Noun
United States operatic soprano (born 1927)
Source: WordNetFor five minutes that would make someone fall in love with the soprano voice, I would go directly to the recordings of Leontyne Price. Source: Internet
As remarkable a feat as that is in and of itself, the fact that Leontyne Price was a black woman from Mississippi, born in 1927, raised the degree of difficulty exponentially. Source: Internet
Aside from Marian Anderson, Paul Robeson, and Leontyne Price, there was little room for African Americans to pursue classical careers back then. Source: Internet