/tags/diva diva en-US Copyright Tue, 05 Apr 2016 17:16:32 GMT /classical-101/2016-04-05/the-return-of-kathleen-battle Soprano Kathleen Battle's dismissal from the Metropolitan Opera for "unprofessional behavior" was front page news-above the fold!-in 1994. To my… Tue, 05 Apr 2016 17:16:32 GMT /classical-101/2016-04-05/the-return-of-kathleen-battle Christopher Purdy /classical-101/2016-03-24/mary-hoffman-archive-beverly-sills Mary Hoffman was long time Program Director and chatelaine of ÐÇ¿ÕÎÞÏÞ´«Ã½ into the 1980s. Recently, Mary "downsized" and gave me a box of reel to reel tapes of… Thu, 24 Mar 2016 17:43:00 GMT /classical-101/2016-03-24/mary-hoffman-archive-beverly-sills Christopher Purdy