Kathleen Battle

Great Performances

The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse programming portfo...

L'Elisir d'Amore

John Copley’s colorful production, with designs by Beni Montresor, was created around the beloved superstar Luc...

Cosi Fan Tutte

An excellent performance of this delightful opera. The principals are superb, especially the sisters. Bruscanti...

The Metropolitan Opera Centennial Gala

In celebration of its 100th anniversary in 1983, the Metropolitan Opera hosts a four-hour performance uniting s...

The Magic of Spirituals

Glimpse behind the curtain at opera legends Kathleen Battle and Jessye Norman’s famed concert at Carnegie Hall...

Vangelis – Mythodea (Music for the NASA Mission: 2001 Mars Odyssey)

The concert setting of the Temple of Zeus in Athens could not be more atmospheric if it tried and those cosmic...

Ariadne auf Naxos

Jessye Norman is a regal Ariadne, the mythological Greek heroine in this opera-within-an-opera, opposite the pa...

The Met - Il Barbiere di Siviglia

With its hilarious hijinks and vocal virtuosity, Rossini’s madcap comedy always proves a delightful treat. For...

Herbert Von Karajan - New Year's Concert Vienna 1987

This recording of Karajan's 1987 New Year's Day Concert with the Vienna Philharmonic and the ballet of the Vien...

The Metropolitan Opera: The Magic Flute

Mozart’s allegorical fairy tale has charmed audiences and inspired artists, for more than 200 years. A few week...

Kathleen Battle and Jessye Norman Sing Spirituals at Carnegie Hall

A filmed concert of two famed sopranos.

Karajan: Mozart - Coronation Mass

Herbert von Karajan, who led the Belgian Philharmonic for more than three decades until his death in 1989, cond...

Neujahrskonzert der Wiener Philharmoniker 1987

The 1987 Vienna New Year's Concert was the first and only New Year's Concert conducted by Mr. Herbert von Karaj...

Don Giovanni

Live performance from Salzburger Festspiele in 1987. Herbert von Karajan conducting the Wiener Philharmoniker a...

Silvesterkonzert der Berliner Philharmoniker 1989 - Carmina Burana

The Metropolitan Opera Gala 1991

A Carnegie Hall Christmas Concert

A Carnegie Hall Christmas Concert is an 89-minute television film starring the opera singers Kathleen Battle an...

Spirituals in Concert

"Spirituals in Concert" featuring Jessye Norman and Kathleen Battle.

Le Nozze di Figaro - The Met

From the "James Levine: Celebrating 40 Years at the Met" DVD box set. Jean-Pierre Ponnelle’s landmark productio...

Orff: Carmina Burana / Beethoven: Symphony No. 9

Orff: Carmina Burana Beethoven: Symphony No. 9