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42 comments

• The Overseer says:

  The same is still happening with Kurzak, although thankfully she delivered upon her much proclaimed potential in Matilde di Shabran. Ms Koch is apparently abandoning all Mozart and Rossini roles, and will concentrate on Strauss and Wagner. From what I have been led to believe, we can expect to see a lot more of her at the ROH. As for Elisabeth Meister, she is easily the most impressive recruit they have yet attracted to the Jette Parker Programme. It’s not everyone who can sing Lucia, Constanza, Turandot and Aida! My only experience of her so far has been gobsmackingly good, so here’s hoping a few of the artists she will be cover will develop a cold or two!

  on November 22, 2009 at 7:41 PM
  • MontyNostry says:

    Meister really does sound exciting — Callas-like range there, plus I see she does modern stuff too. Weird that she has germanised the spelling of her first name to go with a new surname … Her bio says: ‘Elisabeth Meister (formerly Elizabeth Franklin-Kitchen)’. We’ve lost an Elisabeth, but it looks like we’ve gained a new one.

    on November 22, 2009 at 7:45 PM
    • Zerbinetta says:

      With a last name like Franklin-Kitchen, you can hardly blame her. And it sounds like she might be able to live up to “Meister.” I guess “Meisterin” would have been too tricky?

      on November 22, 2009 at 9:25 PM
• WindyCityOperaman says:

  Very nice on-air tribute to Madame Sodestrom on the Lyric Opera of Chicago live broadcast this afternoon of Katya Kabanova. Recorded it on minidisc off the live WFMT feed as I was at a terffic CSO concert at the same time (Anja Silja’s ex, von Dohnanyi conducted, Bartok, Mozart, Schumann) and a young pianist named Paul Lewis (cute, looks like Villarzon). Matilla was the Katya today. Will give the mp3 a listen-to later.

  on November 22, 2009 at 11:07 PM