Leontyne Price
Sergio A. Mims alerts us to the 90th birthday of Leontyne Price on February 10, 2017:
On Thursday, February 9, on the eve of her
auspicious birthday, International House will present a 7 PM concert in a
celebration of her music and spirit by rising young bass baritone Donovan Singletary,
a recent resident there. Singletary, a graduate of the Lindemann Young
Artist Development Program at the Metropolitan Opera, will be joined by
current International House residents. The program will include
selections from "Porgy and Bess" and "Aida," as well as such personal
favorites as the spiritual "I Will Overcome," "The Boy Next Door" from
"Meet Me in St. Louis" (which Price enjoyed performing at resident
recitals), and Samuel Barber's "Sure on This Shining Light."
The February 9 performance is the second of this year's new music performance series, Music at I-House: Then and Now. Tickets for the concert are priced at $30.00 in advance, $35.00 at the door (and $125.00 for VIP tickets) and are available HERE.
International House is located at 500 Riverside Drive in Manhattan.
Proceeds from all performances support International House leadership
programs and financial aid for deserving residents.
Leontyne Price,
who became one of the first African Americans to perform in a lead at
the Metropolitan Opera, while at International House worked at the front
desk, and often gave impromptu recitals on Sunday afternoons in the
Main Lounge, where the concert will take place. Ms. Price went on to
serve on the International House Board of Trustees for more than 30
years and even gave a benefit concert at the House in 1992 to support
resident programs.
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