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Kathleen Deanna Battle (born August 13, 1948) is an American operatic light lyric 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.
Battle was born in Portsmouth, Ohio, USA, the youngest of seven children. Her father was a steelworker, and her mother was an active participant in the gospel music of the family's African Methodist Episcopal church. Battle attended Portsmouth High School where her music teacher and mentor was Charles P. (Phil) Varney. In a Time Magazine interview with music critic Michael Walsh, he recalled first hearing the eight-year-old Battle sing, describing her as "this tiny little thing singing so beautifully." "I went to her later", Varney recalled, "and told her God had blessed her, and she must always sing." In that same interview, Walsh described Battle as "the best lyric coloratura in the world".
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Howard E. Barker (born 28 June 1946) is a British playwright.
Barker has coined the term "Theatre of Catastrophe" to describe his work. His plays often explore violence, sexuality, the desire for power, and human motivation.
Rejecting the widespread notion that an audience should share a single response to the events onstage, Barker works to fragment response, forcing each viewer to wrestle with the play alone. "We must overcome the urge to do things in unison" he writes. "To chant together, to hum banal tunes together, is not collectivity." Where other playwrights might clarify a scene, Barker seeks to render it more complex, ambiguous, and unstable.
Only through a tragic renaissance, Barker argues, will beauty and poetry return to the stage. "Tragedy liberates language from banality" he asserts. "It returns poetry to speech."
Barker frequently turns to historical events for inspiration. His play Scenes from an Execution, for example, centers on the aftermath of the Battle of Lepanto (1571) and a fictional female artist commissioned to create a commemorative painting of the Venetian victory over the Ottoman fleet. Scenes from an Execution, originally written for Radio 3 and starring Glenda Jackson in 1984, was later adapted for the stage. The short play Judith revolves around the Biblical story of Judith, the legendary heroine who decapitated the invading general Holofernes.
Beautiful opera singer Kathleen Battle singing wonderfully the waltz "Voices of Spring" by Johann Strauss II written in 1882. This was in 1987 in Vienna. Conductor is Herbert von Karajan. "Frühlingsstimmen" Die Lerche in blaue Höh entschwebt, der Tauwind weht so lau; sein wonniger milder Hauch belebt und küßt das Feld, die Au. Der Frühling in holder Pracht erwacht, ah, alle Pein zu End mag sein, alles Leid, entflohn ist es weit! Schmerz wird milder, frohe Bilder, Glaub an Glück kehrt zurück; Sonnenschein, ah dringt nun ein, ah, alles lacht, ach, ach, erwacht! Da strömt auch der Liederquell, der zu lang schon schien zu schweigen; klingen hört dort wieder rein und hell süße Stimmen aus den Zweigen! Ah, leis' läßt die Nachtigall schon die ersten Töne hören, um die Kön...
Kathleen Battle - Rossini: Una voce poco fa From the opera Il Barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini Recorded in Antwerpen December 1984 From the TV show: Rene Kollo - Ich lade gern mir Gäste ein.
George Frideric Handel - „Let the Bright Seraphim from "Samson"”
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La mezcla de las voces operísticas con los estilos Spirituals (Música Sincrética de los negros de las iglesias cristianas en Estados Unidos tales como Metodistas, Adventistas y Bautistas; que mezclaron las experiencias de la cultura occidental con el Youssoumba, Mbalax o el Soukouss ) van muy bien en este espectáculo de las grandes: Jessye Norman y Kathleen Battle. 18 de Marzo de 1990 en el Carnegie Hall, New York City. The New York Philharmonic, Members of Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Members of The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra James Levine-Director.
Elegant Kathleen Battle, seen here with the backdrop of the magnificent Riverside Church, upper Manhattan, New York City. Fauré: "Everything I managed to entertain by way of religious illusion I put into my Requiem, which moreover is dominated from beginning to end by a very human feeling of faith in eternal rest." Please consider purchasing this at: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00138E2E8/ref=dm_mu_dp_trk11 DISCLAIMER: All rights reserved to the production companies and music labels that distributed and produced the music and performance respectively. I've only added the footage as a tribute for historical, entertainment, and creative purposes with no financial gain. Copyright infringement not intended.
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This is a most beautifully sung Waltz called Voices of Spring by Strauss. Battle looks absolutely gorgeous and her voice in this aria is to die for. It is almost perfection. I was stunned when I first saw the clip and listened to it. Hence it is posted here for you to enjoy. She is one of my favourite bel canto sopranos despite all her problems with the Met in New York. Who could resist her?? Karajan certainly could not. Buy the DVD it is absolutely wonderful..you will never regret it.
