyd]

This is what authenticity and total commitment look like in an artist. I cannot watch this and stay dry-eyed. Thank you for making this available to us to see.

[@DanielFreemanSpeaks]

The best at her best!! :)

[@michaelvilleneuve194]

What a treat. She was always masterful in recitals like that. Just amazing.

[@TheFrankozzi]

Every Leontine performance Is a masterclass

[@iancaldeian4860]

Incredible!!! This performance makes me cry every time. Frantic desolation, pain, and sadness - a range of emotions. This is the goal for young spinto-sopranos. Thanks for sharing Uncle Louie.

[@vangogh66110]

Actually, Leontyne Price is Lirico-Spinto :3

[@beachfanatic2010]

@@vangogh66110 She is neither. She is a true lyric soprano and on the lighter side.

[@UncleLouie867]

This and Magda Olivero are my two favorite video gems- maybe this is #1. Never before or after has she put such feeling into an aria. You had to be there!!

[@donconhar]

This is as thrilling as it gets!

[@jollyroger4477]

True definition of Diva!

[@davidsongarrett8087]

The Diva of ALL Divas ❤️❤️❤️

[@11buleria]

Gloriously powerful emotion!

[@trilobit4]

No one can transmit emotions like her. Her "bitter" voice always gets me. She is responsible for my love of opera. I heard her as the first opera voice. I found this performance maximally touching. Immortal voice of Leontyne Price.

[@EmilyGloeggler7984]

She fails to emote believably with her voice.

[@trilobit4]

​@@EmilyGloeggler7984I don't think so. Many of my friends have seen this video and teared up at seeing her emotions. But fine, you have your opinion and I respect it. Greetings from the Czech Republic. Jiri

[@little-963]

​@@EmilyGloeggler7984 Are you kidding me???

[@how_to_sing_opera]

Thank you for sharing this ❤

[@slowhand4414]

I must listen to this 10 times a day and am blown away each time. Thank you so much for posting it. I don't know how/why I found it but am so blessed I did!

[@1Turandot]

They certainly don't make them like this anymore! Glorious!

[@maclaiden]

Divas exit was 🎯

[@alainsolier1701]

sublime Leontyne...

[@luca200177]

Incredibile per bellezza del suono e interpretazione. Splendida ❤❤❤

[@WBFbySteefen]

Oh, My, God.

[@michaelsims6429]

The sheer perfection!!!!!!!!!!!

[@jasonrobinson6561]

I can’t imagine that this aria has ever been sung/acted better. This is the benchmark to which all Butterflies should aspire.

[@oliverflorence539]

Yes!

[@TheFrankozzi]

Gigantic rock solid voice ..unbeatable emotion. A masterclass.

[@kenc1949]

She states in the film about the new Met that her mother was a much better singer than she was. Wow.

[@malinlundstrom2838]

Best operasinger in the world ❤️🙏

[@blkindians7974]

(1:58-1:59) the guy dat could not contain his yell,, brother I understand you..

[@Gentleman183]

Wow very powerful .

[@amaliacrevani1461]

Chillllssss❤️

[@alexandrkolesnikov9062]

Спасибо за это видео!

[@michaelmiller1215]

Just WOW!

[@mariomancusi4559]

Grandissima.

[@florlacontralto]

la amo

[@albertcombrink3717]

On the grand lady's birthday. Every year. I return to this.

[@ustunbilgen1394]

glorious

[@andrewkurtz1747]

goosebumps

[@7Edenbird7]

Это потрясающий голос! Это космос!!!!!!!!!

[@stewartmcmanus3991]

Incredible.

[@grandeopera]

Wow!

[@SilfredoSerrano]

What year and place? I saw her around 1995 at BAM singing this as one of her encores.

[@norwegianforestcat7471]

I love how she nails it, then waves and sails away à la Aretha Franklin 😁

[@music0326]

Thank goodness she sang a G# on puri occhi.. I was beginning to doubt whether it was a G from so many sopranos hitting it on the low side.

[@jasongettinger6866]

Stunning. Low tech as it is.

[@oliverflorence539]

Yup. not bad for film footage from nearly 50 years ago!

[@rickack8176]

To listen to this spectacular piece and to think that a nuclear exchange between nations is imminent. My money is on the existence of God who will reign no matter who disbelieves. ➕

[@MMB.__]

She makes people jump off their sits. Nobody does this anymore.

[@UncleLouie867]

I can't get into my old website- "StuartLou" so- i started another one. "Uncle Louie867". I still don't understand how KZbin works. DOES ANYONE??

[@rosahur]

Any details about this concert?

[@liedersanger1]

An encore a the end of her spring 1976 Carnegie Hall recital.

[@alexmz123]

So easy for her to sing!!! La Divina forever ❤️

[@fabriziogarzi9892]

O cosi o niente!!

[@DawnFurness]

Who disliked this, seriously?

[@alexmz123]

DawnFurness Renata Tebaldi 😂

[@mid-zz6ct]

Probably two sopranos

[@LordMgls]

Netrebko for sure

[@Slowhand-ke8cs]

Mgls .....taste is subjective but how can you compare this fine artist and lady to someone whose gift are her breasts which she freely displays in her choice of dresses! Guess she needs to distract from her voice...or lack of one! Price & Tebaldi could fart better than she'll ever be able to sing!

[@EmilyGloeggler7984]

@@Slowhand-ke8csHer vocal performance pales in comparison to some of her other ones. It’s a pity she didn’t learn to emote as well as Rosa Ponselle.

[@kyleaustin7045]

Price had her fault. But damn, she was great. Thrilling. Bravo!

[@silvanero]

Who dwells on faults??!! ALL of the great singers had faults because they are all HUMAN BEINGS not robots!! Sorry I take personal offense to people who judge like that. Until you’ve been on stage and trying to do what she does, you don’t know a thing!!

[@EmilyGloeggler7984]

@@silvaneroPlease use your ears.

[@BronzeVenus]

Incredible! I don't see a mic, is her voice amplified?!

[@liedersanger1]

Classical singers are trained to project the sound without any amplification. Occasionally, when singing in large arenas, they may have a mic, generally placed at a distance.

[@gregorydiercks8958]

And it was in Carnegie Hall - majestic acoustics...

[@EmilyGloeggler7984]

Lackluster and not one of her best performances

[@Orfeus80]

great voice but I wonder what the English speakers would think of someone singing English like Price sings Italian...apart from a few important words she emotes, she doesn't seem to know how to pronounce, phrase or make sense of the Italian language.

[@victordunson719]

Orfeus80 #boybye

[@Orfeus80]

@metropolitan1966 Price´s hopeless phrasing and diction has nothing to do with her race. Joan Sutherland was even worse. And on the other hand, Grist, Arroyo, Bumbry and Verrett, to name a few other black singers, had much better diction and phrasing than Price. She just didn't seem to care about it. All she wanted was to make round, boring sounds. If you don't agree, that's fine, but don't call me racist..

[@Orfeus80]

@metropolitan1966 you're right about Verrett, hers wasn't great, but I did only say "much better than Price". Lol. I do like Price for American music, she knew how to sing that. But she got away with her crappy Italian because of her voice, just like Joan Sutherland.

[@TheAleph74]

Do me a favor. Fuck yourself.

[@Orfeus80]

@@TheAleph74 sorry, no favours to amateur tenors singing with microphone. Lol

[@giobianchi4492]

Non è Butterfly. Non si canta così. La Price è stata grande in Tosca. In Butterfly no.

[@alexandrkolesnikov9062]

Спасибо за это видео!