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 ...

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 ...

"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 ...

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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 ...

BERLIN — Magdalena Kozena, one of today’s most versatile mezzo-sopranos, has never chosen a predictable path. With her flair for Baroque music, flexible voice and striking looks, she won comparisons ...

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 ...

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 ...

Some composers, faced with the challenge of writing music for the voice, write as if it were simply another instrument: They give it notes that fall within its compass, but write without sympathy for ...