Soprano Kathleen Battle and the legendary Wynton Marsalis together? Count us in! While we prepare for Battle to return to the Met stage Sunday, May 12, enjoy this clip of her and Marsalis performing an excerpt from “Eternal source of light divine” from Handel’s Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne, courtesy of Sony Classical. Get your tickets to this one-night-only event now: bit.ly/3Pvnz3k Listen to the complete Baroque Duet album, featuring Battle and Marsalis, here: bit.ly/441Iq4p Listen to Bat

Legendary soprano Kathleen Battle is returning to the Met stage on Sunday, May 12, for a one-night-only event! While we prepare for a night of Purcell, Mendelssohn, Villa-Lobos, and more, enjoy this look back in time to 1985, when Battle thrilled Met audiences as Susanna in Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro. Enjoy her sublime rendition of Susanna’s beloved aria, “Deh vieni non tardar.” Tickets are on sale now. Battle will be joined by harpist Bridget Kibbey and guitarist Chico Pinheiro. Get your ticke

🎭🎷 On this day in 1935, Gershwin's Porgy and Bess premiered! Set in Charleston, South Carolina in the early 1930s, the piece challenged the taboos and prejudices of mainstream classical music by depicting a Black community and combining European orchestral techniques, American jazz, and popular music. Let's remember soprano Kathleen Battle's immaculate phrasing as she performs "Summertime" here in a 1990 recital at the Museum of Art in NYC! 🎭🎷 https://bit.ly/4emKiJr | medici.tv

🎶🎼 Johann Strauss II was fond of a good laugh… Do you know this famous laughing aria from Die Fledermaus, "Mein Herr Marquis," performed here by the inimitable Kathleen Battle? 🎶🎼 https://cutt.ly/NBedjRt | medici.tv

Glimpse behind the curtain at opera legends Kathleen Battle and Jessye Norman’s famed concert at Carnegie Hall. Featuring performance clips and new interviews, Great Performances l PBS "The Magic of Spirituals" airs tonight at 7:30 p.m. | Georgia Public Broadcasting