Karita Mattila as the Kostelnička sang forcefully and movingly but at times was drawn into a brittle, almost cracked sound. Thomas Atkins as Števa Buryja was cocksure in his swaggering stage ...

Karita Mattila’s tormented Kostelnicka cuts an imperious figure but also suffers from this sonic issue. Her line and intonation may not be as firm as they once were, but she manages to ...

Trying intervals of large widths strained the instrument. Embodying the dire rationale behind the sextoness’s fatal flaw, soprano Karita Mattila delivered herself physically to Kostelnička. Atoning, ...

Leoš Janáček is now acknowledged as one of the greatest opera composers of the early 20th century and Jenůfa is perhaps his finest and certainly his most intense work. It is not often seen, however, ...

American soprano Corinne Winters sings the title role excellently and acts the part superbly while Finnish soprano Karitas Mattila is even more striking as the Kostelnika, particularly in the ...