1960's The Arts | "Heroine at Home"

Interview

By: Gerald Fitzgerald

Date: February 4, 1961

Source: Fitzgerald, Gerald. "Heroine at Home." Opera News, February 4, 1961, 14–15.

About the Author: Gerald Fitzgerald was an associate editor for Opera News when he interviewed Leontyne Price in 1961. Opera News is a publication issued by the Metropolitan Opera Guild. The magazine appears weekly during the opera season and includes information about programs at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, as well as articles about opera.

Introduction

Opera in the 1960s was dominated by white performers. Although a few African American singers came before her at the Metropolitan Opera, Leontyne Price, born in 1927, was the first African American female to become an operatic star there. When Price made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera in 1961, it was still located between Broadway and Seventh...