University Daily Kansan / Friday, September 22, 1989 Arts/Entertainment 11 Leontyne Price to sing at KU By Jennifer Reynolds Kansan staff writer In 1981, when Leontyne Price made her Metropolitan Opera debut in "H Trovatore," she earned a 42-minute standing ovation, the longest ever given. Price, who is considered one of the top opera singers in the world, will open the KU Concert Series at 8 p.m. Saturday in Auditorium. She is described by critics as "the Stradivarius of singers." "God's gift to the world of singers," and "one of the glories of the opera stage." She also is considered the first Black prima donna. "Price is like an institution in the music world," said Bill Drummond of Lawrence. Drummond said that he had seen Price perform several times and that she could sell out any opera house in any city. "She is one of the five superstars of opera." Denise Meyers, professor of voice, said it was not unusual for opera singers to perform at colleges, but Price's visit was special. "It is a great honor to have someone the caller of Leontyne Price and I know she is. She is an excellent performer and he is a wonderful knowledge of music." Although Price is best known for her works in opera, Meyers said Price's concert performances were just as exciting. "She's just as comfortable and engaging in concert as she is in playing." "It's good for the school when opera singers, especially like Leontyne, come to perform, but they get just as much by meeting young college-age students," she said. Jack Mitchell/Columbia Artists Soprano Leontvne Price will open the KU Concert Series Saturday Drummond said there are several reasons to see Price in concert. "She can get pretty outrageous with them." Price's concert performances always include spirituals and works by American composers In her KU performance she will sing works by Handel, Mozart, Verdi, Cicla, Straus and Dupac. She also will sing her own renditions of "This Little Light of Mine," "Praise Ye the Lord," and "Ferry Me Across the Water." She will be accompanied by David Garvey. Born in Laurel, Miss., Price grew up wanting to be a music teacher. She graduated from Central State College in Ohio and went directly to Juillard School on scholarship. Since her 1861 debut she has sung all the major operatic roles at the world's major opera houses, including many premiers. The role of Cleopatra in Samuel Barber's "Antony and Cleopatra" was created with Price in mind. The opera premiered at the opening night of the new Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center in New York. She also performed for the 100th Anniversary Gala of the Boston Symphony. Price, winner of 18 Grammy Awards and three Emmy Awards, holds 13 honorary doctorates. She was the first opera singer to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom, America's highest civilian award, and she received the Image Award from the Associated Black Charities. In 1980, Price won the Kennedy Center Honor, and in 1985, President Reagan presented her with the first United States Medal of Arts. Tickets for the performance are $21 and $18 for the public, $10.50 and $9 for KU and K-12 students and $20 and $17 for senior citizens and other students. By Jennifer Reynolds Kansan staff writer Two internationally renowned pianists connected to the University of Kansas will continue their 16-year-old collaboration in a two-piano recital Sunday. Sequeira Costa, Cordelia Brown Murphy distinguished professor of piano, and his student Arthur Pizarro will perform at 3:30 p.m. Sunday at Liberty Hall, 642 Massachusetts. When Pizarro was five, his mother took him to Costa to show him her son's gift. "I was stunned by his talent," Costa said. "I took him as a student immediately, and we've been together ever since." Now, at age 12, Pizzaro has won two international piano events. In 1987 he placed first in the Vianna da Motta International Piano Competition and in 1988 he won the Palmieri International Piano Competition, in which only the first prize winners are eligible to compete. "He is literally among the first of the firsts," Costa said. Pizarro, born in Portugal, had his solo debut at age 12 in Lisbon. He had his orchestral debut at 13. Since then Pizarro has played throughout the United States and Europe. "People talk about how I jet set around all over the world to play," he said. "It gives the illusion that I am going to live this year I have really slowed down." Pizarro has limited his concert schedule to introduce and mature children. "After this year it will be back to the airport," he said. "A hectic concert schedule can be trying,but ego-wise and financially it's fantastic." Future concert engagements include recitals in London, Portugal and Yugoslavia and a tour of the East Coast with the Delaware Symphony Orchestra. Sunday will be the third concert in which Pizarró and Costa have played together. The first two were earlier earlier at the Estoril Festival in Europe. Besides being his teacher and mentor, Costa also is Pizarro's stepfather. "Times were different back then," he said. "There was no marketing or publicity for piano players." "It's strange to play with my teacher and my stepfather," Pizarro said. "It is the best thing in the world. It's not something I can valuable to share the stage with him." At age 28, Costa sat on the jury for the first Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition in Moscow. He also toured China as a cultural ambassador for his homeland Portugal that year. "We go to rehearsal and we are equals, sharing ideas and opinions, then two hours later we go to class where we try paying to figure out what is going on." Since then he has continued to play throughout the United States, Europe, China and the Soviet Union. "It was packed full and you knew that this was where the biggest stars played," he said. "To breathe that atmosphere was exhilarating." Costa's training also began when he was young. At age eight he studied biology. Costa recalled one Carnegie Hall performance as his, most memorable. Pacino's 'Sea of Love' dives to depths of suspense Kansan staff writer By Marc Parillo Suspensive and thrilling. "Sea of Love" is a model of expert filmmaking. The movie combines the stunning, dramatic style of Harold Becker, director of "Taps" and the acclaimed performance Al Pacino made famous in "Scaref" and "The Godfather." The sultry Ellen Barkin, who co-starred in "The Big Easy," contributes an extra flair to the superlative story by Richard Price. When those stars combine their talent and creative efforts, the result is something about which Universal Studios can definitely smile. 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