Magdalena Kožená/ Private Musicke: Lettere Amorose

By Sebastian Scotney, 04 February 2011

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Reviewed at Wigmore Hall, London on 2 February 2011

Programme to be announced

Magdalena Kožená, Mezzo-soprano

Love is in the hare: a new Cunning Little Vixen opens in Berlin

Elena Luporini, 28th February

The Staatsoper's new production of Janáček's opera buzzes with life thanks to Sir Simon Rattle's conducting and an excellent cast led by Vera-Lotte Boecker and Magdalena Kožená.

****1

Passionate Baroque from Antonini and the Czech Phil in Prague

Frank Kuznik, 17th October

Giovanni Antonini's colorful work with the Czech Philharmonic brightens a fervent performance by Magdalena Kožená.

****1

A garden of musical delights: La clemenza di Tito at the Mozartwoche

Orsolya Gyárfás, 25th January

While the semi-staging falters, Hanna-Elisabeth Müller and Magdalena Kožená prove a thrilling pair in Mozart's final opera seria.

***11

Light and shadows in Rattle and Sellars' Médée at Staatsoper Berlin

Elena Luporini, 19th November

Reuniting two old friends and collaborators, the Staatsoper Berlin presents a new production of Marc-Antoine Charpentier's Médée, with mixed results.

***11

Enchanté: Magdalena Kožená and Mitsuko Uchida at Wigmore Hall

Roy Westbrook, 8th October

A Wigmore Hall recital to take the listener from the Belle Époque to the acceptable face of modernism.

****1

Winging its way to heaven: Schumann's muse soars aloft at the Proms

Peter Quantrill, 22nd August

A Schumann premiere at the BBC Proms, revived with loving care by Sir Simon Rattle and the LSO.

****1

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Sebastian Scotney

Sebastian has written about music for the Daily Telegraph, Prospect, Arts Industry and the Bulletin in Brussels. He has been a professor at the Royal College of Music and has recorded a CD of the Mozart clarinet quintet with the Maggini Quartet.