Kathleen Battle - Repertoire

Repertoire

See also: Kathleen Battle discography
Choral and symphonic

Major oratorio, choral, and symphonic works in which Battle has performed as a soloist:

  • (Bach) Cantata No. 22 ("Wedding Cantata)"
  • (Alban Berg) Lulu Suite
  • (Brahms) A German Requiem
  • (Fauré) Requiem
  • (Haydn) The Creation
  • (Handel) Messiah
  • (Mendelssohn) A Midsummer Night's Dream
  • (Mahler) Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection"
  • (Mahler) Symphony No. 4
  • (Mahler) Symphony No. 8
  • (Mozart) Exsultate, jubilate
  • (Mozart) Great Mass in C Minor
  • (Mozart) Mass in C Major "Coronation"
  • (Mozart) Requiem
  • (Orff) Carmina Burana
  • (Poulenc) Gloria
  • (Poulenc) Stabat Mater
  • (André Previn) Honey and Rue
  • (Vangelis) Mythodea
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.

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