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Magdalena Kožená

Magdalena Kožená, Lady Rattle (Czech: [ˈmaɡdalɛna ˈkoʒɛnaː]; born 26 May 1973) is a Czech mezzo-soprano.

Magdalena Kožená
Magdalena Kožená as Carmen, with Jonas Kaufmann, Salzburg Festival 2012
Born (1973-05-26) 26 May 1973 (age 50)
OccupationOperatic mezzo-soprano

Early life Edit

Kožená was born in Brno in Czechoslovakia. Both her parents had come originally from Bohemia, to the west. She was born one of the two daughters of a mathematician father and a biologist mother. Her father died when she was eleven.[1] As a child she sang in Kantiléna [cs], the Children's and Youth Choir headed up by Ivan Sedláček [cs] and attached to the Brno Philharmonic Orchestra.[2] It was, however, as a professional pianist that she planned to make her career until 1987 when she injured her hand in a sports accident at school: this led her to focus on training for a singing career.[1] From 1987 to 1991 she studied voice at Brno Conservatory with Neva Megová and Jiří Peša, and from 1991 to 1995 she was a student of Eva Blahová at Bratislava Drama College where she graduated in 1995. In 1995, she was a prize winner at the International Mozart Competition. From 1996–97, she was a member of the Vienna Volksoper.

Career Edit

Kožená's first recording was of Bach arias, recorded in the Czech Republic. Upon hearing the recording, Deutsche Grammophon (DG) signed her to a recording contract.[3] Later recordings include Handel's Roman Motets and Italian Cantatas and Messiah with Marc Minkowski for DG/Archiv, and her first solo recital disc (Dvořák, Janáček and Martinů with Graham Johnson – Gramophone Solo Vocal Award, 2001) for Deutsche Grammophon. Further recordings include recitals of arias of Mozart, Gluck and Mysliveček (with the Prague Philharmonia and Michel Swierczewski), of French arias with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra and Minkowski, Gluck's Paride ed Elena under Paul McCreesh, a recital disc with Malcolm Martineau and an acclaimed disc of cantatas by members of the Bach family ("Lamento") with Musica Antiqua Köln and Reinhard Goebel. She received the 2004 Gramophone Awards Artist of the Year. For DG/Archiv, she recorded a disc with opera arias of Handel and one with opera arias by Antonio Vivaldi, both with the Venice Baroque Orchestra conducted by Andrea Marcon. She has also recently begun to record for Pentatone, where her first album featured Simon Rattle on piano, in an album of Dvořák, Janáček, Strauss and Chausson.

Concerts and recitals Edit

Kožená appears regularly at the Prague Spring and at the Concentus Moraviae Festivals. She has given recitals in London, the Schubertiade Vorarlberg, Brussels, Paris, Hamburg, Amsterdam, Munich, Prague, Tokyo, Yokohama and Sapporo, Carnegie Hall, in San Francisco and in London, Lisbon, Vienna, Copenhagen, Amsterdam, Hamburg and Prague. She also appeared in concerts with the Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists Bach Cantata Pilgrimage during the year 2000.

Opera performances Edit

Her operatic engagements have included several notable debuts: at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris as Orfeo in Gluck's Orphée, conducted by John Eliot Gardiner; at the Vienna Festival as Nerone in Monteverdi's L'incoronazione di Poppea, conducted by Minkowski; at the Edinburgh Festival as Sesto in Mozart's La clemenza di Tito; at the Leipzig Opera as Mélisande in Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande, conducted by Minkowski; at the Aix-en-Provence Festival as Cherubino in Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro; at the Dutch National Opera as Cleopatra in Handel's Giulio Cesare; and at the Salzburg Festival as Zerlina in Mozart's Don Giovanni under Nicolaus Harnoncourt. She sang the centenary performance of Pelléas et Mélisande at the Opéra-Comique in Paris under Minkowski and most recently Cleopatra in Giulio Cesare under Minkowski.

Recent[when?] engagements include the roles of Idamante in Mozart's Idomeneo at the Glyndebourne and Salzburg Festivals, Cherubino for both the Bavarian State Opera in Munich and the Metropolitan Opera in New York, Dorabella in Mozart's Cosi fan tutte (Salzburg Easter Festival and in Berlin) and her return to the Metropolitan Opera as Varvara (Katja Kabanova) and Dorabella. She sings Zerlina with the Metropolitan Opera in Japan, returns to the Salzburg Festival for Idamante and to the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées for Melisande.

