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 ...

Magdalena Kozena has been in the international public eye longer than most singers her age, but she's growing into an artist who really deserves all the fuss. She brought a professionalism to this ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...