Fast and furious
A 1984 performance of Handel’s Orlando with Marilyn Horne, Valerie Masterson, Marvis Martin, Jeffery Gall and Robert Lloyd, conducted by Charles Mackerras.
Kathleen Battle
41 pieces since 2009 — in 7 roles, at 6 companies, most often at Metropolitan Opera.
41
pieces
7
roles
6
companies
18
years
2 pieces as Carnegie Hall — stats above show all coverage for Kathleen Battle.
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Lady in the bark
Three decades before Joyce DiDonato and Juan Diego Flórez dazzled the world with their La donna del lago roadshow, another deluxe team headed by Frederica von Stade and Marilyn Horne shone in Rossini’s neglected masterpiece.