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Kathleen Battle
voc, *1948 US, Portsmouth, Ohio
Singer of Classical
Kathleen Deanna Battle (born August 13, 1948) is an American operatic light lyric soprano known for her distinctive vocal range and tone. 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.
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For Unto Us A Child Is Born - Live on Handel: Messiah by George Frideric Handel & Andrew Davis Requiem, Op. 48: 4. Pie Jesu on Fauré: Requiem / Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte by Gabriel Fauré, Kathleen Battle, Andreas Schmidt, Maurice Ravel, Philharmonia Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini & Philharmonia Chorus Let the Bright Seraphim (From "Samson, HWV 57") on The Essential Wynton Marsalis by Wynton Marsalis Hallelujah - Live on Handel: Messiah by George Frideric Handel & Andrew Davis Lovers (Title Song) on House of Flying Daggers by Shigeru Umebayashi, Kathleen Battle L'elisir d'amore / Act I: "Una parola, Adina" on Donizetti: The Elixir of Love by Gaetano Donizetti, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & James Levine And The Glory Of The Lord Shall Be Revealed - Live on Handel: Messiah by George Frideric Handel & Andrew Davis And He Shall Purify on Handel: Messiah by George Frideric Handel & Andrew Davis Behold, The Lamb Of God on Handel: Messiah by George Frideric Handel & Andrew Davis Gloria, FP 144: III. Domine Deus on Poulenc: Gloria; Stabat Mater by Francis Poulenc, Kathleen Battle, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa & Tanglewood Festival ChorusTrack list and 30sec audio provided by 
Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Complete Sony Recordings | Kathleen Battle | 2016 | Compil. |
| Symphonie No. 2 "Auferstehung" | Gustav Mahler, James Levine, Wiener Philharmoniker, Kathleen Battle, Christa Ludwig | 2011 | Album |
| The Best Of Kathleen Battle | Kathleen Battle | 2004 | Compil. |
| Ariadne Auf Naxos | Jessye Norman, Kathleen Battle, Tatiana Troyanos, James King, Franz Ferdinand Nentwig with The The Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra | 2002 | Single |
| Mozart: The Da Ponte Operas (Le Nozze Di Figaro, Don Giovanni & Cosi Fan Tutte | Riccardo Muti, Wiener Philharmoniker, Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Thomas Allen, Kathleen Battle, Jorma Hynninen, Margaret Price, Ann Murray, Kurt Rydl, Mariana Nicolesco, Alejandro Ramírez, Ernesto Gavazzi, Patrizia Pace, Franco de Grandis, William Shimell, Samuel Ramey, Cheryl Studer, Carol Vaness, Frank Lopardo, Susanne Mentzer, Natale De Carolis, Jan-Hendrik Rootering, Margaret Marshall, Agnes Baltsa, James Morris, Francisco Araiza, José van Dam | 2002 | Album |
| Classic Kathleen Battle: A Portrait | Kathleen Battle | 2002 | Compil. |
| Figaros Hochzeit (Highlights) | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Thomas Allen, Kathleen Battle, Jorma Hynninen, Margaret Price, Wiener Philharmoniker, Riccardo Muti | 2001 | Album |
| Die Zauberflote | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Metropolitan Opera Chorus And The Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra, James Levine, Kathleen Battle, Luciana Serra, Francisco Araiza, Kurt Moll | 2000 | Single |
| Händel:Arias | Kathleen Battle | 1998 | Compil. |
| Grace | Kathleen Battle, Robert Sadin | 1997 | Album |
| Così Fan Tutte (Le Pagine Più Belle) | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Margaret Marshall, Agnes Baltsa, Francisco Araiza, James Morris, Kathleen Battle, José van Dam, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Philharmoniker, Riccardo Muti | 1997 | Compil. |
| Angels' Glory | Kathleen Battle, Christopher Parkening | 1997 | Album |
