I am a most fortunate man. I met and got Miss Price's autograph (on my college student worker's pay stub) and much later met and got Miss Fleming's after her concert in Los Angeles. Both of these women are not only great voices of my long life, but great Americans of my time. Brava and thank you, ladies!
+Reiss DuPlessis Look up Baritone Robert McFerrin on this you-tube website, reflect on that voice, then ask why wasn't he as celebrated, if it doesn't bother your mind to ponder that! Erick Dean Tippett Retired Musician/Teacher Chicago, Illinois
Perhaps, but it was always easier for Black females to get into opera. Historically speaking, we've had a substantial amount of black females (Soprano or Mezzo-Soprano) to grace the main stage of the Metropolitan Opera house and abroad when in comparison to their Black male counterparts.
I knew when I first heard Renee Fleming sing that she was listening to a muse that most other people never heard. She always made me stop and listen to what she was doing. I always thought no one ever wedded voice to music and text in such a wondrous way since Price was singing. Both sopranos so unique and both so different. Thank you great singer for voicing your spot on appreciation of Price's glorious singing.
This is a great interview. Though, I could hear Renee Fleming talk about anything and be enthralled- as a singer she's great, but as a person she's fabulous too.
Fleming is very modest about herself. I believe her high C is one of the most exquisite one's I've heard - and I have heard a lot of them in my lifetime. I'm sure Ms. Price is proud of her protege.
Jionipenda Adili-Adele guess you've never heard Galli-Curci, Hempel, deana Durbin, Milanov, tetrazzini? and there are MANY more! Singers of the golden age.
You know, it just baffles me why some people feel the need to be so argumentative with someone else that is just making a complimentary comment about an opera singer. When did I imply that Fleming is the only diva with a beautiful high C that I have ever heard? Obviously, you're just a young student whose reading comprehension is poor. I have heard ALL of those you have mentioned and a whole lot more. So, can I say something nice about Fleming's high C without you thinking that means that no one else's high C is also beautiful as well???
I too stood in line after three concerts in Chicago. And she couldn’t have been more gracious. Her first words to me one time were, “ how elegant you look! “. I told her it took one to know one! We all laughed!❤❤❤
I wish I was born 10,15 years earlier so I could have heard some of the greats, including Leontyne. I love Renee as well, I saw and met her after Merry Widow in the Met and she was very down to earth and kind
MrCakewalker when I first heard leontyne price in concert recital 1975 I couldn't believe that incredible sound was coming out of a human voice it sounded like I'm being from another planet so primal with so much color and depth. She sang for almost 2 hours two of the most beautiful hours of our lifetime. My wife and I have been married for a year and when Miss price started singing my wife and I just looked at each other that special look did you give someone that truly understands you the Kindred Spirits look. We went with my wife's best friend that she knew when she was around 14 years old we were 25 years old at the time and the concert was amazing. I know Renee Fleming State the obvious and I know that her and miss price are very good friends so I can see how she's so respectful and speaks of her so highly. I can't imagine being one of the greatest voices in the world and being female and black how difficult it must have been for Miss price to succeed Etc. But being the great lady that she is she did not succumb to the bigotry that existed in the fifties and sixties in the United States. A wonderful person so Regal so refined inarticulate. She is now in her early 90s and still going strong God bless her for giving us a wonderful gift I would refer to her the voice that keeps on giving because she had no equal. Just like Montserrat the great diva two completely different voices but to Great voices. A friend of mine asked me once if you had to choose between leontyne price and Montserrat CABALLE who would you choose he said now we have to choose someone. And my response was you cannot compare greatness. Please be kind to Renee she had a beautiful voice so lyrical and a great career. And she loves leontyne price deeply. Please excuse my typos I use the microphone when I make a comment. I have been listening to Montserrat most of the day I can't get her out of my head that great lady is that incredible voice. Sleep well Montserrat until we meet again. Revelation 21-1-4.
Yes. There is a creaminess a sensual quality in her middle yet the TOP! HOW MANY TIMES HAVE I PLAYED HER SINGING "REQUIEM...FLOATING TO THAT PIANISSIMI ON THE TOP... THE FLOATING AT THE END OF AIDA "O PATRIA MIA" AT THE FINAL PERFORMANCE LITERALLY MADE ME BREATHLESS AND TEARY. O MY GOD!!
