Perfect Storm: a trio of sopranos on Katya Kabanova

Emily Edmonds and Amanda Majeski in rehearsal

Stephanie Corley (Katya)

Amanda Majeski (Katya)

Laura Wilde and Stephen Lawless in rehearsals

By Mark Pullinger, 29 January 2019

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Mark Pullinger

Mark has been a Bachtrack editor since 2014. He is also an experienced critic, writing hundreds of reviews for the site, as well as a freelancer writing for other magazines and newspapers. He also writes programme notes and blogs on Substack. Mark has a particular passion for the operas of Verdi as well as Russian and French repertoire. Outside the concert hall and opera house, Mark enjoys cooking and travel and is probably at his happiest let loose in a French patisserie or a Viennese coffee house.

Perfect Storm: a trio of sopranos on Janáček's Katya Kabanova