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GRAMMY AWARD winning Kathleen Battle is an American
operatic soprano known for her distinctive vocal range and tone.
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.

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Battle has continued to pursue a number of diverse projects including the works
of composers who are not associated with traditional classical music, performing
the works of Vangelis,
Stevie Wonder, and George Gershwin.
In May 1993, Kathleen Battle added pop music to her repertoire with the release of
Janet Jackson's
album Janet, lending her vocals to the song "This Time". An album of
Japanese melodies, First Love, followed in November 1993.
In August 2000, she performed an all-Schubert program at Ravinia. In June 2001,
she and frequent collaborator soprano Jessye Norman performed Vangelis' Mythodea
at the Temple of Olympian Zeus in Athens, Greece.
In July 2003, she performed at the Ravinia Chicago Symphony Orchestra Gala
with Bobby McFerrin
and Denyce Graves. In 2006, she and James Ingram sang the song "They Won't Go When
I Go" in a Tribute to
Stevie Wonder
and she began including Wonder's music in her recitals. In October 2007, at a
fundraiser for the Keep a Child Alive Charity, Kathleen Battle and
Alicia Keys
performed the song "Miss Sarajevo" written by
U2's Bono.
On April 16, 2008, she sang an arrangement of the Lord's Prayer for Pope
Benedict XVI on the occasion of his papal visit to the White House. This marks
the second time she sang for a pope.
Later that year, she performed "Superwoman" on the American Music Awards
with Alicia Keys
and Queen Latifah.
Since that time she has appeared in the occasional piano-voice recital,
including a recital of works by Schubert, Liszt, and Rachmaninoff in Costa Mesa,
California accompanied by Olga
Kern (February 2010) and a recital in Carmel, Indiana, accompanied by
Joel A. Martin (April 2013).
After a 22-year absence from the Metropolitan Opera House, Kathleen Battle
performed a concert of spirituals at the Met in November 2016.
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