Ms. Battle

One of my favorite voices is returning to Carnegie Hall in April!! As soon as tickets are on sale my ass it hitting the train and heading to Carnegie Hall. Kathleen Battle will for sure be making a return to Carnegie Hall. I'm not sure how long it has been, however I'm more excited than I can say. Anyways...with the recent findings of this news Joseph Volpe, the Met General manager in 1994 who fired Ms. Battle...said in a recent autobiography THIS very interesting thing:
In his 2006 memoirs, Volpe wrote that James Levine had advised against the dismissal at the time [14] and went on to write, "[I've] wondered whether it was partly prompted by my desire to establish my authority at the Met. Perhaps it was. [15]
Hmmmm...interesting, eh? I of course wasn't there to see if any of her actions deemed her to really be LA BATTLE, however I have a feeling we're not done hearing her yet. I hear she's singing better than ever!