#OnThisDay, 3 Jan 1985, Leontyne Price gives her final operatic stage performance, as Aida at the New York Met.

Price was the first African American to be given a leading role at La Scala, and has 19 Grammy awards.

Read more about famous opera singers like Price: https://carvehername.org.uk/eight-famous-women-singers/

Watch a song from her farewell performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74HvM1lDUdw

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #WomenOnStage #AmericanHistory #Histodons

#OnThisDay, 3 Jan 1985, Leontyne Price gives her final operatic stage performance, as Aida at the New York Met.

Price was the first African American to be given a leading role at La Scala, and has 19 Grammy awards.

Read more about famous opera singers like Price: https://carvehername.org.uk/eight-famous-women-singers/

Watch a song from her farewell performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74HvM1lDUdw

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #WomenOnStage #AmericanHistory #Histodons