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Kathleen Battle
American operatic soprano (born 1948)
Kathleen Deanna Battle (born August 13, 1948) is an American operaticsoprano known for her distinctive vocal range and tone.[1][2] Born in Portsmouth, Ohio, Battle initially became known for her work within the concert repertoire through performances with major orchestras during the early and mid-1970s. She made her opera debut in 1975. Battle expanded her repertoire into lyric soprano and coloratura soprano roles during the 1980s and early 1990s, until her eventual dismissal from the Metropolitan Opera in 1994. She later has focused on recording and the concert stage. After a 22-year absence from the Met, Battle performed a concert of spirituals at the Metropolitan Opera House in November 2016, and again in May 2024.[3]
Life and career
Early years and musical education
Battle was born in Portsmouth, Ohio, the youngest of seven children. Her father was a steelworker, and her mother was an active participant in the gospel music of the family's African Methodist Episcopal chu
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Kathleen Battle Biography
by Randye Jones
Born in Portsmouth, Ohio, on August 13, 1948, Kathleen Battle grew up in a musical household along with her six older siblings. Her father, who was a steelworker, and mother involved them in the gospel music of their African Methodist Episcopal church.
Battle studied music education at The University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music . Even though she was encouraged to seek a vocal career, she took a teaching position at a Cincinnati inner-city public school. She taught music to students aged 10 through 12 and thus fulfilled one of her desires: to share her knowledge with black children.
At the same time, Battle occasionally competed in auditions; she won the soprano solo in Brahm’s Ein Deutsches Requiem performed at the Spoleto Festival of Two Worlds in 1972.
When conductor James Levine selected Battle to sing the “Mater Glorioso” in Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 at the Cincinnati Symphony’s 1974 May Festival, it began an association that continued for several years. Their careers even led them bot
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Kathleen Battle
Kathleen Battle (biography)
Kathleen Battle
Soprano
Soprano Kathleen Battle’s luminous voice has been called “…without qualification, one of the very few most beautiful in the world” (The Washington Post). Yet beyond the glory of her singing, in a career filled with countless accolades, honors and major milestones, what has perhaps distinguished her most is her almost magical ability to create an unwavering emotional bond between herself, her music and her audience.
In her youth, this native of Portsmouth, Ohio, the youngest of seven children, sang in church and school, and envisioned a future as a music teacher. Fortunately for audiences around the world, she found other ways to share her love of music—and through her natural gifts, innate intelligence, and hard work, her soaring voice has carried her to the heights of the classical music world. Indeed, throughout a remarkable career that has brought her to the stages of the world’s leading opera houses and major concert halls, critics have never tired of rhapsodizing over her limpid, unmistakable
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