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17 quotes by 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)...
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I hear music that comes out of need, out of grief, sorrow, suffering and out of overcoming these things, as well. That journey to freedom still goes... →

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I bring my classical training - some of it, but not all of it - and also my background and culture, to spirituals. And I try to leave room for that... →

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In spirituals, the talk of heaven and deliverance was code for a better life. 'Crossing the River Jordan' was code, of course, for escaping... →

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Wherever and whenever I sing, if there is only one spiritual on a program, people will talk about two things afterward, and one of them will be the... →

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How many of the original songs survive intact from the slave cabins? Probably not many in their original form. Time has transformed them like light... →

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I can't imagine life without singing.

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The question is not... if art is enough to fulfill my life, but if I am true to the path I have set for myself, if I am the best I can be in the... →

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I think for more than half of my career, I have refrained from talking to the media.

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I'm a consumer as well as a performer. Among my leisure-time activities is going to the theater. I'm very interested in that.

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New York is a great place to be fed in the arts. The arts in general are a large part of my life. The city was my postgraduate course.

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People are drawn to the spiritual. It has a universal appeal.

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Some of the music I listen to is pop. I sing it in the shower - and then for public consumption.

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Some of the things that have been the most meaningful to me have been experiences I've shared with my family.

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