| French Opera Arias | Kathleen Battle, Orchestre De L'Opéra Bastille, Myung-Whun Chung | 1996 | Album |
| Gloria / Organ Concerto / Concert Champêtre | Francis Poulenc, Kathleen Battle, Simon Preston, Trevor Pinnock, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa | 1995 | Album |
| Il Barbiere Di Siviglia | Placido Domingo · Gioacchino Rossini · Kathleen Battle · Ruggero Raimondi · The Chamber Orchestra Of Europe · Claudio Abbado | 1995 | Album |
| So Many Stars | Kathleen Battle | 1995 | Album |
| Cancion De Cuna (Spanish Lullaby) | Kathleen Battle | 1995 | Single |
| Honey and Rue | Kathleen Battle | 1995 | Album |
| Il Signor Bruschino | Gioacchino Rossini - Kathleen Battle, Samuel Ramey, Frank Lopardo, Claudio Desderi, English Chamber Orchestra, Ion Marin | 1993 | Album |
| Semele | Georg Friedrich Händel - Kathleen Battle, Marilyn Horne, Samuel Ramey, John Aller, Sylvia McNair, Michael Chance, The Ambrosian Opera Chorus, English Chamber Orchestra, John Nelson | 1993 | Album |
| In Concert | Kathleen Battle, Jean-Pierre Rampal | 1993 | Album |
| Bel Canto (Kathleen Battle Sings Italian Opera Arias) | Kathleen Battle, The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bruno Campanella | 1993 | Album |
| A Carnegie Hall Christmas Concert | Kathleen Battle - Frederica von Stade - Wynton Marsalis - André Previn | 1992 | Album |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Die Zauberflote | Kathleen Battle, Luciana Serra, Francisco Araiza, Kurt Moll, Barbara Kilduff, Heinz Zednik, Andreas Schmidt, The Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra And Metropolitan Opera Chorus | 1992 | Single |
| Arias | Johann Sebastian Bach, Kathleen Battle, Itzhak Perlman, Orchestra Of St. Luke's, John Nelson | 1992 | Album |
| Baroque Duet | Kathleen Battle • Wynton Marsalis | 1992 | Album |
| Kathleen Battle At The Metropolitan Museum | Kathleen Battle | 1992 | Album |
| At Carnegie Hall | Kathleen Battle | 1992 | Album |
| Baroque Duet | Kathleen Battle • Wynton Marsalis | 1992 | Album |
| Espirituales | Kathleen Battle & Jessye Norman | 1991 | Single |
| Die Schöpfung = The Creation = La Création | Joseph Haydn, Kathleen Battle, Gösta Winbergh, Kurt Moll, Radiokören, Kammarkören, Berliner Philharmoniker, James Levine | 1991 | Album |
| Spirituals In Concert | Kathleen Battle, Jessye Norman - Spirituals In Concert Chorus And Spirituals In Concert Orchestra Conducted By James Levine | 1991 | Album |
| L'elisir d'Amore | Gaetano Donizetti : Kathleen Battle · Luciano Pavarotti · Leo Nucci · Enzo Dara · Dawn Upshaw · Metropolitan Opera Chorus And The Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra · James Levine | 1990 | Album |
| Arias = Arien = Airs | Georg Friedrich Händel, Kathleen Battle, The Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Sir Neville Marriner | 1990 | Album |
| Live In Tokyo 1988 | Kathleen Battle, Placido Domingo, James Levine, The Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra | 1989 | Album |
| Gloria • Stabat Mater | Francis Poulenc - Kathleen Battle, Tanglewood Festival Chorus, Boston Symphony Orchestra • Seiji Ozawa | 1989 | Album |
| Grosse Messe C-Moll KV 427 / Great Mass In C Minor / Grande Messe En Ut Mineur | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Kathleen Battle, Lella Cuberli, Peter Seiffert, Kurt Moll, Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Philharmoniker, James Levine | 1989 | Album |
| Battle & Domingo Live | Kathleen Battle, Placido Domingo, James Levine, The Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra | 1989 | Album |
| Schubert · Lieder | Franz Schubert - Kathleen Battle, James Levine | 1988 | Album |
| Spanische Liebeslider, Andante And Variations, Piano Quartet | Robert Schumann, Kathleen Battle, John Aler, Charles Wadsworth, Richard Goode | 1988 | Album |
