Kathleen Battle is an American opera singer. She has performed with the Berlin Philharmonic, Vienna Philharmonic, and New York Philharmonic. Battle made her professional debut at the Spoleto Festival and later released the album Fauré: Requiem with the Philharmonia Orchestra and Carlo Maria Giulini. She followed this with recordings of Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Poulenc: Gloria; Stabat Mater, both featuring Seiji Ozawa and the Boston Symphony Orchestra.