Kathleen Battle sings "Over My Head, I Hear Music in the Air" - MET, 2016

Legendary soprano Kathleen Battle is returning to the Met stage on Sunday, May 12, for a one-night-only event! While we prepare for a night of Purcell, Mendelssohn, Villa-Lobos, and more, enjoy this look back in time to 1985, when Battle thrilled Met audiences as Susanna in Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro. Enjoy her sublime rendition of Susanna’s beloved aria, “Deh vieni non tardar.” Tickets are on sale now. Battle will be joined by harpist Bridget Kibbey and guitarist Chico Pinheiro. Get your ticke

[MONDAY MOTIVATION] 🌸🎶 A new week is on the horizon! Start it off with the magnificent Kathleen Battle singing Johann Strauss II's Frühlingsstimmen (Voices of Spring) for orchestra and soprano, with Herbert von Karajan conducting the Vienna Philharmonic / Wiener Philharmoniker! 🌸🎶 http://bit.ly/TheBoss_Battle | medici.tv

✨💃 Here's your musical treat for the day: Kathleen Battle in an exquisite 1990 recital of operatic favorites! Watch her in this brilliant performance of Strauss’s "Mein Herr Marquis," where she demonstrates her remarkable range and immaculate phrasing! ✨💃 https://bit.ly/4cJa4qO | medici.tv

This clip of legendary soprano Kathleen Battle is simply stunning.😍 Battle returns to the Met stage this Sunday, May 12, for a one-night-only event! Will we see you there? Enjoy this look back in time to 1988, when Battle thrilled Met audiences as Rosina in Rossini’s Il Barbiere di Siviglia. Enjoy her sublime rendition of “Una voce poco fa.” Tickets are on sale now. Battle will be joined by harpist Bridget Kibbey and guitarist Chico Pinheiro. Get your tickets: bit.ly/3Pvnz3k #MetOpera #Soprano

Soprano Kathleen Battle and the legendary Wynton Marsalis together? Count us in! While we prepare for Battle to return to the Met stage Sunday, May 12, enjoy this clip of her and Marsalis performing an excerpt from “Eternal source of light divine” from Handel’s Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne, courtesy of Sony Classical. Get your tickets to this one-night-only event now: bit.ly/3Pvnz3k Listen to the complete Baroque Duet album, featuring Battle and Marsalis, here: bit.ly/441Iq4p Listen to Bat

🎭🎷 On this day in 1935, Gershwin's Porgy and Bess premiered! Set in Charleston, South Carolina in the early 1930s, the piece challenged the taboos and prejudices of mainstream classical music by depicting a Black community and combining European orchestral techniques, American jazz, and popular music. Let's remember soprano Kathleen Battle's immaculate phrasing as she performs "Summertime" here in a 1990 recital at the Museum of Art in NYC! 🎭🎷 https://bit.ly/4emKiJr | medici.tv