Background
Price, Leontyne was born on February 10, 1927 in Laurel, Mississippi, United States. Daughter of James A. and Kate (Baker) Price.
soprano concert and opera singer
Price, Leontyne was born on February 10, 1927 in Laurel, Mississippi, United States. Daughter of James A. and Kate (Baker) Price.
Bachelor, Central State College, Wilberforce, Ohio, 1949; Doctor of Music, Central State College, Wilberforce, Ohio, 1968; student, Juilliard School Music, 1949-1952; pupil, Florence Page Kimball Doctor of Humane Letters, Dartmouth College, 1962; Doctor of Humane Letters, Fordham University, 1969; Doctor of Humane Letters, Yale University, 1979; Doctor of Music, Howard U., 1962; Doctor Humanities, Rust College, 1968.
Fellow, American Academy, of Arts and Sciences. Honorary D.Mus. (Howard University, Central State College, Ohio). Honorary D.H.L. (Dartmouth).
Honorary Doctor of Humanities (Rust College, Mississippi). Honorary D.Hum.Litt. (Fordham). Presidential.
Honorary board directors Campfire Girls. Honorary vice-chairman United States committee United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. Co-chairman Rust College Upward Thrust Campaign.
Trustee International House. Fellow American Academy Arts and Science. Member American Federation television and Radio Artists, American Guild Museum Artists, Actors Equity Association, Sigma Alpha Iota, Delta Sigma Theta.
Married William Warfield, August 31, 1952 (divorced 1973).