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February 10, 1927

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POLICE RAID THREE SHOWS, SEX, CAPTIVES AND VIRGIN MAN; HOLD ACTORS AND MANAGERS; ALL GO TO NIGHT COURT Police Politely Serve the Warrants After the Final Curtains. VICTIMS NOT UNWILLING Submit Cordially to Arrests, Which Will Be Repeated Till Plays Are Purged. 41 ARE RELEASED IN BAIL Two Shows Had Been Cleared by the Play Jury -- Drive May Be Extended to Others.

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Police raid "Sex," "Captive" and "Virgin Man"; 41 actors and managers, including K Menken and M West, arrested and released on bail

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Leontyne Price

1927Leontyne Price, American operatic soprano[†]

Leontyne Price is an American singer who was the first African-American soprano to receive international acclaim. From 1961 she began a long association with the Metropolitan Opera, becoming the first black singer to maintain a sustained relationship with the company. She regularly appeared at the world's major opera houses, including the Vienna State Opera, the Royal Opera House, San Francisco Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, and La Scala. She was particularly renowned for her performances of the title role in Giuseppe Verdi's Aida.