Another added encore today is the Love Theme from "House of Flying Daggers." It's a sensitive melody that is extremely delicate with an elgant performance by soprano Kathleen Battle. This is for my moggers mentioned before!
Today, Kathleen Battle continues to be a lively recitalist, performing on the concert playtform where she is at home and at peace. From a 1985 performance in Vienna, she sings a ravishing rendition of Richard Strauss' lieder (German art song) "Allerseehlen" accompanied by her mentor James Levine at the piano.
One of the world's most ifted sopranos of our time is Kathleen Battle (1948) whose light, airy, agile soprano has become a familar marker on the American classical music scene. From her beginning as a student of Italo Tajo (the famous Italian bass who sang at the Met for 45 years), Battle has been a familiar figure on the concert and opera stages of first Europe and then America. Her collaborat...
Now, one would never think an operatic soprano could ever sound good on "Somewhere Over the Rainbow." Kathleen Battle shows how this lovable and venerated chestnut can sound. It's a charismatic performance, one that really pays attention to the lyrics and melodic line. The arrangement gently caresses the vocal line yet never swamps it or becomes overly loud. And, in the final analysis, it's ano...
For many years, Kathleen Battle was a member of the Metropolitan Opera, singing roles that perfectly displayed her velvety voice. Mozart, Donizetti and Richard Strauss all were home bases from which she launched a career as one of the great stars in the firmament. This particular video once more displays her range in unforgettably beautiful surroundings that show off Battle's beautiful face and...