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 ...

One of the most sought-after classical singers in Europe, Magdalena Kozena has very little of the diva about her. The 37-year-old Czech-born, Berlin-based mezzo-soprano is warm and unpretentious, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Can the musical world, already inundated with brilliant and resourceful mezzo-sopranos, really accommodate another one? It'll have to. The young Czech singer Magdalena Kozená made that clear Thursday ...

ALARGE Valentine’s Day audience greeted the glamorously clad Czech mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kozena, conductor Bernard Labadie and his hybrid early-music ensemble Les Violons du Roy at Walt Disney ...

Magdalena Kožená’s recent release of Mozart arias, with Simon Rattle and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, no doubt won her many new admirers. Her Barbican concert was a chance to hear her ...

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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 ...