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How to sing infanticide: Karita Mattila on Jenůfa

David Karlin, 21st August

The Finnish soprano doesn’t like the word evil. Her approach to singing villain roles is to find the humanity in the character – which is always there.

vocally ruthless as the Kostelnička... a killer with a crucifix brooch that proclaims her hypocrisy