Werk: The Nursery (Detskaya) for voice and piano

Cette maîtrise parfaite de l’œuvre et la capacité, rare, à respecter parfaitement le phrasé des tableaux font de cette soirée un moment d’exception, dont on se souviendra longtemps. Un très grand chef pour un bel orchestre.

On Sunday night Shriver Hall was packed with Baltimore opera fans who had gathered to enjoy a solo recital of the internationally acclaimed opera “anti-diva” Magdalena Kožená. True to her reputation, this Czech mezzo-soprano came on stage dressed in a casual black gown, which (ignoring the dress change tradition established by her stage colleagues) she chose to wear all night long.