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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:person
opera singer
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gptkbp:almaMater
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gptkb:The_Juilliard_School
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gptkbp:awarded
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gptkb:Emmy_Award
gptkb:French_Legion_of_Honour
gptkb:Grammy_Award
gptkb:National_Medal_of_Arts
gptkb:Order_of_Merit_of_the_Italian_Republic
gptkb:Presidential_Medal_of_Freedom
gptkb:Spingarn_Medal
gptkb:Opera_News_Award
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gptkbp:birthDate
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1927-02-10
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gptkbp:birthName
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gptkb:Mary_Violet_Leontyne_Price
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gptkbp:birthPlace
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gptkb:Laurel,_Mississippi,_United_States
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gptkbp:debutYear
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1952 (Broadway, Four Saints in Three Acts)
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gptkbp:ethnicity
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gptkb:African-American
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gptkbp:genre
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gptkb:opera
classical music
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Leontyne Price
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gptkbp:influenced
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gptkb:Jessye_Norman
gptkb:Kathleen_Battle
Audra McDonald
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gptkbp:influencedBy
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gptkb:Marian_Anderson
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gptkbp:knownFor
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one of the first African-American singers to achieve international stardom in opera
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gptkbp:Metropolitan_Opera_debut
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1961
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gptkbp:Metropolitan_Opera_debut_role
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gptkb:Leonora_in_Il_Trovatore
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gptkbp:nationality
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gptkb:American
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gptkbp:notablePerformance
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gptkb:Verdi's_Requiem
gptkb:Porgy_and_Bess
gptkb:Four_Saints_in_Three_Acts
gptkb:Metropolitan_Opera's_opening_of_the_new_house_at_Lincoln_Center,_1966
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gptkbp:notableRole
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gptkb:Aida
gptkb:Madama_Butterfly
gptkb:Tosca
gptkb:Donna_Anna
gptkb:Desdemona_in_Otello
gptkb:Elisabetta_in_Don_Carlo
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gptkbp:occupation
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soprano
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gptkbp:recordLabel
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gptkb:Sony_Classical
RCA Victor
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gptkbp:retired
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1985 (opera stage)
1997 (public performances)
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gptkbp:spouse
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gptkb:William_Warfield
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gptkbp:subjectOf
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gptkb:Leontyne:_A_Life_in_Song_(documentary)
biographies and interviews
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gptkbp:website
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https://www.leontyneprice.org/
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gptkbp:yearsActive
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1952–1985
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Moneta_Sleet_Jr.
gptkb:The_Bell_Telephone_Hour
gptkb:Justino_Díaz
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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4
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