Temperamental Soprano Kathleen

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Honey and Rue was commissioned for Battle by Carnegie Hall in 1992.

1992 · commissioning year

Temperamental soprano Kathleen Battle may have been banished from the Metropolitan Opera, but she is hardly out of the limelight. With her latest CD, the silvery-voiced singer returns to familiar territory: "Honey and Rue," a song cycle composed by Andre Previn with text by Toni Morrison, and commissioned for Battle by Carnegie Hall in 1992. PT commentator Tim Smith, music critic for the Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel, reviews the new compact disc.

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