Kathleen Battle
Opera Battle has portrayed the following roles on stage: Blonde in Die Entführung aus dem Serail (Mozart) Zerlina in Don Giovanni (Mozart) Pamina in Die Zauberflöte (Mozart) Despina in Così fan tutte (Mozart) Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro (Mozart) Adina in L'elisir d'amore (Donizetti) Marie in La fille du régiment (Donizetti) Norina in Don Pasquale (Donizetti) Zdenka in Arabella (Richard Strauss) Sophie in Der Rosenkavalier (Richard Strauss) Zerbinetta in Ariadne auf Naxos (Richard Strauss) Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini) Elvira in L'italiana in Algeri (Rossini) Cleopatra in Giulio Cesare (Handel) Semele in Semele (Handel) Oscar in Un ballo in maschera (Verdi) Nanetta in Falstaff (Verdi) Sophie in Werther (Jules Massenet) Nerina in La fedeltà premiata (Haydn) The Angel in Saint François d'Assise (Olivier Messiaen) Treemonisha in Treemonisha (Scott Joplin) Shepherd in Tannhäuser (Wagner) Concert and recital Battle's concert and recital repertoire encompasses a wide array of music including classical, jazz, and crossover works. Her jazz and crossover repertoire includes the compositions of Duke Ellington, George Gershwin, Leonard Bernstein, André Previn, Rodgers and Hammerstein, and Stevie Wonder among others. She is known for her performances of African-American spirituals.