/tags/john-levine john levine 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