
HamburgMusik 2025-26 Review: Mezzo-Soprano Magdalena Kožená’s Song Recital
(Photo: Sophie Wolter) It was just two people on stage: Magdalena Kožená and Azul Lima. The Recital Hall of the Elbphilharmonie became the kind of intimate space that forced the audience to reckon with the sheer, raw physical force of Kožená’s mezzo-soprano. This wasn’t the usual polite early music one might be used to; it was a high-energy exhibition of {…}