Kathleen Battle in Concert

Legendary soprano Kathleen Battle returns to the Metropolitan Opera for a special recital performance, featuring music by Purcell, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Fauré, Villa-Lobos, and Rodrigo, as well as selected spirituals. Harpist Bridget Kibbey and guitarist Chico Pinheiro join Ms. Battle for this one-evening-only event on the Met stage on Sunday, May 12, at 5PM.

Program

Henry Purcell        
Music for a while

George Frideric Handel
O, sleep, why dost thou leave me?, from Semele, HWV 58

Henry Purcell
Man is for the woman made  

Franz Schubert
Seligkeit, D. 433
Nacht und Träume, D. 827
An die Laute, D. 905

Felix Mendelssohn
Neue Liebe, Op. 19a, No. 4
Auf Flügeln des Gesanges, Op. 34, No. 2

 Gabriel Fauré
Mandoline, Op. 58, No. 1

Reynaldo Hahn
Si mes vers avaient des ailes

Heitor Villa-Lobo
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5
     Ária (Cantilena)

Johann Sebastian Bach
Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BMV 565 (Arr. Bridget Kibbey)

Fernando Obradors 
Del cabello más sutil, from Canciones Clásicas Españolas, Vol. 1 

Joaquín Rodrigo
De los alamos vengo, Madre, from Cuatro madrigales amatorios

Jaime Ovalle
Azulão (Arr. Robert Sadin)

Jayme Silva
Neuza Teixeira
O Pato

Traditional
Ain’t That Good News (Arr. Robert Sadin)
Heaven Is One Beautiful Place (Arr. Hall Johnson)