reviews
… Kožená portrayed the tragic love between a Christian knight and a Saracen girl in a masterly fashion, both as a singer and an actress. She played all three roles, the main couple and the narrator, with the help of costumes and props (two swords and two helms) and, thanks to Havelka’s witty direction using elements of medieval folk theatre, she did not give the audience a chance to draw breath... more
…An unprecedented musical-dramatic piece has been created, which has the chance to bridge genres and function as a spring of living water thanks to its humour and the flawless persuasiveness of the performer in both roles, i.e. specialised as a singer and simply stylised as an actress... more
... As always, Magdalena Kožená was perfect when performing the baroque repertoire and her performance could not be faulted even in the slightest... more
... Magdalena Kožená has continued along her original path. And she is possibly now at the peak of her career. It is difficult to conceive of anywhere left for her to go in this type of art. Nevertheless, Magdalena Kožená’s Prague concert shows that it is possible to enjoy the view from the peak of the dramaturgically expressed originality of the voice much longer than we originally thought.... more
...She unveiled yet another, possibly surprising, side to her art in Sequenza III, a work bythe 20thcentury Italian author Luciano Berio …
Here, Kožená not only displayed her exceptional vocal abilities, but also imbued the entire performance with intelligent humour... more