I remember when her blue album blessed us. Her La Rondine aria was just astounding. I met her briefly at the old Lions Head in Atlanta after a performance of the Met. Oh Yes....
That would’ve been after she was denied admission to the Riders Club, in the company of Rudolph Bing which happened both times she was there with the met, in 1964 and 1967.
Renee has such a breadth of knowledge and understanding of her field, that apart from her glittering practical ability she is so articulate that she could probably help young students learning their craft, like Reri Grist.
Thank you so much for uploading this. Renee doesn't even have to sing and I'm completely and utterly enamored. She is gorgeous to watch. She speaks with such knowledge, articulation, emotion and passion. She is stunning.
So painful to hear Renee's comments on James Levine. All she says is true, of course, but in light of what has happened since this interview, it hurts to listen to.
I love Renee Fleming too, but the one time I went to see her live at the Royal Albert Hall, she cancelled and someone else sang instead. I was really bummed because as she says, one only gets so many chances to see great singers live and in their prime.
when Mrs Price sings Strauss?...LIFE IS PERFECT...in my opinion, she is the greatest soprano who ever did it. God bless Callas and Sutherland and Caballe' and Milanov and Tebaldi and de los Angeles...and there are a few women who are "ranked" in front of Price. But when she opens her mouth to interpret song, Im sorry...but there is no greater voice, doing that. She is in her own lane, in my opinion. Technically?...I give an edge to Sutherland, who had the vocal technique of a surgeon. But Leontyne Price is the greatest opera singer, Ive ever seen, hands down.
Leontyne Price is one of best sopranos of the 20th century, but when Renee Fleming says "L.P. is the best" she missed Kirsten Flagstad, who was really the best soprano of all.
Renee Fleming could've easily been one of our late 20th-early 21st century-Assolutas, if she would've taken more advice from Elisabeth Schwarkopf. Instead, she became a Leontyne Price wannabe.
Steven Clarke If you mean me, I read an interview with R F where she said she took a masterclass with ES that closed up her voice with anxiety. Thats been the experience of others. And if you look up a masterclass with ES on TH-cam you can see why.
'American sopranos' are largely a joke to those in the know about 'opera'. Leontyne Price had passable diction at best. Renee is simply quite horrible. If you sing in Italian, German, French, learn those languages first.
robert b. howse Don’t be silly, MOST of the finest operatic sopranos and mezzos of recent decades have been Americans. Price, Sills, Horne, Verrett, Bumbry, Arroyo, Troyanos, von Stade, Battle, Norman, Fleming, Bonney, Zajik, Radvanovsky, etc. And each one of them a highly individual voice and musical personality! I defy anyone to name another country that has such a distinguished lineage. Now let’s talk about the baritones...
Renee Fleming is an authority on voice now ? She is an overkill here , some of these Americans are so fake ! Leontyne Price is the Grand Dame , there is no question ! But my dear , by far there are so many brilliant singers , gone and present, to name a few Marian Anderson,Marlyn Horne, Janet Baker, Monserrat Caballe, not forgetting Rise Stevens, who had a brilliant career in opera and film ! I mean Renee if you had to do an interview about another person I’m sure you would say the exact same thing , fake as hell !
The fact that they said it like she's some disease is what's terrible. And yes, our people hate more on our own than any other nationality. It's sad. You barely have our own be able to do this kind of talent, but of course, there's gotta be hate somewhere. The fact that Renee wasn't just praising her singing but how she is as a person. I guess that wasn't important for them to understand. >.>
salome mahlatse No one cares if your a Vulcan. Were talking about the incredible VOICE of MADAME PRICE.Not her race or nationality.It's about an incredible talent that will never never hear a VOICE like hers in 1,000 years.We have many friends that are minorities & they are all equal to my wife & I.All culters have so much to offer.That is why God created 3 races Black,Caucasian, Mongaloid.God is a GOD of variety & we're all equal in his eyes 💝🌍🌏🌎. Bigatory is a Satanic mentality. He deeply enjoys it when different cultures & races fight & hate each other. I hope you change you attitude etc. Because you will miss out on so many beautiful experiences in life. Arnold Bourbon Amaral. FRIENDS WITHOUT BOUNDARIES
I saw and heard all the greats of the last part of the 20th century and Leontyne Price was the most glorious of all!
