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Portrait of Leontyne Price singing, 1953
黎昂婷‧普萊斯在1953年演唱 「La Voyante of Sanguet」
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黎昂婷‧普萊斯 (Leontyne Price) 出生於1927210

你有沒有想像自己贏得葛萊美獎 (
Grammy Award) 的情況?歌手黎昂婷‧普萊斯曾經贏得18座葛萊美獎,但是她卻不是為了得獎而開始演唱的。當普萊斯還是個小女孩時,她無意間聽到傳奇非裔美籍歌手瑪麗安‧安德森 (Marian Anderson) 的歌聲。

「當我看到這位美妙的女性穿著白緞禮服走出側廳時,我立刻就知道:總有一天,我也要跟她一樣,從側廳裡走出來
….當燈光轉暗之後,神奇時刻就到來了。」

抒情女高音黎昂婷‧普萊斯於1927210日在密西西比州的勞瑞市 (Laurel) 出生。當她開始登台表演時,只有5歲或6歲。你知道是什麼玩具使得普萊斯走向歌唱生涯嗎?


Do you ever imagine yourself winning a Grammy award? Singer Leontyne Price won 18 Grammy awards, but it wasn't winning an award that first inspired her. When she was a little girl, Price heard the legendary African American singer Marian Anderson.

"When I saw this wonderful woman come from the wings in this white satin dress," she said, "I knew instantly: one of these days, I'm going to come out of the wings . . . The light dawned. It was a magic moment."

Lyric soprano Leontyne Price was born on February 10, 1927, in Laurel, Mississippi. She was only five or six years old when she started performing. What toy do you think could have started Price on the path to a singing career?

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