Work: La Mandoline

The South African soprano wows the audience with astonishing vocal and dramatic qualities – but do they stretch to a programme of art song?

Pretty Yende makes a successful New York recital debut at Carnegie Hall with a diverse selection of songs and arias.

If you sing like an angel, might as well look like one. Philippe Jaroussky, considered one of the world’s finest countertenors, came onto the stage in Hohenems, Austria last Saturday evening with the demeanor of a celestial being...