Happy 95th birthday to legendary soprano Leontyne Price, seen here performing the dramatic final scene from Salome in this 1982 #LiveFromLincolnCenter clip featuring the New York Philharmonic with Zubin Mehta. "Art is the only thing you cannot punch a button for. You must do it the old-fashioned way. Stay up and really burn the midnight oil. There are no compromises."—Leontyne Price | Lincoln Center

Leontyne Price recalls being chosen to open The Metropolitan Opera House. | Great Performances l PBS

PRIMA DONNA LEGEND: We honor opera singer Leontyne Price, who’s the first black prima donna. She became the first black opera singer on television and the first black woman to perform an opening night leading role at New York’s Metropolitan Opera House. https://abcn.ws/3b54385 | The View

Leontyne Price rose from the segregated South, becoming the first black woman to appear in a lead role in televised Opera. This is History | Herstory, as told by Laverne Cox. | Biography