Acclaimed British mezzo-soprano Alice Coote's résumé may not be long -- she is young -- but it is astonishingly deep and encompassing. