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Kathleen Battle
soprano
Portsmouth, United States · b. 1948-08-13
Kathleen Battle is credited on 785 releases across 105 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1975–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
785
Credits
105
Albums
6
Decades active
31
In collections
Biography
Kathleen Deanna Battle (born August 13, 1948) is an American operatic soprano known for her distinctive vocal range and tone. Born in Portsmouth, Ohio, 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, until her eventual dismissal from the Metropolitan Opera in 1994. She later focused on recording and the concert stage. After a 22-year absence from the Met, Battle performed a concert of spirituals at the Metropolitan Opera House in November 2016, and again in May 2024. Her vocal coach was the late Sylvia Olden Lee.
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Credited work
785 releases · 105 albums · active 1975–2025
- Performance · 933
- Other credits · 61
- Production · 7
Studios: Abbey Road Studios · Flyte Tyme Studios · Symphony Hall, Boston · Wiener Musikverein
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Mozart
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Handel
- Luciano Pavarotti
- Gioacchino Rossini
- Vangelis
- Pavarotti
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