Is diva Kathleen Battle making a comeback?
Soprano Kathleen Battle, a CCM grad and Cincinnati favorite despite her travails at the Met, appeared New Year's Eve and New Year's Day concerts to open the mammoth new, $400 million National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing. Battle appeared with the Chinese pianist Lang Lang with the China National Symphony Orchestra. My press release says that it's the beginning of a big year for Battle, who will return to New York's Carnegie Hall for her first recital there in many years, this spring.
I can't find a review yet of her concerts but the China Daily is claiming "soprano overload" because Kiri Te Kanawa, Kathleen Battle and Angela Gheorghiu are set to hit Beijing all at the same time ...
posted by Janelle Gelfand at 11:08 AM
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Post a Comment*God, I hope not. Her voice is from heavean, but her behavior backstage is from hell.
The audiences love her (I've been out front and have delighted in her performances in the past) but those of us on stage with her (I've been there, too) have been frustrated by her attitude that she's the most important thing there (when she's singing only a few bars in a large choral work, for example, and re-rehearses her few bars over and over again, causing expensive overtime so that the rest of the ensemble can rehearse, too).
I'm not sure that those delightful performances are worth all the trouble and expense it takes to make them happen.
Kathleen Battle is singing better than ever. What a beautiful person inside and out! Everytime I have greeted her after a concert, she has been so gracious and personal. Just in December, she remembered me and greeted me personally and took pictures with my friends and I. Wherever she sings, I will be there. Note that she has appearances in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Virginia!
http://patrickdmccoy.blogspot.com
COLUMBIA ARTISTS MANAGEMENT, LLC will present soprano Kathleen Battle in recital on Sunday, April 13, 2008, 2PM at Carnegie Hall.
I'm glad for her. I'm glad that there's an opportunity for her to be heard once again while she can still spin those notes. I attended one of her post-Met performances a couple years ago in South Florida, and she was awesome and appeared quite grounded. Good for her!
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