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黎昂婷‧普萊斯 (Leontyne
Price) 出生於1927年2月10日
當普萊斯的父母買了一架玩具鋼琴給她時，普萊斯開始對表演有了興趣。她說：「當我收到玩具鋼琴時，我似乎就站在舞台中央….從那時候開始我就上癮了。」
普萊斯在1952年至1954年間，在茱莉雅音樂學院 (Julliard School of Music) 就讀，同時也在紐約市演出美國歌劇乞丐與蕩婦 (Porgy and Bess) 一劇中的蕩婦貝西 (Bess) 。她是第一位在電視上演唱歌劇的非裔美人，但是她還是必須面對種族歧視的問題。儘管歐洲評論家對普萊斯評價很高，而且她在美國本土也相當受到歡迎，但是普萊斯在1961年前都無法在紐約市的大都會歌劇院 (Metropolitan Opera) 表演。在她曾經得過的諸多獎項中，有一項是「自由總統獎章」 (Presidential Medal of Freedom) 。普萊斯在聽到瑪麗安‧安德森的歌聲後，也努力了很久的時間才成功。
Price caught the performance bug when her parents bought her a toy piano. "I was center stage from the time I received that toy piano . . . I had the disease then . . ."
Price attended the Julliard School of Music and sang the role of Bess in the American opera
Porgy and Bess in New York City from 1952 to 1954. She was the first African American to sing opera on television, but she still had to fight racial prejudice. Despite the praise of European critics and her enormous popularity at home, Price did not appear at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City until 1961. One of her many awards is the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Price came a long way from that day she heard Marian Anderson sing.
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