Henry Price (tenor)


Henry Price III is a well-known American operatic tenor, who was a pupil of the tenor Eugene Conley. He made his formal debut with the Goldovsky Opera Theater in 1970, as Alfredo Germont in La traviata.

Career

In 1973, under the auspices of the Metropolitan Opera, he sang St Chavez in the company premiere of Four Saints in Three Acts, at the Vivian Beaumont Theater, Forum. In the fall of 1975, he first appeared at the New York City Opera, in La traviata, with Maralin Niska in the title role. Through 1980, he was seen with that company in H.M.S. Pinafore, Lucrezia Borgia, La belle Hélène, Il barbiere di Siviglia, Die Fledermaus, Manon, Die Zauberflöte, The Pirates of Penzance, Die lustige Witwe, Il turco in Italia, The Student Prince, and Les contes d'Hoffmann. He later returned to the City Opera for Prince Félix Youssoupov in the world premiere of Jay Reise's Rasputin.
Dr Price appeared with opera companies throughout North America, and, from 1982 to 1988, was resident tenor with the state operas in Mainz, Germany, and Linz, Austria. In 1993, he joined the faculty of Pepperdine University in Malibu, California, where he is Professor of Voice and Opera.
The singing-actor is perhaps best known for his national telecasts opposite Sills: La traviata, Il barbiere di Siviglia, Manon and Il turco in Italia. Their EMI recording of Die lustige Witwe won a Grammy Award. In 1978, he also appeared in the televised Vanessa, from the Spoleto Festival USA.

Discography