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Francis Poulenc, Kathleen Battle, Tanglewood Festival Chorus, Boston Symphony Orchestra & Seiji Ozawa:
🎵 Stabat Mater, FP 148: VI. Vidit suum
#BBCRadio3 #FrancisPoulenc #KathleenBattle #TanglewoodFestivalChorus #BostonSymphonyOrchestra #SeijiOzawa
"I hear music that comes out of need, out of grief, sorrow, suffering and out of overcoming these things...It's an incremental change, the culmination of many events in your own life and the lives of your children and grandchildren." Kathleen Battle was born on August 13, 1948 in Portsmouth, Ohio. Originally trained as a music teacher, she was encouraged by conductor Thomas Schippers, who recognized the extraordinary purity and agility of her voice. Her 1977 debut at the Metropolitan Opera launched an international career marked by luminous performances in works by composers such as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Richard Strauss. Battle’s radiant tone and expressive phrasing made her a favorite of conductor James Levine and audiences worldwide. In the early 1990s, tensions during rehearsals culminated in a dispute with conductor Christian Thielemann over tempo during a production of Der Rosenkavalier. After she walked out of rehearsals and canceled scheduled performances, the Met general manager Joseph Volpe dismissed her in 1994, citing her behavior as "harmful to artistic collaboration." Despite the public setback, Battle continued performing recitals, spirituals, and concert works worldwide. In a powerful moment of reconciliation, she returned to the Met in 2016 at the invitation of general manager Peter Gelb for the recital of Underground Railroad: A Spiritual Journey, reaffirming her enduring artistry and legacy. #LBE #kathleenbattle #OperaInBlack #livedexperience
"I hear music that comes out of need, out of grief, sorrow, suffering and out of overcoming these things...It's an incremental change, the culmination of many events in your own life and the lives of your children and grandchildren."
#LBE #kathleenbattle #OperaInBlack #livedexperience
Kathleen Battle is an Operatic Soprano known for her distinctive tone and for being a quintessential Diva of the operatic stage. Here she is with Alicia Keyes in 2013 (youtu.be/luC84MvRBeU?...)
#RetroView #KathleenBattle #BlackHistoryMonth #AliciaKeys #opera
You can watch the entire 1991 “Great Performances: A Carnegie Hall Christmas Concert” here (youtu.be/laxb4Om4DZw?...)
#RetroView #KathleenBattle #FredericaVonStade #WyntonMarsalis #AndrePrevin #jazz #HappyHolidays
4Music legends: Kathleen Battle, Frederica Von Stade, Wynton Marsalis and André Previn w/ a holiday medley (youtu.be/v2nEPpFgpz8?...)
#RetroView #KathleenBattle #FredericaVonStade #WyntonMarsalis #AndrePrevin #jazz #HappyHolidays
I have never understood why people have such animosity toward #KathleenBattle as an operatic singer? Why is she "inappropriate"? Just listen to her in her 1994 recording of the #MozartCoronationMass, or #PoulencGloria, and you will be carried away with ecstasy. #musicsky #opera
#KathleenBattle was born #OnThisDay in 1948; at her height, she was one of the leading sopranos of her day; here she is singing "Myself I Shall Adore" from #GeorgFriedrichHändel's "Semele":
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Song of the Day August 13 2025
In honor of the birth of Kathleen Battle
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Kathleen Battle “Una voce poco fa” Rossini’s “The Barber of Seville” Antwerp, Belgium 12/1984
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#SongOfTheday #SOTD #SOTD2025 #August13 #KathleenBattle #Opera #1980s
TODAY’S AFRO BIRTHDAYS ! NBA PLAYER, DEMARCUS COUSINS ! ACTRESS, DAWNN LEWIS ! OPERA SINGER, KATHLEEN BATTLE ! #demarcuscousins #dawnlewis #kathleenbattle #blackexcellence #blackhistory
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Johann Sebastian Bach, Wynton Marsalis, Kathleen Battle, Orchestra of St. Luke’s & John Nelson:
🎵 Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen (Cantata No 51)
#BBCRadio3 #JohannSebastianBach #WyntonMarsalis #KathleenBattle #OrchestraofStLukes #JohnNelson
Simply Beautiful...
Operatic legend Kathleen Battle joins with saxophonist Branford Marsalis for a sublime and transcendent reimagination of the Duke Ellington iconic standard...
Happy Jazz Sunday...
#JazzMusic
#JazzSky
#Jazz
#KathleenBattle
#DukeEllington
#BranfordMarsalis
#JazzSunday
#BlackSky
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #ThisClassicalLife
Francis Poulenc, Kathleen Battle, Tanglewood Festival Chorus, Boston Symphony Orchestra & Seiji Ozawa:
🎵 Gloria - iii Domine Deus
#BBCRadio3 #FrancisPoulenc #KathleenBattle #TanglewoodFestivalChorus #BostonSymphonyOrchestra #SeijiOzawa
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #ThisClassicalLife
Francis Poulenc, Kathleen Battle, Tanglewood Festival Chorus, Boston Symphony Orchestra & Seiji Ozawa:
🎵 Gloria - iii Domine Deus
#BBCRadio3 #FrancisPoulenc #KathleenBattle #TanglewoodFestivalChorus #BostonSymphonyOrchestra #SeijiOzawa
What a pair!😍
This clip of soprano Kathleen Battle and the legendary Wynton Marsalis performing an excerpt from “Eternal source of light divine” from Handel’s Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne.
#Opera #Soprano #KathleenBattle #WyntonMarsalis #ClassicalMusic
Meet Kathleen Battle: A Living Legend in Opera and Beyond: Few voices in classical music have commanded as much reverence and admiration as Kathleen Battle’s. Born in Portsmouth, Ohio, on August 13,…
The post Meet Kathleen Battle: A… #KathleenBattle #Opera #ClassicalMusic #MusicLegend #Portsmouth
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George Gershwin, Kathleen Battle, Orchestra of St. Luke’s & André Previn:
🎵 Summertime (Porgy and Bess)
#BBCRadio3 #GeorgeGershwin #KathleenBattle #OrchestraofStLukes #AndréPrevin
I've gone all operatic! Call it background reading for an article. What an amazing piece - I've provided a link to #KathleenBattle performing it.
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Francis Poulenc, Kathleen Battle, Boston Symphony Orchstra, Tanglewood Festival Chorus & Seiji Ozawa:
🎵 Gloria, FP 144: III. Domine Deus
#BBCRadio3 #FrancisPoulenc #KathleenBattle #BostonSymphonyOrchstra #TanglewoodFestivalChorus #SeijiOzawa
🔊 #NowPlaying on BBC Radio 3's #EssentialClassics
George Frideric Handel, Kathleen Battle, Academy of St Martin in the Fields & Neville Marriner:
🎵 Tornami a vagheggiar (Alcina)
#radio3 #BBCRadio3 #GeorgeFridericHandel #KathleenBattle #AcademyofStMartinintheFields #NevilleMarriner