A recording of a short pre-show lecture given by resident academic, Dr Cynthia Lawford introducing Barker and his work before the performance of 'Lot and his God' at The Print Room 'Lot and His God' by Howard Barker runs until 24 November 2012. Check out the production trailer here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EaiNIajQBk http://www.the-print-room.org
Innocence De Howard Barker Mise en scène Howard Barker et Gerrard McArthur I Association nÖjd Texte français Sarah Hirschmuller
Slovensko narodno gledaliče Drama Ljubljana / Slovene National Theatre Drama Ljubljana Sezona / Season 2010/2011; Uprizoritev / Performance 13; Premiera / Opening 7. 5. 2011 Howard Barker - Slike z usmrtitve Scenes from an Execution Prva slovenska uprizoritev / First Slovene production Prevajalec / Translator - Zdravko Duša Režiserka / Director - Lindy Davies Dramaturginja / Dramaturg - Darja Dominkuš Scenografinja in kostumografinja / Set & Costume designer - Sanja Jurca Avci Skladateljica / Composer - Cathy Milliken Oblikovanje zvoka in priredba glasbe / Arrangements & soundscapes by Igor Leonardi Lektorica / Language consultant - Tatjana StaniË Oblikovalec luËi / Light designer - Andrej Hajdinjak Prevajalka na vajah / Translator on rehearsals - Lija Pogačnik Asi...
Howard Barker forces us to face innumerable themes of war in The Possibilities. Through various snapshots that take the audience to suspended places in time, our collective human weakness to continually repeat our cruel history is ripped open for examination. The human psyche can be tormented and tricked through oppression, guilt, and feelings of helplessness. As these sensibilities are manipulated, so is our ability to see all the possibilities available to us, and our right to stand by our personal morality. November 13th at 7:30 at the Monument National For tickets visit http://www.monumentnational.com/en/calendar/details/the-possibilities/ For more on the rest of the festival visit: http://imagotheatre.ca/forgotten/
Extracts from The Wrestling School's production of I Saw Myself by Howard barker at the Vanbrugh Theatre, London, April 2008
Extracts from a recording of a live performance of The Wrestling School in The Dying Of Today by Howard Barker Directed by Gerrard McArthur. Recorded at the Arcola Theatre in November 2008 With George Irving as The Barber and Duncan Bell as The Visitor.
“Galaksia“ (Skena nga një ekzekutim) është shfaqja që do të vijë premierë këtë fundjavë me datë 7, 8 dhe 9 shkurt ora 19:00 në ArTurbina. “Galaksia” është cilësuar si vepra më e mirë e autorit bashkëkohor britanik Howard Barker, ku në qendër të saj qëndron një piktore e jashtëzakonshme (Galaksia) e interpretuar nga aktorja Olta Daku, së cilës i duhet të përballet me luftën e pushtetit ndaj artit. Është një vepër aktuale edhe pse ngjarjet e së cilës janë vendosur në Venecian e shek. XVI, ajo flet edhe sot po njësoj. “Galaksia” vjen me regji nga Rovena Lule Kuka dhe në interpretimin e aktorëve më në zë, si Olta Daku, Igli Zarka, Neritan Liçaj, Bujar Asqeriu, Raimonda Bulku, Myzafer Zifla, Lulzim Zeqja, Vikena Kamenica, Paola Kodra, Niada Saliasi, Genti Deçka, Naun Shundi, Bujar Hoxhaj, Uri...
Buy Tickets Online at: http://www.the-print-room.org The Print Room presents the UK Premiere of LOT AND HIS GOD by Howard Barker 3 - 24 November 2012 Mon - Sat 7.30pm, Sat Matinee 3.30pm TICKETS: £20 / £15 conc Buy Tickets Online at: http://www.the-print-room.org Or call us directly on 020 7221 6036. 24hr ticketweb: 08444 77 1000 "I came to the city. I saw the people were filthy. And those who were not filthy were still filthy..." Sodom. The day before the city's total annihilation. Among the grimy tables of a run-down café, an angel tells Lot that God wants him to flee, before the city is obliterated. However, Lot's irresistible wife has other ideas... As the angel and Lot's wife embark on a dangerous game of seduction, cruelty and desire, we are drawn ever deeper into the dark and i...
Kathleen Deanna Battle (born August 13, 1948) is an American operatic light lyric 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.
Battle was born in Portsmouth, Ohio, USA, the youngest of seven children. Her father was a steelworker, and her mother was an active participant in the gospel music of the family's African Methodist Episcopal church. Battle attended Portsmouth High School where her music teacher and mentor was Charles P. (Phil) Varney. In a Time Magazine interview with music critic Michael Walsh, he recalled first hearing the eight-year-old Battle sing, describing her as "this tiny little thing singing so beautifully." "I went to her later", Varney recalled, "and told her God had blessed her, and she must always sing." In that same interview, Walsh described Battle as "the best lyric coloratura in the world".
Lo, how a Rose e'er blooming
From tender stem hath sprung!
Of Jesse's lineage coming
As men of old have sung
It came, a flow'ret bright,
Amid the cold of winter
When half spent was the light.
Isaiah 'twas foretold it
The rose I have in mind,
With Mary we behold it,
The Virgin Mother kind.
To show God's love aright,
She bore to men a Saviour,
When half spent was the night.
O flow'r, whose fragrance tender
With sweetness fills the air,
Dispel in glorious splendour
The darkness ev'ry where.
True man, yet very God,
From sin and death now save us,