Kathleen Battle
Kathleen Battle is an American Soprano , born the August 13rd 1948, with Portsmouth, in the Ohio. It is youngest of a family of seven children. She accepted a diploma of the academy of music of the Université of Cincinnati, but she initially preferred to study musical education rather than interpretation. She accepted her control and began her career from teaching in Cincinnati in 1971. While she taught the music in 5th and 6th degree, she studied the song. After a hearing with Thomas Schippers (leader of the Symphony orchestra of Cincinnati at that time), Battle was engaged, in spite of its lack of experience, to take part in the Festival of the Two Worlds of 1972, with Spoleto in Italy.
Its career in classical music and opera progressed in the years 1980, when its Voix colorature found the favor of two big bosses: Herbert von Karajan, installed in Europe, and James Levine, director of the music to the Metropolitan Operated New York. January 1st, 1987, Karajan invited Battle to sing a Valse ( Voix of Spring, op.410 - Frühlingsstimmen of Johann Strauss II) with the Concert of the New year in Vienna. It was the only time where Karajan directed this annual event and the first time that a singer was committed for such a contribution. Its 9 minutes performance emphasized all its vocal and expressive capacities.
Its big roles include/understand Pamina in the Magic Flute and Zerlina in Don Giovanni of Mozart, like Adina in Elisir d' Amore of Donizetti.
The repertory of Battle also includes/understands the crowned Musique, the Jazz, and the Gospel. It gained five Grammy Award. She also interpreted the song titrates, " Lovers, " action film Chinese the Secrecy of the flying daggers . Battle also received six honorary doctorates of American universities.
Rumors obligingly relayed on Internet sites of classical music do of Kathleen Battle one of the most capricious divas of its time. After its dismissal of Metropolitan Operated for " anti-professionnel" behavior; in 1994, its career knew a long decline in spite of the long-lived affection of its public.
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