(1927-) US opera singer. She played a leading singing role in Ira Gershwin’s revival of his musical Porgy and Bess 1952–54. Gaining a national reputation, she made her operatic debut in San Francisco 1957. She appeared at La Scala in Milan 1959 and became a regular member of the Metropolitan Opera in New York 1961.
Price was born in Laurel, Mississippi, and educated at Central State College in Ohio. She was trained as a soprano at the Juilliard School of Music in New York.