Leontyne Price in "Tosca"
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Description
View of soprano Leontyne Price and unidentified singer in Puccini's opera, "Tosca." Stamped on back: "NBC photo." Label on back: "The NBC's Opera 1955 production of 'Tosca,' conceived by Samuel Chotzinoff and featuring David Poleri as Cavaradossi, introduced Leontyne Price to a national television audience in one of the most glamorous of operatic roles and marked the beginning of her progress through the standard operatic repertory after her initial success in 'Porgy and Bess.'" Handwritten on back: "Price, Leontyne. Act II."
Details
- Resource ID:
- hk001482
- Subject:
- Price, Leontyne
- African American women singers
- Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924. Tosca
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- unknown
- Format:
- 1 photographic print ; 9 x 7.25 in.
- Department:
- E. Azalia Hackley Collection
- Location:
- Biography--Price, Leontyne
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.