Leontyne Price, being honored by Delta Sigma Theta, a public service sorority, accepts a painting presented to her at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York on Oct. 10, 1973.

Leontyne Price

The NYPR Archive Collections | Jan 1, 2000

The Rudolph Bing era ushered in African-American artists to the Met stage, among them, the trail-blazing Leontyne Price.


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