On September 16, 1966, Leontyne Price starred as Cleopatra in the world premiere of Barber’s Antony and Cleopatra—a performance that inaugurated the new Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center. In this interview from the documentary The Opera House, recorded just days before the legendary soprano’s 90th birthday, Price reflected on that historic occasion. See her star in the free Nightly Opera Stream of Verdi’s La Forza del Destino—available now until tomorrow, June 20, at 6:30PM EDT on the m

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

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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