Leontyne Price Vocal Range and Voice Type
Leontyne Price's cited vocal range is G3 to C6 (2.4 octaves). Leontyne Price is commonly classified as a soprano. See the notes and compare your range free.
Evidence and review
Individual evidence review is pending. The displayed range is a reported reference span, not an independently verified physiological limit.
These are the approximate figures fans and music journalists commonly cite — the widest notes a singer has recorded, not the comfortable range they sing in every night, and not lab measurements. Treat them as a fun reference, not a target.
How Leontyne Price uses that range
The spin is the thing to listen for, a wide and steady vibrato that holds its rate, riding a narrow unwavering stream of air. Onsets arrive already spinning, with no scoop and no shove. High notes are floated and then released with a diminuendo instead of chopped off, and the register transitions are hard to locate. Students attack a high C from below and force it. The note has to be in place before the breath moves.
What is Leontyne Price’s vocal range?
Leontyne Price's vocal range is commonly cited as G3 to C6 — about 2.4 octaves, or 29 semitones, and is usually classified as soprano.
Creamy Verdi soprano with a wide, steady spin; floated high Cs over full orchestra without pushing.
- Signature song
- Pace, pace mio Dio
Reading the numbers
- 3 other voices here carry the identical cited range — at the resolution these figures are quoted in, those voices are indistinguishable on the chart.
- No separate full-voice ceiling is cited, so the figures describe a range worked largely in full voice across its 29 semitones.
- The weight of the range is above middle C: 24 semitones up there against 5 below.
- Ranked by bottom note, it is the 610th lowest voice in this library; by top note, the 113th highest.
Commonly cited figures, not lab measurements — extreme notes are one-off recorded moments, not the singer’s everyday range.
More about Leontyne Price’s voice
How high can Leontyne Price sing?
Leontyne Price is commonly cited singing as high as C6, the top of a cited range that starts down at G3.
What is Leontyne Price’s highest note?
Leontyne Price’s highest note is commonly cited as C6, heard in O patria mia.
What is Leontyne Price’s lowest note?
Leontyne Price’s lowest note is commonly cited as G3.
How many octaves can Leontyne Price sing?
Leontyne Price’s commonly cited range spans about 2.4 octaves (29 semitones), from G3 up to C6. That span is wider than 26% of the 636 voices in this library.
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Also bottoming out on G3
18 other voices here are cited to the same floor.
Also topping out on C6
69 other voices here reach the same ceiling.