Price, Margaret (1941– )

Welsh soprano. She sang Cherubino with Welsh National Opera in 1962 and at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, in 1963. Later London roles included Pamina, Fiordiligi, and Donna Anna. She appeared at Glyndebourne in 1968, as Constanze. She sang Pamina at San Francisco in 1969, and performed with the Paris Opéra on its 1976 tour of the USA. Her Salzburg debut was made in 1975, as Mozart's Constanze; she first appeared in New York at the Metropolitan Opera House in 1985, as Desdemona. She was successful in Germany, notably at Cologne and Munich, and gave many recitals with James Lockhart. She avoided Wagner on stage, but recorded Isolde in 1983. She appeared as Adriana Lecouvreur and Giovanna d'Arco during the 1992/93 season, in concert performances at the Concertgebouw and at Salzburg. She was made a CBE in 1982, and a DBE in 1992.