Leontyne Price is more than just a great singer. She's a great role model!
Leontyne Price is an emblem for the finest American artists. Her lyric soprano voice is astonishing,
I am a most fortunate man. I met and got Miss Price's autograph (on my college student worker's pay stub) and much later met and got Miss Fleming's after her concert in Los Angeles. Both of these women are not only great voices of my long life, but great Americans of my time. Brava and thank you, ladies!
+Reiss DuPlessis
Look up Baritone Robert McFerrin on this you-tube website, reflect
on that voice, then ask why wasn't he as celebrated, if it doesn't bother
your mind to ponder that!
Erick Dean Tippett
Retired Musician/Teacher
Chicago, Illinois
Perhaps, but it was always easier for Black females to get into opera. Historically speaking, we've had a substantial amount of black females (Soprano or Mezzo-Soprano) to grace the main stage of the Metropolitan Opera house and abroad when in comparison to their Black male counterparts.
my favorite voice of today on my favorite voice for the last 40 years the incomparable Leontyne Price
And that is why I am the force behind Fleming to be the best next Spinto
ditto
I knew when I first heard Renee Fleming sing that she was listening to a muse that most other people never heard. She always made me stop and listen to what she was doing. I always thought no one ever wedded voice to music and text in such a wondrous way since Price was singing. Both sopranos so unique and both so different. Thank you great singer for voicing your spot on appreciation of Price's glorious singing.
She sounds so smart and eloquent. I wish I could speak to Leontyne Price on a regular basis
Leontyne Price is pure elegance. Intelligent and interesting in her interviews. A God-fearing woman and a great American.
This is a great interview. Though, I could hear Renee Fleming talk about anything and be enthralled- as a singer she's great, but as a person she's fabulous too.
giving back! A beautiful, magnificent voice!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤
Fleming is very modest about herself. I believe her high C is one of the most exquisite one's I've heard - and I have heard a lot of them in my lifetime. I'm sure Ms. Price is proud of her protege.
Jionipenda Adili-Adele guess you've never heard Galli-Curci, Hempel, deana Durbin, Milanov, tetrazzini? and there are MANY more! Singers of the golden age.
You know, it just baffles me why some people feel the need to be so argumentative with someone else that is just making a complimentary comment about an opera singer. When did I imply that Fleming is the only diva with a beautiful high C that I have ever heard? Obviously, you're just a young student whose reading comprehension is poor. I have heard ALL of those you have mentioned and a whole lot more. So, can I say something nice about Fleming's high C without you thinking that means that no one else's high C is also beautiful as well???
johnrakthai I did say, "I believe her high C is ONE OF THE MOST exquisite one's I've heard..." LEARN TO COMPREHEND WHAT YOU ARE READING, CHILD!
Jionipenda Adili-Adele ygghhggjbguo
johnrakthai Opera is VERY SUDJECTIVE.
TO EACH HIS OWN. SO PLEASE STOP THIS INFANTILE BICKERING. Arnold Bourbon Amaral
It’s cute how much of a fan girl Renee is of Leontyne
I too stood in line after three concerts in Chicago. And she couldn’t have been more gracious. Her first words to me one time were, “ how elegant you look! “. I told her it took one to know one! We all laughed!❤❤❤
I wish I was born 10,15 years earlier so I could have heard some of the greats, including Leontyne. I love Renee as well, I saw and met her after Merry Widow in the Met and she was very down to earth and kind
A sleeve note on the first recording of Leontyne that I bought sums up her voice perfectly, ' A voice like a banner flowing' !! Bill H.
What a beautiful woman, Mrs. Fleming.
Leontyne Price had the richness of chocolate in her voice.
