(born 1927), US opera singer; full name Mary Violet Leontyne Price. Her 1952 Broadway successes in Four Saints in Three Acts and Porgy and Bess led to an international career as an operatic and concert soprano. She made her Metropolitan Opera debut in 1961 and retired from opera in 1985.
Definition of Price, Leontyne in US English:
Price, Leontyne
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(born 1927), US opera singer; full name Mary Violet Leontyne Price. Her 1952 Broadway successes in Four Saints in Three Acts and Porgy and Bess led to an international career as an operatic and concert soprano. She made her Metropolitan Opera debut in 1961 and retired from opera in 1985.