Kathleen Nkhondo (Kathleen Battle) |

Kathleen Battle

Poyamba 1972 (khalani ndi New York Philharmonic). Mu 1975 iye anachita kwa nthawi yoyamba pa siteji ya zisudzo (Detroit, gawo la Rosina). Mu nyengo ya 1977/78 adapanga kuwonekera koyamba kugulu ku Metropolitan Opera. Mu 1979 adatenga nawo mbali pa Phwando la Glyndebourne, komwe adayimba udindo wa Nerina mu Haydn's Rewarded Fidelity. Adachita bwino ntchito ya Zerbinetta ku Covent Garden (1985). Nthawi zonse ankaimba pa Salzburg Festival (kuyambira 1982). Zina mwa maudindo a Pamin, Suzanne, Adina, Despina mu "Ndizo zomwe aliyense amachita", Zerlin mu "Don Giovanni", Elvira mu "Italian ku Algiers". Zolemba zikuphatikizapo Zerbinetta (dir. Levine, DG), Oscar ku Un ballo ku maschera (dir. Solti, Decca) ndi ena.

E. Tsodokov