MrCakewalker when I first heard leontyne price in concert recital 1975 I couldn't believe that incredible sound was coming out of a human voice it sounded like I'm being from another planet so primal with so much color and depth. She sang for almost 2 hours two of the most beautiful hours of our lifetime. My wife and I have been married for a year and when Miss price started singing my wife and I just looked at each other that special look did you give someone that truly understands you the Kindred Spirits look. We went with my wife's best friend that she knew when she was around 14 years old we were 25 years old at the time and the concert was amazing. I know Renee Fleming State the obvious and I know that her and miss price are very good friends so I can see how she's so respectful and speaks of her so highly. I can't imagine being one of the greatest voices in the world and being female and black how difficult it must have been for Miss price to succeed Etc. But being the great lady that she is she did not succumb to the bigotry that existed in the fifties and sixties in the United States. A wonderful person so Regal so refined inarticulate. She is now in her early 90s and still going strong God bless her for giving us a wonderful gift I would refer to her the voice that keeps on giving because she had no equal. Just like Montserrat the great diva two completely different voices but to Great voices. A friend of mine asked me once if you had to choose between leontyne price and Montserrat CABALLE who would you choose he said now we have to choose someone. And my response was you cannot compare greatness. Please be kind to Renee she had a beautiful voice so lyrical and a great career. And she loves leontyne price deeply. Please excuse my typos I use the microphone when I make a comment. I have been listening to Montserrat most of the day I can't get her out of my head that great lady is that incredible voice. Sleep well Montserrat until we meet again. Revelation 21-1-4.
Yes. There is a creaminess a sensual quality in her middle yet the TOP!
HOW MANY TIMES HAVE I PLAYED HER SINGING "REQUIEM...FLOATING TO THAT PIANISSIMI ON THE TOP... THE FLOATING AT THE END OF AIDA "O PATRIA MIA" AT THE FINAL PERFORMANCE LITERALLY MADE ME BREATHLESS AND TEARY. O MY GOD!!
I remember when her blue album blessed us. Her La Rondine aria was just astounding. I met her briefly at the old Lions Head in Atlanta after a performance of the Met. Oh Yes....
That would’ve been after she was denied admission to the Riders Club, in the company of Rudolph Bing which happened both times she was there with the met, in 1964 and 1967.
Renee has such a breadth of knowledge and understanding of her field, that apart from her glittering practical ability she is so articulate that she could probably help young students learning their craft, like Reri Grist.
Elegance on stage and off. Brava!!!
im speechless and so grateful i found this interview!!
Thank you so much for uploading this. Renee doesn't even have to sing and I'm completely and utterly enamored. She is gorgeous to watch. She speaks with such knowledge, articulation, emotion and passion. She is stunning.
What a lovely and generous woman is the beautiful Renee Fleming!
Happy Birthday, #LeontynePrice95!🌹🌹🌹
This is fascinating !
I wish Leontyne Price had sung Medea! It would have been amazing!
After a performance, do people who want get to meet renee fleming, or do they have to pay?
Renee fleming has a perfect diction...
Not in Czech (Rusalka)... :P but then again who does?
@kngiht84 yes, but traditionally, do you have to have like a backstage pass or something?
Melody Morgan rebel song
Renee, you are my Leontyne Price! -3
So painful to hear Renee's comments on James Levine. All she says is true, of course, but in light of what has happened since this interview, it hurts to listen to.
The questions are really very repetitive, and Ms Fleming works hard
to contain herself!
I love Renee Fleming too, but the one time I went to see her live at the Royal Albert Hall, she cancelled and someone else sang instead. I was really bummed because as she says, one only gets so many chances to see great singers live and in their prime.
when Mrs Price sings Strauss?...LIFE IS PERFECT...in my opinion, she is the greatest soprano who ever did it. God bless Callas and Sutherland and Caballe' and Milanov and Tebaldi and de los Angeles...and there are a few women who are "ranked" in front of Price. But when she opens her mouth to interpret song, Im sorry...but there is no greater voice, doing that. She is in her own lane, in my opinion. Technically?...I give an edge to Sutherland, who had the vocal technique of a surgeon. But Leontyne Price is the greatest opera singer, Ive ever seen, hands down.