Personal life Edit

Kožená has been married twice. Her first marriage was to the French baritone Vincent le Texier.[4] The marriage ended in divorce after she began a relationship with Sir Simon Rattle. Kožená and Rattle married in 2008 in Brno. The couple have three children, Jonáš (born March 2005), Miloš (born 2008),[5][6] and Anežka, born in 2014.[7][8]

Awards Edit

Recordings Edit

  • Love Songs (2000) Deutsche Grammophon
  • Le Belle Immagini (2002) Deutsche Grammophon
  • French Arias (2003) Deutsche Grammophon
  • In Recital (2004) Deutsche Grammophon
  • Lamento (2005) Archiv Produktion
  • Enchantment (2006) Deutsche Grammophon
  • Songs My Mother Taught Me (2008) Deutsche Grammophon
  • Lettere Amorose (2010) Deutsche Grammophon
  • Love and Longing (2012) Deutsche Grammophon
  • 3 Classic Albums (2014) Deutsche Grammophon
  • Prayer: Voice & Organ (2014) Deutsche Grammophon
  • Il Giardino dei sospiri (2019) PentaTone Classics
  • Soirée – Magdalena Kožená & Friends (2019) PentaTone Classics
  • Nostalgia: Brahms, Mussorgsky, Bartók (2021) PentaTone Classics
  • Musica Viva, Vol. 38: Ondřej Adámek - Follow Me; Where Are You? (2022) BR Klassik

References Edit

  1. ^ a b Lynne Walker (7 June 2005). "Magdalena Kožená: Don't fence her in". The Independent, London. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  2. ^ Claire Prentice (7 August 2005). . The Times. Archived from the original on 5 October 2013. Retrieved 22 November 2007.
  3. ^ Neil Fisher (21 October 2006). "Magdalena and the men in her life". The Times. Retrieved 22 November 2007.
  4. ^ William Lyons (23 July 2004). "Knight at the opera finally takes centre stage with his Czech mate". The Scotsman. Retrieved 22 November 2007.
  5. ^ Jonathan Lennie (15 July 2008). "Sir Simon Rattle: interview". TimeOut. Retrieved 28 November 2010.
  6. ^ Jessica Duchen (7 November 2008). "Magdalena Kozena's motherly love". The Independent. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  7. ^ "Chefdirigent Rattle nun fünffacher Vater". Berliner Zeitung. 21 June 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  8. ^ Fiona Maddocks (31 August 2014). "Simon Rattle: 'Learning music is a birthright. And you have to start young'". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  9. ^ "Výroční zprávy – Publikace – Vše o ČT – Česká televize". Ceskatelevize.cz. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
  10. ^ Günthner, Marianne (2 November 2012). "Händel-Preis der Stadt Halle geht 2013 an Opernsängerin Magdalena Kozená". neue musikzeitung (in German). Regensburg. Retrieved 28 December 2019.

External links Edit

  • Magdalena Kožená homepage
  • Review of Kožená's album "Enchantment" by Charles T. Downey (Ionarts, 17 September 2006)

