#KathleenBattle was born the daughter of a steelworker in Ohio #OnThisDay in 1948, becoming one of the leading sopranos of her generation; here she is singing Nanetta's aria "Sul fil d'un soffio etesio" from Verdi's "Falstaff": www.youtube.com/watch?v=9g9w... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathlee...