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Leontyne Price: Highlights of a Prima Donna

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This book was first published in 1973 and again in paperback in 2007. The first edition was admirably intentioned and welcomed, but this reissue is woefully out of date. Even though the title itself refers to highlights of the great prima donna's career, there have been many more of those since 1973. Ms. Price is 80 now and still a great contributor to music, culture, and humanitarian efforts. There is little or nothing in this book that long-time Price fans like myself don't already know. This reissue should have been updated, and one wonders why it wasn't.
We can hope that Ms. Price will write an autobiography. Meanwhile, you can find out so much more about her life and career by visiting an extraordinary website dedicated to her by a devoted fan. His research and archival materials are generous and wonderful, including many photographs of Leontyne as a child and of her parents, brother, friends, and colleagues. The easiest way to access the site is to do use a search engine like Google and type in the search box: Leontyne Price Voice of the Century. Then click the link to Philip Gregory von Quast's website dedicated to Ms. Price. There are other impressive websites that honor famous singers, but this is the most comprehensive, skillfully designed, and thoughtfully conceived one that I have ever seen. You will visit it many times.