The Laurel native remains a Metropolitan Opera legend. At 99, still resides in New York City, not too far from the stage ...

Legendary American soprano Leontyne Price turns 99 years old today. Her story began in Mississippi, and includes 13 Grammy wins and the spotlight on opera stages around the world. We’ll celebrate ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Da’Vine Joy Randolph has already brought her vocal chops to “Rustin,” “High Fidelity,” and the upcoming Pharrell Williams biopic, ...

Opera Theatre in St. Paul is celebrating Black History Month with a special concert celebrating Leontyne Price. Price was the first Black Prima Donna of the New York Metropolitan Opera and later this ...

Soprano Leontyne Price; composer Carlisle Floyd; the general director of the Santa Fe Opera and co-founder of Opera Theater of Saint Louis, Richard Gaddes, and the music director of the Metropolitan ...

Actor Robert Wagner is 78. Singer Roberta Flack is 71. Singer Jimmy Merchant (Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers) is 68. Olympic gold-medal swimmer Mark Spitz is 58. Country singer Lionel Cartwright is ...

The Pablo Larraín feature stars Jolie as late Greek-American soprano singer, Maria Callas. Da’Vine Joy Randolph has already brought her vocal chops to “Rustin,” “High Fidelity,” and the upcoming ...