Leontyne Price recital- encores ~ (private video)

[@peterramkissoon8427]

She never looks strained, stressed, pushed, forced, goaded, prompted....in every video I've seen, ever, she's poised, efficiency, unbreaking in character and uncompromising in flow, ease, and superhuman perfection. The only singer I've ever seen like this, in any genre.

[@actorshmactor]

Truly understood technique and was so very musical. One in a billion. What a voice!

[@iammarcnixon]

This recording brought tears...can u even imagine being there? Mercy.

[@sportynlife]

Can you imagine all the black opera voices who lived before the opportunity to be recorded like this existed for their race?

[@richardmccowenclark2412]

I had the honor hearing this wonderful lady live and to this day I still get goose bumps!!! To hear hat beautiful gorgeous sound live is just breath taking.

[@luminiferous1960]

I am fortunate to have attended a recital by Leontyne Price in Richmond, VA in the early 1980s. With no microphone, her voice powerfully filled the entire auditorium with clear, luscious, and beautiful sound while conveying every nuance of emotion in the songs. She performed six encores and received seven well deserved standing ovations! Brava Diva Price!

[@lalagonegaga]

*throws laptop out of the window* I am emotionally incapable of dealing with this.

[@FoggyRoad81]

I TOO CANNOT DEAL!!!

[@melanielindsay9367]

I was wondering why is there a nonstop stream of tears down my cheeks. Wow! Touches your soul.

[@edwardwheeler197]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🎉

[@kennethoverton5005]

She is EVERYTHING! My God. She makes my heart explode with pride and inspiration.

[@caroll6261]

Manna from heaven for our ears and musical nourishment for our souls.

[@markpettis2896]

Please let her inspire you !!!!I am white and I long for more African-American men to sing in the opera I often imagine and I listen to music God bless you

[@fabflutes2913]

I spent my last cash ducats on a ticket to hear Miss Price in recital in Boston, mid 80’s. I was a conservatory student there at the time. I didn’t have money for dinner that night, but I had been fed. She had the audience in the palm of her hand.

[@luminiferous1960]

I am fortunate to have attended a recital by Leontyne Price in Richmond, VA in the early 1980s. With no microphone, her voice powerfully filled the entire auditorium with clear, luscious, and beautiful sound while conveying every nuance of emotion in the songs. She performed six encores and received seven well deserved standing ovations! Brava Diva Price!

[@nilsbrown7996]

Well done Sir..Truly.

[@Josquinquin]

Still stunning. She worked very hard as a young student to perfect a technique that was rock solid. That, coupled with her soulful interpretations are at the core of her well-deserved acclaim and her place in operatic history. Few young people nowadays are willing to put the enormous effort into what is essential to have a career like Price's. She is part of a golden age that, alas, no longer exists. May her legacy last forever!!

[@erinmatt]

Well, this had me in tears by the end. Only a champion like Ms. Price could end her recital with three Puccini arias as encores. The Madama Butterfly aria at the end is hair-raising. Beautifully and passionately sung, all of it. There's no one like her singing today.

[@toberreilly365]

Take a giant celestial bucket. Ask God to pour all the butter, gold and honey in the heavens into it and what you end up with is this glorious woman's voice.

[@brandonburrell8517]

A marvelous and accurate description of the gift gave all of us, when He gave us her. Bravo!

[@jeanetteyork2582]

I had the privilege of hearing one of these recitals in Medford Oregon, when I was a girl. The sound and her presence were so beautiful I wept through the entire performance...just a few tears but constantly. The sound drew it out of me. She was totally moving. I still weep when hearing even these tinny videos because she was so amazingly beautiful. I love all opera singers...they work so hard and sacrifice much of life to bring us such beauty...but she is my special singer. Her humor was marvelous. At the end of that performance she graciously assented to doing two encores. She was tired...we wouldn't sit down or stop applauding...so she motioned us quiet and sang a little third encore more...then suddenly stopped, and sang to a little ditty: "If you want any more you can sing it yourself!" -- And whooshed offstage!! She exited to a hall full of laughter and more applause. Dear Leontyne! 🌹

[@luminiferous1960]

I am fortunate to have attended a recital by Leontyne Price in Richmond, VA in the early 1980s. With no microphone, her voice powerfully filled the entire auditorium with clear, luscious, and beautiful sound while conveying every nuance of emotion in the songs. She performed six encores and received seven well deserved standing ovations! Brava Diva Price!

[@erinmatt]

So majestic. Even with just a piano, it's grand opera if Leontyne Price is singing. And these heavy pieces are her encores!

