One of the toughest tricks for a singer to pull off is putting a fresh face on each composer in a program. All too often, the Handel starts sounding like the Mozart, which in turn takes on too much of ...

Vocal recitals are rare enough in Baltimore that even a program of familiar lieder would qualify as a novelty. A program of way-off-the-beaten-path songs? That’s beyond cool. Magdalena Kozena, the ...

Last month Magdalena Kozena, a statuesque, blow-dried blonde Valkyrie in a shimmering turquoise gown, stood on the stage of Barbican Hall and tore into an aria from Handel's oratorio, Ariodante.

Magdalena Kozena, mezzo-soprano; Prague Philharmonia; Michel Swierczewski, conductor. Deutsche Grammophon, $16.99 Czech mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kozena has made some respectable Baroque recordings with ...

A diverse and thoughtful program by mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kozena and pianist Malcom Martineau opened the Union College Concert Series' 45th season on Sunday afternoon. Known primarily for presenting ...

"Sometimes surprising things happen in your life, so you have to take it just as it comes," says Magdalena Kozena. The Czech mezzo-soprano had little option when her appearance at the Proms last year ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The operas of Mozart hold such irrepressibly vivid and contrasting arias that it is surprising more singers ...

Seekers after recondite yet pleasurable repertoire need look no further than this re-release of an Eighties CD. Practically the only items that could be said to be common currency are two of Grieg’s ...

Has the reign of the soprano diva come to an end? Are we entering an age when the mezzo-soprano rules the operatic roost? The pre-eminence of mezzos such as Cecilia Bartoli, Vesselina Kasarova and ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Singing in her native Czech, Kozená transmits a soulfulness that she rarely summons in other repertoire. It’s a ...