Magdalena's latest solo recording Nostalgia, which she made together with the phenomenal pianist Yefim Bronfman on the Pentatone label, is a success with audiences and critics alike. Read a lovely review from forumopera.com here, enjoy a pleasant interview in Crescendo magazine and listen to one of Brahms' charming songs from the CD; in it, a girl asks a swallow about her partner.
Photo: Pentatone 2021 / Julia Wesely
You can also hear Magdalena on another brand new CD: she accompanied the young Dutch baritone Raoul Steffani on his CD Love's Spring released on Challenge Records. Magdalena and Raoul can be heard in Robert Schumann's duets with piano accompaniment by Gerold Huber.
Tonight, Magdalena returns to the role of the unhappily in love Phaedra in a revival of Jean-Philippe Rameau's Hippolyte et Aricie included in the annual popular Baroque Days at the Berlin State Opera "Under the Lime Trees". Cast and other details about the production can be found in the calendar, watch the teaser here:
A trio of performances of Bach's St. Matthew Passion await Magdalena on November 19, 21 and 22. This "The Mount Everest of music" will be performed by the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Sir Simon Rattle, again see the calendar for the cast and details. Those who cannot make it to Munich or Vienna can enjoy a live video or radio broadcast on 19 November thanks to BR-KLASSIK radio station.