-3*
I just came from this other channel and they tore her down. The only videos they have of her is all negative. No talent for Aida.😏
Leontyne Price is one of best sopranos of the 20th century, but when Renee Fleming says "L.P. is the best" she missed Kirsten Flagstad, who was really the best soprano of all.
did kirsten and leontyne are f
riends
Ah....well thays whst friends are for
no such thing as the best individual : hthere are a raft of top drawersingers
She didn’t say Price was “the best.” She said “for me, there is no more beautiful voice.”
Renee Fleming could've easily been one of our late 20th-early 21st century-Assolutas, if she would've taken more advice from Elisabeth Schwarkopf. Instead, she became a Leontyne Price wannabe.
deadwalke screw you
She recovered FROM Schwarzkopf, whose master class teaching almost shut off her voice.
what do you mesn by this please? I don't get the reference.
Steven Clarke If you mean me, I read an interview with R F where she said she took a masterclass with ES that closed up her voice with anxiety. Thats been the experience of others. And if you look up a masterclass with ES on TH-cam you can see why.
David Perkins oh please children why must u bicker back and forth this is not a debate it's a tribute to leontyne price let's just enjoy it.
Fleming. Oh shut up.
'American sopranos' are largely a joke to those in the know about 'opera'. Leontyne Price had passable diction at best. Renee is simply quite horrible. If you sing in Italian, German, French, learn those languages first.
robert b. howse Don’t be silly, MOST of the finest operatic sopranos and mezzos of recent decades have been Americans. Price, Sills, Horne, Verrett, Bumbry, Arroyo, Troyanos, von Stade, Battle, Norman, Fleming, Bonney, Zajik, Radvanovsky, etc. And each one of them a highly individual voice and musical personality! I defy anyone to name another country that has such a distinguished lineage. Now let’s talk about the baritones...
David Perkins - Amen!!!!!!!
David Perkins And the generation before them.Moffo,Stratas,Anderson, CALLAS was born in Brooklyn.Steber,etc etc, Arnold Bourbon Amaral
@@arnoldamaral7406 And the generation before THEM-- Reri Grist, Mattiwilda Dobbs.
Your post is largely a joke.
Renee Fleming is an authority on voice now ? She is an overkill here , some of these Americans are so fake ! Leontyne Price is the Grand Dame , there is no question ! But my dear , by far there are so many brilliant singers , gone and present, to name a few Marian Anderson,Marlyn Horne, Janet Baker, Monserrat Caballe, not forgetting Rise Stevens, who had a brilliant career in opera and film ! I mean Renee if you had to do an interview about another person I’m sure you would say the exact same thing , fake as hell !
Dr. Carr Go away you U TUBE TROLL. Arnold Bourbon Amaral
I agree, she's so overated
I'm African but L.P. is so not my favourite singer hell no.
salome mahlatse Isn't it sad that a white lady praises her then you write this; No one can tear us down like us
The fact that they said it like she's some disease is what's terrible. And yes, our people hate more on our own than any other nationality. It's sad. You barely have our own be able to do this kind of talent, but of course, there's gotta be hate somewhere. The fact that Renee wasn't just praising her singing but how she is as a person. I guess that wasn't important for them to understand. >.>
Miss LearningTheTruth Yes and that needs to change
I'm African, Nigerian to be precise. And it is unarguable the amount of talent Ms Leontyne Price possess
salome mahlatse No one cares if your a Vulcan. Were talking about the incredible VOICE of MADAME PRICE.Not her race or nationality.It's about an incredible talent that will never never hear a VOICE like hers in 1,000 years.We have many friends that are minorities & they are all equal to my wife & I.All culters have so much to offer.That is why God created 3 races Black,Caucasian, Mongaloid.God is a GOD of variety & we're all equal in his eyes 💝🌍🌏🌎. Bigatory is a Satanic mentality. He deeply enjoys it when different cultures & races fight & hate each other. I hope you change you attitude etc. Because you will miss out on so many beautiful experiences in life. Arnold Bourbon Amaral. FRIENDS WITHOUT BOUNDARIES