magdalena, kožená, lady, rattle, czech, ˈmaɡdalɛna, ˈkoʒɛnaː, born, 1973, czech, mezzo, soprano, carmen, with, jonas, kaufmann, salzburg, festival, 2012born, 1973, 1973, brno, czechoslovakiaoccupationoperatic, mezzo, soprano, contents, early, life, career, con. Magdalena Kozena Lady Rattle Czech ˈmaɡdalɛna ˈkoʒɛnaː born 26 May 1973 is a Czech mezzo soprano Magdalena KozenaMagdalena Kozena as Carmen with Jonas Kaufmann Salzburg Festival 2012Born 1973 05 26 26 May 1973 age 50 Brno CzechoslovakiaOccupationOperatic mezzo soprano Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 2 1 Concerts and recitals 2 2 Opera performances 3 Personal life 4 Awards 5 Recordings 6 References 7 External linksEarly life EditKozena was born in Brno in Czechoslovakia Both her parents had come originally from Bohemia to the west She was born one of the two daughters of a mathematician father and a biologist mother Her father died when she was eleven 1 As a child she sang in Kantilena cs the Children s and Youth Choir headed up by Ivan Sedlacek cs and attached to the Brno Philharmonic Orchestra 2 It was however as a professional pianist that she planned to make her career until 1987 when she injured her hand in a sports accident at school this led her to focus on training for a singing career 1 From 1987 to 1991 she studied voice at Brno Conservatory with Neva Megova and Jiri Pesa and from 1991 to 1995 she was a student of Eva Blahova at Bratislava Drama College where she graduated in 1995 In 1995 she was a prize winner at the International Mozart Competition From 1996 97 she was a member of the Vienna Volksoper Career EditKozena s first recording was of Bach arias recorded in the Czech Republic Upon hearing the recording Deutsche Grammophon DG signed her to a recording contract 3 Later recordings include Handel s Roman Motets and Italian Cantatas and Messiah with Marc Minkowski for DG Archiv and her first solo recital disc Dvorak Janacek and Martinu with Graham Johnson Gramophone Solo Vocal Award 2001 for Deutsche Grammophon Further recordings include recitals of arias of Mozart Gluck and Myslivecek with the Prague Philharmonia and Michel Swierczewski of French arias with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra and Minkowski Gluck s Paride ed Elena under Paul McCreesh a recital disc with Malcolm Martineau and an acclaimed disc of cantatas by members of the Bach family Lamento with Musica Antiqua Koln and Reinhard Goebel She received the 2004 Gramophone Awards Artist of the Year For DG Archiv she recorded a disc with opera arias of Handel and one with opera arias by Antonio Vivaldi both with the Venice Baroque Orchestra conducted by Andrea Marcon She has also recently begun to record for Pentatone where her first album featured Simon Rattle on piano in an album of Dvorak Janacek Strauss and Chausson Concerts and recitals Edit Kozena appears regularly at the Prague Spring and at the Concentus Moraviae Festivals She has given recitals in London the Schubertiade Vorarlberg Brussels Paris Hamburg Amsterdam Munich Prague Tokyo Yokohama and Sapporo Carnegie Hall in San Francisco and in London Lisbon Vienna Copenhagen Amsterdam Hamburg and Prague She also appeared in concerts with the Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists Bach Cantata Pilgrimage during the year 2000 Opera performances Edit Her operatic engagements have included several notable debuts at the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris as Orfeo in Gluck s Orphee conducted by John Eliot Gardiner at the Vienna Festival as Nerone in Monteverdi s L incoronazione di Poppea conducted by Minkowski at the Edinburgh Festival as Sesto in Mozart s La clemenza di Tito at the Leipzig Opera as Melisande in Debussy s Pelleas et Melisande conducted by Minkowski at the Aix en Provence Festival as Cherubino in Mozart s Le nozze di Figaro at the Dutch National Opera as Cleopatra in Handel s Giulio Cesare and at the Salzburg Festival as Zerlina in Mozart s Don Giovanni under Nicolaus Harnoncourt She sang the centenary performance of Pelleas et Melisande at the Opera Comique in Paris under Minkowski and most recently Cleopatra in Giulio Cesare under Minkowski Recent when engagements include the roles of Idamante in Mozart s Idomeneo at the Glyndebourne and Salzburg Festivals Cherubino for both the Bavarian State Opera in Munich and the Metropolitan Opera in New York Dorabella in Mozart s Cosi fan tutte Salzburg Easter Festival and in Berlin and her return to the Metropolitan Opera as Varvara Katja Kabanova and Dorabella She sings Zerlina with the Metropolitan Opera in Japan returns to the Salzburg Festival for Idamante and to the Theatre des Champs Elysees for