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Performance Thu Dec 17 2009
Kathleen Battle and the Chicago Children's Choir
For many singers in today's culture, the title "diva" is tossed around ad nauseam; however, for world-renowned soprano Kathleen Battle, the title is beyond appropriate.
Miss Battle has a career that most opera singers can only dream of:
She has performed for presidents and world dignitaries, is a multi-Grammy winner, has sung with some of the world's leading orchestras and has performed with many of music's finest jazz and opera singers.
To celebrate the Christmas season, she will be performing in a holiday concert, accompanied by the Chicago Children's Choir. This ethnically and culturally diverse choir was founded during the Civil Rights Movement, with a charge to "combine high artistic standards with a social purpose." Since Miss Battle is widely recognized as the world's premiere African-American opera singer, this collaboration is most certainly symbolic and will undoubtedly have a special significance for the members of the choir.
Don't miss Kathleen Battle and the Chicago Children's Choir on Friday, Dec. 18 at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance, 205 E. Randolph. The concert is at 7:30pm; tickets are available at the box office. Contact the theatre at 312.334.7777 for more information.
