Can the musical world, already inundated with brilliant and resourceful mezzo-sopranos, really accommodate another one? It'll have to. The young Czech singer Magdalena Kozená made that clear Thursday ...

Some composers, faced with the challenge of writing music for the voice, write as if it were simply another instrument: They give it notes that fall within its compass, but write without sympathy for ...

The mezzo-soprano on recording music by Martinů, Dvořák, Hans Krása and Gideon Klein You can listen to ‘Czech Songs’ – an Editor's Choice in the new issue of Gramophone – in lossless audio on Apple ...

Singing in a language she really did learn from her mother, Kozená sounds at her most relaxed; there is no hint of the strain she has shown in some recent operatic work. She also suggests a fierce ...

One of the most sought-after classical singers in Europe, Magdalena Kozena has very little of the diva about her. The 37-year-old Czech-born, Berlin-based mezzo-soprano is warm and unpretentious, ...