[@Capetenor1]

If only people who think some of our current singers are fantastic could hear this recital...they would understand true greatness. I bow to this incredile America treasure.

[@rickywilliams1537]

I love Leontyne, so much!!!! Her pianissimi are impeccable!!! Im always transfixed!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@brunaazzurra]

amo alla follia Leontyne ma in "Vissi d'arte" non ho sentito un solo filato. nel brano "Chi il bel sogno di Doretta" i filati sono assolutamente d'obbligo e lei ne realizza magnificamente solo alcuni e i rimanenti li realizza con "mezze voci". mentre canta con volumi inaccettabili " Tu, tu piccolo iddio ". questo video mostra purtroppo la inarrestabile decadenza della tecnica di questa signora, tecnica che per decenni la distingueva per la perizia e l'intelligenza sempre mostrata nell'usarla .

[@jakemeyer2095]

Had I been there I would have been jumping up and down and screaming and crying

[@Vogeln]

Simply amazing. That last aria from Butterfly was just riveting. I am in shock!

[@melanielindsay9367]

Can't stop the tears .... GOAT!

[@valerielaw5249]

The velvet of her tone from low to her floating top c are amazing,the emotion,will she ever be matched in these roles.

[@renettayorka6883]

Truly one of the greatest opera stars of the 20th century. Always superb in whatever she sings. Thank you.

[@operabilia]

An "overkill" of gorgeous sounds. Pure magic, no voice today can even come remotely close to Her.

[@frankiedean4650]

I agree. She is a "one time" gift to this world. The most awesome and amazing singer I have ever heard.

[@maryvaillancourt1158]

great way to say it. overkill of gorgeous. not of this world!!!!

[@cacciato69]

4:15 o my goddess of song

[@pnewman7279]

Im late, I thought you insulted her, I was going to overkill you.... 🤣🤣🤣

[@caninbar]

To think this was an encore and her voice is as fresh as if she was just starting.

[@sportynlife]

What an instrument - diaphragm like a launching pad for a space ship.

[@tklogan111809]

she was on fire

[@caroll6261]

The REALLY GREAT kind😍

[@luvindaopera111]

LEONTYNE PRICE EPITOMIZES A TRUE "GOAT." (For those who do not know, acronym for "Greatest Of All Time!") She has been my intro, inspiration, motivator, blessing & hope for the world of music, especially for opera. Brava Diva!!! Thank you for all you have given of yourself and all you gave up for us. What a joy and privilege! ❤

[@jlb9368]

She practically sings a whole Puccini opera's worth of music in the encore. And the voice is just as fresh and glorious. Who amongst today's singer can even dream of coming close to this sort of super excellence?

[@spikester12]

I first heard her sing "Chi bel sogno" as an encore at Lewisohn Stadium in NYC in the 60's on a summer night. As she floated out one ravishing note after the other, I thought this can never be surpassed. I still think so.

[@kingamitrowska]

I'm lost for words. Divine!!!

[@melanielindsay9367]

Me too. Just a stream of tears!

[@AndySchrei]

I was fortunate enough to see and hear Price in person several times, in recital, orchestral concerts, and complete operas, including from around this time. These videos capture, better than any others I've seen, how that incredible voice just filled a hall. There's never been another like her. Thrilling.

[@thebes50]

God touched this voice like no other. So beautiful.

[@mensabs]

You go out there, you do it, brilliantly, and then you go home! :) NO SHOW BIZ for this woman. AMAZING!! Perfect poise.

[@AndySchrei]

I recall seeing her in recital about a year or two before this, in Los Angeles, and this tape more than any I've ever seen really gives you a sense of how powerful, gorgeous, and soaring that voice really was in person. Her studio recordings, fabulous as they were, never managed to catch the thrill of what she was able to do in the house. To this day I've never gotten actual chills down my spine in a concert the way I did at hers. Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant.

[@luminiferous1960]

I agree that her studio recordings never managed to completely catch the thrill of what she was able to do in the house. I am fortunate to have attended a recital by Leontyne Price in Richmond, VA in the early 1980s. With no microphone, her voice powerfully filled the entire auditorium with clear, luscious, and beautiful sound while conveying every nuance of emotion in the songs. She performed six encores and received seven well deserved standing ovations! Brava Diva Price!

[@georgescott3652]

Glorious!

[@BonaOnofre]

My heart just exploded.

[@melanielindsay9367]

I'm in tears. 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@francoiscouture2011]

I had the luck to hear her LIVE in Montreal, years ago! I still remember! Incredible!

[@leonoradelagardie]

She is the only soprano who has brought me to tears. Divinely gifted!