Melisande Personal life EditKozena has been married twice Her first marriage was to the French baritone Vincent le Texier 4 The marriage ended in divorce after she began a relationship with Sir Simon Rattle Kozena and Rattle married in 2008 in Brno The couple have three children Jonas born March 2005 Milos born 2008 5 6 and Anezka born in 2014 7 8 Awards Edit2001 Gramophone Solo Vocal Award 2001 Czech Crystal Award Golden Prague International Television Festival Best recording of a concert or stage performance opera operetta ballet dance musical Magdalena Kozena and Thierry Gregoire Czech Television Brno Television Studio Czech Republic 9 2003 Chevalier de l Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Government 2004 Gramophone Awards Artist of the Year 2013 Handel Prize 10 Recordings EditJohann Sebastian Bach Arias 1997 Archiv Produktion Arias 1999 Archiv Produktion Whitsun Cantatas 2000 Deutsche Grammophon Bachianas Music by the Bach Family 2012 Archiv Produktion Deutsche Grammophon Handel Dixit Dominus in G minor 1999 Archiv Produktion Italian Cantatas 2000 Archiv Produktion Ah Mio Cor Handel Arias 2007 Archiv Produktion Antonio Vivaldi Juditha triumphans Highlights 2000 Naive Records Juditha triumphans 2001 Opus 111 Opera Highlights 2010 Naive Records Magdalena Kozena Sings Vivaldi 2009 Archiv Produktion Gustav Mahler Des Knaben Wunderhorn Adagio from Symphony No 10 2010 Deutsche Grammophon Das Lied von der Erde 2018 BR Klassik Urlicht Der Mensch liegt in grosster Not Alto Sehr feierlich aber schlicht Fourth movement from Symphony No 2 2010 Warner Classics Jakub Jan Ryba Czech Christmas Mass 3 Pastorellas 2007 Archiv Produktion Ceska mse vanocni 2017 Universal Vitezslav Novak Piano Quintet Songs of a Winter Night 13 Slovak Songs 1999 ASV Robert amp Clara Schumann Love s Spring 2021 Challenge Classics Jan Dismas Zelenka I Penitenti al Sepolcro del Redentore 2004 Supraphon Christoph Willibald Gluck Paride ed Elena 2005 Archiv Produktion Monteverdi 2016 Archiv Produktion Brahms Lieder amp Liebeslieder Waltzes 2016 Deutsche Grammophon Claude Debussy La Mer Ariettes Oubliees Gabriel Faure Pelleas et Melisande 2017 Linn Linn Records Claude Debussy Nocturnes Maurice Durufle Requiem 2019 Linn Records Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Arias 2006 Archiv Produktion Bohuslav Martinu Three Fragments from the opera Juliette 2009 Supraphon Georges Bizet Carmen 2012 EMI Classics Warner Classics Cole Porter 2018 Brnofon Maurice Ravel Henri Duparc Aimer et mourir Danses et melodies 2018 Linn RecordsLove Songs 2000 Deutsche Grammophon Le Belle Immagini 2002 Deutsche Grammophon French Arias 2003 Deutsche Grammophon In Recital 2004 Deutsche Grammophon Lamento 2005 Archiv Produktion Enchantment 2006 Deutsche Grammophon Songs My Mother Taught Me 2008 Deutsche Grammophon Lettere Amorose 2010 Deutsche Grammophon Love and Longing 2012 Deutsche Grammophon 3 Classic Albums 2014 Deutsche Grammophon Prayer Voice amp Organ 2014 Deutsche Grammophon Il Giardino dei sospiri 2019 PentaTone Classics Soiree Magdalena Kozena amp Friends 2019 PentaTone Classics Nostalgia Brahms Mussorgsky Bartok 2021 PentaTone Classics Musica Viva Vol 38 Ondrej Adamek Follow Me Where Are You 2022 BR KlassikReferences Edit a b Lynne Walker 7 June 2005 Magdalena Kozena Don t fence her in The Independent London Retrieved 26 August 2018 Claire Prentice 7 August 2005 The voice that goes straight to the heart The Times Archived from the original on 5 October 2013 Retrieved 22 November 2007 Neil Fisher 21 October 2006 Magdalena and the men in her life The Times Retrieved 22 November 2007 William Lyons 23 July 2004 Knight at the opera finally takes centre stage with his Czech mate The Scotsman Retrieved 22 November 2007 Jonathan Lennie 15 July 2008 Sir Simon Rattle interview TimeOut Retrieved 28 November 2010 Jessica Duchen 7 November 2008 Magdalena Kozena s motherly love The Independent Retrieved 11 January 2015 Chefdirigent Rattle nun funffacher Vater Berliner Zeitung 21 June 2014 Retrieved 11 January 2015 Fiona Maddocks 31 August 2014 Simon Rattle Learning music is a birthright And you have to start young The Guardian Retrieved 11 January 2015 Vyrocni zpravy Publikace Vse o CT Ceska televize Ceskatelevize cz Retrieved 10 May 2014 Gunthner Marianne 2 November 2012 Handel Preis der Stadt Halle geht 2013 an Opernsangerin Magdalena Kozena neue musikzeitung in German Regensburg Retrieved 28 December 2019 External links EditMagdalena Kozena homepage Review of Kozena s album Enchantment by Charles T Downey Ionarts 17 September 2006 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Magdalena Kozena amp oldid 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