Artist
Magdalena Kožená
Personb. 1973 · Brno, Czechia, Czechia
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Bio
Magdalena Kožená is a Czech mezzo-soprano born in Brno in 1973. She studied voice at the Brno Conservatory and the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava, winning the International Mozart Competition in Salzburg in 1995. Her repertoire spans Baroque, Classical, and opera, with acclaimed performances at major houses including the Metropolitan Opera, Royal Opera House, and Salzburg Festival. She has recorded extensively for Deutsche Grammophon and other labels, collaborating with conductors such as Simon Rattle, with whom she is married.
Popular tracks
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Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C Minor "Resurrection": V. (g) Mit Aufschwung aber nicht eilen. "O Schmerz!"
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- 25:20
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C Minor "Resurrection": IV. Urlicht. Sehr feierlich, aber schlicht
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Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C Minor "Resurrection": V. (f) Etwas bewegter. "O glaube, mein Herz !"
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- 45:08
Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17 / Atto secondo: No. 17 Aria e Recitativo "V'adoro, pupille" / "Non ha in cielo il Tonante" - Live
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- 53:46
Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17 / Atto primo: No. 6 Aria "Non disperar, chi sà?" - Live
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- 61:17
Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17 / Atto primo: No. 1 Coro "Viva, viva il nostro Alcide!" - Live
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- 79:21
Giulio Cesare, HWV 17, Act II: No. 27, Aria. Se pietà di me non senti - Live
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- 86:04
Giulio Cesare, HWV 17, Act III: No. 32, Aria. Piangerò la sorte mia - Live
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- 94:19
Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17 / Atto terzo: No. 39 Duetto "Caro, più amabile beltà" - Live
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- 106:20
Alcina, HWV 34, Act I: Di, cor mio, quanto t'amai
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- 112:17
Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17 / Atto primo: Recitativo "Regni Cleopatra" - Live
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- 122:19
Alcina, HWV 34, Act I: Questo è il cielo di contenti
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Albums
Handel: Alcina
Album · 2024
Charpentier: Te Deum; Messe de Minuit; Nuit
Album · 1997
Mozart: Idomeneo, K. 366
Album · 2025
Pergolesi: Stabat Mater (Live)
Album · 2025
Lamento - Bachiana III
Album · 2004
Handel: Dixit Dominus; Salve Regina; Laudate Pueri; Saeviat Tellus
Album · 1999
Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande
Album · 2017
Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn; Adagio from Symphony No.10
Album · 2010
Handel: Italian Cantatas HWV 99, 145 & 170
Album · 2000
'Ah! mio cor' Handel: Arias
Album · 2007
Bach, J.S.: Cantatas
Album · 2000
Debussy: Nocturnes – Duruflé: Requiem
Album · 2019