[@julianjoseph2861]

I agree 100%

[@leonoradelagardie]

+Julian joseph Yes, she seems to have it all, total and effortless control over the entire register. Arguably the greatest of all sopranos.

[@tumimoema]

Leonora de la Gardie her voice soars to the heavens effortlessly and guess what? It takes the listener along!

[@melanielindsay9367]

I'm in tears! So amazing that it has me in involuntary tears. Lord!

[@cacciato69]

@@melanielindsay9367 absolutely divine

[@publicclammer]

Benchmarks that may well never be equaled or surpassed. Thank you!

[@crisha721]

she's incredible. a gift of God

[@artistsf1]

"those were the days, my friend, we thought they'd never end....' I had the great good luck to be at several of her recitals over the years in Minneapolis, New York and San Francisco;. She always did the standard recital format; some italian songs, some german Lied, some french, some american and ending with a spiritual or two. Then came what often felt like another full recital - the arias. Seeing/hearing this takes me back - tears and rapid heartbeat included - to those glorious events.

[@MSMillerNYC]

One of the great pirated recordings of all time. I hate when audience members record performances from their seats, but thank God someone did during this one!

[@stevenclarke9363]

Absolutely Amazing!!!! If Leontyne sings then the rest are doing something else! No words can describe.

[@waltercastillor.9658]

she make me cry every time I see this video... Her voice plus Puccini's music is like a gale that got me on my knees

[@annjeanmillikan]

FABULOUS, absolutely sublime and gorgeous, what a voice!

[@SuperLmer]

Powerful yet Flawlessly done!!! Brava!!

[@lelecoloco]

this is 1979!!! Close to the year of her farewell to the opera!!!! Isn't it unbelievable????? What an artist!!! Too bad we can't see that level of comitment with voice and music anymore! We are in mourning! BRAVA PRICE!

[@liedersanger1]

This is 1976, almost a decade before her Met farewell.

[@ngatihine6072]

that tu tu tu helped me release a lot of pent up emotion. thankyou what a recital she flooded the hall with sound.

[@DrMGoesWild]

A private video! A treasure trove of jewels, a lifetimes experience shining through like a vocal beacon! The power of music and of singing! thanks so much!

[@sopranosd]

Nerves of steel, diaphragm for days, gorgeous sweetness to the big sound. No-one can match this woman. And she ACTS. Totally weeping here.

[@classical.pianist]

Beyond stratospheric......I am privileged to have witnessed her over 50 times in several countries in recital, concert and opera. Had an audience with her a couple of times as well. The ultimate artistic experience....

[@michaelmiller1215]

Claude Poux How fortunate!

[@ChagoWilson]

Happy 95th Anniversary Of Life February 10, 2022 Her Royal Highness, Queen Leontyne Price Grandest Of Them All!

[@elizabethgarcia8758]

She was incredible in this performance. Thanks for sharing😊

[@DHa-4u]

Remember, these are the encores!! What i like the most, besides the incredible flow of utterly beautiful sound, is the way she is living and loving what she is doing!!! Oh, Miss Leontyne Price, what a gift. There is no better Butterfly final aria on any recording, anywhere!

[@sheilamchugh6747]

I heard her sing this in the 80's at Symphony Hall in Boston and it was like hearing the voice of an angel. Even as I write this I have tears in my eyes just thinking about it. Met her after the concert and she is as lovely as her voice.

[@michaelpatlan1790]

I was fortunate to hear one of these recitals. It was so amazing and inspired my return to complete my own music degree. I feel blessed I was able to hear her many times after as well. So happy these videos exist.

[@caroll6261]

Thank you, StuartLou for posting this piece. This woman's talent fills my heart with joy and happiness. I do not know what happen to these 30 people and their very bad ears. It's truly tragic to hafta go through life and not understand what GREAT music and talent really is😟😰

[@berlinman46]

So Wonderful a Million Thanks for These Jewels-Absolutely Thrilling!! -Peace and love-Paulxx

[@SuperLmer]

She was in her highest prime in voice..Unbelievable and beautiful..thank u for sharing.

[@Sotzume]

Leontyne Price...beauty personified...a voice so identifiable from the moment one hears it. A sound so warm, a tone so sweet, a mature musical understanding. Thank you so much for this wonderful video.

[@voltaire1377]

she really is a Godess!!!!!!!the word diva is not enough for her!..

[@lundilar]

Leontyne Price has endured to become the world’s greatest living soprano.

[@Trinite33]

Chills from head to toe !!! Leontyne the Great !!! She is in a class by herself. No comparison is possible. No others need apply.

