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Radio 3,11 May 2021,14 mins

SeriesIn Their Voices

Leontyne Price

The Essay

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Opera singer Peter Brathwaite shares his passion for five very different singers whose voices, artistry and lives inspire and move him, and whose stories he needs to tell. Soprano Leontyne Price was the first African American opera singer who attained true superstar status, becoming one of the most celebrated voices of all time. Peter relives his discovery of her peerless spinto soprano voice through a pile of old library vinyls, and digs deep into what made her voice so exquisite and her artistry so compelling.

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  1. Track
    Artist
  2. 1.
    Pace, pace, mio Dio (La forza del destino)
    Pace, pace, mio Dio (La forza del destino)
    Giuseppe Verdi
  3. 2.
    Vissi d'arte (Tosca)
    Vissi d'arte (Tosca)
    Giacomo Puccini