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 ...

Tito Manlio, Movements: Sonno, se pur sei sonno Venice Baroque Orchestra Andrea Marcon, Conductor Antonio Vivaldi, Composer Magdalena Kozená, Mezzo soprano Juditha Triumphans, Movements: ~ Antonio ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Alcina, Movements: ~ Andrea Marcon, Conductor Venice Baroque Orchestra George Frideric Handel, Composer Magdalena Kozená, Mezzo soprano Hercules, Movements: Where shall I fly? Andrea Marcon, Conductor ...

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 ...

Rising star: Magdalena Kozená is sceptical about the broader canvas of opera. 'The world around opera is so crazy,' she says. 'Too much phoniness and pretending to smile' THE man on the Clapham ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.