[@barrystein1968]

Thank you so much for posting this. It's truly a very special and unique moment in operatic history. I've been doing a presentation on Ms. Price at my school for the students in honor of Black History Month. It's amazing to see kids who basically know nothing about opera become mesmerized by the magnificence of her voice. Thanx again.

[@joyvoice8754]

Wow. Just found this.... goosebumps.. fantastic... unbelievable... think of being there in the audience!...

[@НаталияЗ-т8х]

Потрясающе!!!! И не только голос. Строит фразу как драматическая актриса. Она ГЕНИЙ.

[@MusikGuy]

Thank you for posting this incredible video. I feel so tremendously lucky to have seen this truly amazing woman many times live. As a friend said, she could always stir an otherwise stately and reserved audience into a total frenzy. To answer the last post, the second piece is "Chi il bel sogno di Doretta" from La Rondine. One of her best recordings of this was on her famous "turquoise" album from the early 60s. No one ever did this aria as beautifully as she does. She floats the high notes effortlessly with such strong emotion. Love this lady forever!

[@AnthonyBanksCountertenor]

ugh!!!! 💖💖💖 absolutely breathtaking

[@arnoldamaral3814]

We saw this Great Lady twice in concert in 1974 & 85 after she retired from the operatic stage. IN 75 we were transposed into listening to ABSOLUTE GREATNESS. In 85 after she sang un bel di verdremo I gave her a standing ovation & this dear lady acknowledged me with a nod. The greatest voice to come out of America 🇺🇸 and she is just absolutely radiant & so beautiful. Arnaud Bourbon Amaral

[@GEMahler]

I SECOND the WOW!!!!!! Super-stunned and breathless!! Never again such a talent!

[@photo161]

It is a brutal thing to cut this clip off just as the endless, tumultuous applause was beginning...!!!

[@ttatum]

Thanks for sharing!

[@kgarmaker123]

I myself have heard Ms Price in recital three times, and I treasure each one of those occasions and the memory i have of her live voice in my ears.

[@shirleyrombough8173]

I agree with all the praise for this incomparable singer. Yes, these are her encore pieces! Bravissima!

[@marcelschouten6963]

Today she turns 95. Happy birthday Leontyne Price!

[@clivepapayanis3121]

One of a kind. Spectacular! and so glad I happened upon this. Though I'm not his biggest fan, she makes me love Puccini.

[@joeabcobb1]

Exquisite and brilliant! What a talent and what a human being!

[@chasmnblue]

Thanks so much for posting this video! It reminds me of why I fell in love with this woman so many years ago. I was fortunate to not only hear her in concert but also to meet her afterward. She is a great American treasure.

[@84812ful]

wonderful voice, i had the experience to see some of her performances during my juilliard school days. thanks for the video.

[@chasmnblue]

This video is just astounding. Ms. Price was on fire that night, especially with the aria "Tu tu piccolo iddio." Leontyne Price is a national treasure. Thanks so much for posting!

[@ОльгаК-ъ1г]

Какое невероятно сильное драматическое сопрано! Просто мурашки по коже от образа арии, созданного Прайс! Невероятный драматизм! Вот талантище небесное! Спасибо огромное за видео!

[@dnettles]

Wow! Thanks very much. I saw her at Hill Auditorium when I was a voice major at the University of Michigan years ago. This brings back memories. Thanks very much for posting these priceless gems.

[@peaceart]

Thanks for posting these... I was so very young during my aunts prime and didn't see her performances very often .. but the ones I did attend have stayed with me always.. the passion and soaring tones live in me always...

[@liedersanger1]

Right. Your aunt! If only she and her husband (in a short lived marriage) William Warfield had had children, then maybe....

[@luminiferous1960]

@@liedersanger1 Leontyne Price has a nephew by marriage to William Warfield, Thomas Warfield, the son of Rev. Robert E. and Rev. Vernice S. Warfield. According to the Wikipedia article on William Warfield: "The William Warfield Scholarship Fund was formed in 1977 to support young African American classical singers at the Eastman School of Music. His nephew, Thomas Warfield, has presided over the fund." One does not need to have children to be an Aunt or Uncle. One only needs to have at least one sibling or sibling in-law who has a child to be an Aunt or Uncle. For example, I have no children, but I am an Uncle to my sisters' children.

[@65attila]

The Rondine piece was a favorite encore piece which I had the great pleasure of hearing her sing it in Philly, She brought the house down. Her "Rondine" recording on the so called "Blue Album" is arguably the best. What beautiful intense singing here..

[@waldotube]

Esta mujer es de otro mundo.... Me lleva a las lágrimas una y otra vez

[@jorgepda]

Stuart Lou, I don't know how to thank you enough for these videos of Leontyne that you have posted. Thank you so so very much.