| Die Entführung Aus Dem Serail | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Edita Gruberova, Kathleen Battle, Gösta Winbergh, Heinz Zednik, Martti Talvela, Will Quadflieg, Wiener Philharmoniker, Georg Solti | 1987 | Album |
| Ombra Mai Fù | Georg Friedrich Händel / Kathleen Battle | 1987 | Album |
| Le Nozze Di Figaro | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Thomas Allen, Margaret Price, Kathleen Battle, Jorma Hynninen, Ann Murray, Kurt Rydl, Wiener Philharmoniker, Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Riccardo Muti | 1987 | Album |
| Ombra Mai Fu | Kathleen Battle | 1987 | Album |
| Messiah | Georg Friedrich Händel, Kathleen Battle, Florence Quivar, John Aler, Samuel Ramey, Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, Elmer Iseler, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Davis | 1987 | Album |
| Neujahrskonzert In Wien | Kathleen Battle, Wiener Philharmoniker | 1987 | Album |
| Pleasures Of Their Company | Kathleen Battle / Christopher Parkening | 1986 | Album |
| Requiem / Pavane Pour Une Infante Defunte | Gabriel Fauré / Maurice Ravel, Kathleen Battle, Andreas Schmidt, Philharmonia Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini | 1986 | Album |
| Salzburg Recital | Kathleen Battle, James Levine | 1986 | Album |
| Fauré: Requiem | Gabriel Fauré, Kathleen Battle, Andreas Schmidt, Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Chorus, Carlo Maria Giulini | 1986 | Album |
| Kathleen Battle Sings Mozart | Kathleen Battle Sings Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, André Previn | 1986 | Album |
| Zelebriert: Feierliches Hochamt Im Petersdom Zum Fest Der Apostel Petrus Und Paulus Mit Krönungsmesse von W. A. Mozart | His Holiness Pope John Paul II, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Kathleen Battle, Trudeliese Schmidt, Gösta Winbergh, Ferruccio Furlanetto, Wiener Singverein, Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan | 1986 | Album |
| A Christmas Celebration | Kathleen Battle, New York Choral Artists, The Boys Choir Of Harlem, Orchestra Of St. Luke's, Leonard Slatkin | 1986 | Album |
| Ariadne Auf Naxos | Richard Strauss : Anna Tomowa-Sintow · Kathleen Battle · Agnes Baltsa · Gary Lakes · Hermann Prey, Wiener Philharmoniker, James Levine | 1986 | Album |
| Requiem | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Kathleen Battle, Ann Murray, David Rendall, Matti Salminen, Chœur De L'Orchestre De Paris Et Orchestre De Paris | 1985 | Album |
| Symphony No. 4 | Gustav Mahler - Kathleen Battle, Wiener Philharmoniker, Lorin Maazel | 1984 | Album |
| A German Requiem | Johannes Brahms - Kathleen Battle • Håkan Hagegård • Chicago Symphony Chorus • Margaret Hillis • The Chicago Symphony Orchestra • James Levine | 1984 | Album |
| A German Requiem / Songs Of Brahms | Johannes Brahms - Kathleen Battle • Håkan Hagegård, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Margaret Hillis, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, James Levine | 1984 | Album |
| Lulu Suite, Lyric Suite | Alban Berg, Kathleen Battle, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Michael Gielen | 1983 | Album |
| Symphony No. 2 In C Minor, "Resurrection" | Gustav Mahler - Leonard Slatkin, Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra & Saint Louis Symphony Chorus, Kathleen Battle, Maureen Forrester | 1983 | Album |
| Music From Ravinia, Vol 1, James Levine Plays And Conducts Bach | James Levine, Kathleen Battle | 1978 | Album |
| Angels' Visits (And Other Vocal Gems Of Victorian America) | Kathleen Battle • Raymond Murcell • Rose Taylor, The Harmoneion Singers / Neely Bruce • Lawrence Skrobacs | 1977 | Album |
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