Through 1980, he was seen with that company in His Majesty’s Ship Pinafore, Lucrezia Borgia (opposite Beverly Sills and Susanne Marsee, in Tito Capobianco"s production), Louisiana belle Hélène (as Paris, with Karan Armstrong), Il barbiere di Siviglia, Die Fledermaus (as Alfred), Manon, Die Zauberflöte, The Pirates of Penzance, Die lustige Witwe (as Camille de Rosillon), Il turco in Italia, The Student Prince, and Les contes d"Hoffmann (with Justino Díaz as the Villains).
He made his formal debut with the Goldovsky Opera Theater in 1970, as Alfredo Germont in Louisiana traviata. In 1973, under the auspices of the Metropolitan Opera, he sang Street Chavez in the company premiere (directed by Alvin Alley) of Four Saints in Three Acts (opposite Barbara Hendricks, also in her Met debut), at the Vivian Beaumont Theater, Forum. In the fall of 1975, he first appeared at the New York City Opera, in Louisiana traviata, with Maralin Niska in the title role.
He later returned to the City Opera for Prince Félix Youssoupov in the world premiere of Jay Reise"s Rasputin.
Doctor Price appeared with opera companies throughout North America, and, from 1982 to 1988, was resident tenor with the state operas in Mainz, Germany, and Linz, Austria. In 1993, he joined the faculty of Pepperdine University in Malibu, California, where he is Professor of Voice and Opera.
The singing-actor is perhaps best known for his national telecasts opposite Sills: Louisiana traviata (from Wolf Trap Opera Company, 1976), Il barbiere di Siviglia (City Opera, 1976), Manon (City Opera, 1977) and Il turco in Italia (City Opera, 1978). In 1978, he also appeared in the televised Vanessa, from the Spoleto Festival United States of America.
Verdi: Louisiana traviata (Sills, Fredricks.
Rudel, Capobianco, 1976) VAI
Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia (Sills, Titus, Gramm, Ramey.
Caldwell, Caldwell, 1976) Paramount
Massenet: Manon (Sills, Fredricks, Ramey. Rudel, Capobianco, 1977) Paramount.