[@andretenor]

I LOVE Ms. Price, this is why I am proud to be a Classical Musician

[@MrStpendouslvforjo]

What a diamond she had in her throat...we should have someone even HALF as great today...

[@michaelmiller1215]

george prentice But we Don’t- most of today’s singers don’t have the technique, and are physically singing incorrectly. Why? Because their TEACHERS don’t understand the physicality and physiology of the voice, and don’t know how to teach.

[@liedersanger1]

@@michaelmiller1215 Teachers today know more about the physiology of the voice than anyone did in Leontyne’s day. What they don’t understand is artistry, nuance and individuality in singing… Less is more, as Leontyne’s teacher was always telling her. And it takes time. Today, there is no shortage of great vocal material, but few singers are artists-who can produce the authentic frisson of focused artistry. Commercial pressures, a sense of entitlement, the need for long term dedicated relationships of teachers and students, and absurd regietheater productions, stifle and defeat genuine artistry. On top if that, the elaborate supporting structure of agents, impresarios, agents, record producers, writers and critics- many brought up in eastern Europe-and all devoted to classical music- is gone. One day, an artist of genius, in alliance with a great composer, will recover the emotional potential of the trained voice. It’s been lost and recovered before.

[@chrisczajasager]

a force of transcendental nature, vocal splendour, and ecstasy.........................

[@federricoilgrande]

Una Leontyne nasce ogni mille anni ::))

[@john958]

Keep in mind she is well into her 60’s here and she is still pounding out those high C’s! This woman’s voice just doesn’t seem to age!

[@liedersanger1]

Nnno-she was 49 in 1976!!

[@FoggyRoad81]

These clips = joy. I'm speechless.

[@DEFinitivelyHis]

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU.......

[@jefolson6989]

I wasnt at this one but have been present at her recitals several times. The last was in 89 or 90 in Iowa City. Well worth the trip. She is magic. A true star

[@tanyasmith4380]

MY GOD THANK U LEONTINE. WHEN I SAW U UP CLOSE IN PARIS & U SMILED INTO MY LARGE BROWN EYES, YOUR SKIN SO AMAZINGLY BEAUTIFUL --NO PHOTOGRAPH DOES IT JUSTICE-- I DIDN T QUITE UNDERSTAND... YET I KNEW I HAD TO DO ANYTHING TO MAKE IT TO THAT SIGNING. MY... MEMORIES OF THAT MOMENT SAVE ME NOW.... 7-15-18 3:22

[@21bodas]

Incredible, amazing, wonderfull......the very essence of the art of the operatic singing.... I can't think of better adjectives ... I can't of a better opera soirée. Marvellous Leontyne Price.

[@divaslair]

I don't know how this person managed to record this, but thank goodness he did!!

[@photo161]

Puccini places his heroines in situations where the depth of their pain seems inexpressible. Then along comes an artist with unlimited emotional resources of her own; Leontyne Price. And she brings total expression and complete fulfillment to every emotional and vocal demand Puccini might ever have even imagined was possible. In her Death Of Butterfly, Leontyne Price pierces the heart with such force of heartache and beauty that the listener is utterly lost and overwhelmed It is a performance that sears itself in memory forever.

[@ThrivingJean]

At 4:45, the most gorgeous, devine portamento I have ever heard.

[@billyflynn2]

This woman was just amazing! Pure class, talent and power.

[@UncleLouie867]

The first encore was 'Death of Butterfly". After that everything is "too fast". This was because (and i overheard this) she was told they needed the hall for another event and her program ran way overtime. This was an afternoon recital. No matter- i captured Leontyne at (for me) one of the greatest moments in her long career.

[@liedersanger1]

Uncle Louie She would never let a booking problem, if there really was one, compromise the artistic quality of a performance, and besides, her rushing, a tendency she was given to, could only have saved a few seconds! If she’d been concerned about time, she would have sung one less encore! And maybe she did! ;-)

[@jefolson6989]

Butterfly is the LAST encore. She is singing "harder" than usual. Perhaps tired? The lightness is harder to achieve at the end of a long evening.

[@hiromiomura8388]

Ma che bella voce angelica!! Bravissima!!!!

[@webstergilessmith6947]

UNBELIEVABLE! WHAT A VOICE! WHAT AN ARTIST! SPECTACULAR!!!

[@MrStpendouslvforjo]

She sure had a LOT OF VOICE!!!!

[@pizee]

mesmerizing!

[@TheMikester307]

I saw her in recital about 24 years ago! Never to be forgotten!