Kathleen Battle Tickets

I saw her live in Los Angeles and she was AMAZING!!!! I had front row seats. I've never experienced anything like that performance in my life! God Bless you Ms. Battle! I wish I knew about you sooner!

The show was overall enjoyable. But Ms. Battle's singing was a bit disappointing. She is showing her age and decline.

Ms Battle was superb. Her voice better than ever. She worked long and hard. Angela Bassett ‘s narration was great. Pianist was phenomenal. Venue beautiful but website map not very accurate for seating.

Kathleen Battle is my favorite soprano and I looked forward to hearing her sing for many months. However, the concert started 35 minutes late, which was disappointing as I have never been to a concert which started more than 10 minutes late, except when it’s due to inclement weather or traffic accidents. Ms. Battle’s singing was wonderful and so was the choir. However, I would have enjoyed the concert more if she sung some of her sigature solo pieces from her albums. In any event, it was wonderful seeing Ms. Battle perform live and it was a treat!

The online order strongly suggested arriving on time, because the show would start promptly and no late arrivals would be seated. The show started several minutes after the start time, however. People started clapping to get Ms. Battle out on to the stage. She and the local choir performers all had amazing voices. However, it seemed as though she and the choir hadn't practiced working together before. It was as if the first time they saw each other was when the performance started. There were a few mistakes with singers starting at the wrong time. Ms. Battle continuously motioned to the choir with her hand to either begin or stop. It was obvious to the audience, and made it unprofessional. Ms. Battle spoke only once to the audience, but her voice was so quiet it was very hard to hear her. She said this next song was one that she and the choir hadn't rehearsed, so she took the next several minutes conducting a practice session with them, and then they all sang the song. As I mentioned above, to me it seemed as though the entire list of songs hadn't been rehearsed together before, not just that one. Ms. Battle wore a too-long shawl that kept slipping down. She fussed with it all night. It was distracting. After all the performances she's done, I would thing she would have her wardrobe correct. These annoying events had nothing to do with the supreme quality of her voice, of course, and that part of the evening was sublime.

When the event actually started, it was wonderful; but it was delayed starting for a half hour with no explanation to the audience for the delay. Beside’s Battle’s still extraordinary voice, her piano accompanist was outstanding as well as the dramatic narration of Angela Basset. The back up choir was great too. Unfortunately, the venue is problematic with the parking at a huge distance, somewhat mitigated by the shuttle and it has very poor signage, again mitigated by ushers around to help. I am not eager to return to this venue. Finally, to make a big deal about starting on time and late comers will not be permitted to enter and starting so late, with no apology is highly hypocritical!

Outstanding! She gave the audience so much more than what we paid for. An additional two songs. multiple spoken sessions. Insight into the music. Constantly engaging the audience all thru the performance. Amazing!

We had so looked forward to this concert! It was a dream of ours to hear Kathleen Battle and we knew the concert would be extra special with the ASO, Morehead and Spelman glee clubs. The result...the glee clubs sang somewhat tentatively versus how they sing at concerts at the MLK Center. I did not see or hear the passion they usually imbue in a concert. Perhaps it was nerve-racking to sing with such a superstar. The symphony sounded great. They are consistent and always a joy to hear. Kathleen Battle barely be heard!! This was a HUGE disappointment. We sate Orchestra P, L. We've sat in this same zone and have never had a problem with hearing. I know that classically trained singers do not use mics. However, it seemed that Kathleen was unable to project, especially in her lower range. Or perhaps the overhead mics weren't picking her up or she had a cold or something. We could hear her pretty well when she soared with high notes and these sounded pure and heavenly.. This was the experience of the 3 people in our group. After the concert, during the encore when Kathleen stepped further back on stage to sing at the harp and with the choir, the sound was considerably better. We were so glad that we stayed for the encore. Overall we were left feeling short of our expectations. This was a letdown particularly because my 86 year old Mother-- who was living a bucket list item--truly got very little from the concert. She will not likely have this opportunity again in her lifetime.

I have had the pleasure of attending many of Ms.Battle’s Concerts from Carnegie Hall, Atlanta to Tampa among other cities. I can truly say this is the first time that I notice Ms.Battle was having a “GREAT” time on stage! Everything appeared to be going great for her! Ms.Battle showed and gave LOVE to the audience and she received it back in abundance! She became more and more confident with each piece, after a while you could read in her face as though she was saying to herself “I Got This,Y’all “ and a WONDERFUL time was had by all! P.S. The Spelman College and Morehouse College Glee Clubs were also magnificent !!!!

Ms Battle was magnificent, amazing and outstanding. There are really not enough superlatives to describe her performance, her professionalism and her ability to acknowledge and share the stage with everyone she worked with. She is truly an outstanding individual. The Glee Clubs of Spelman and Morehouse were talented and exceptional and of course the ASO and guest conductor were amazing as they always are, no different on this night. Once again, extraordinary evening for us here in Atlanta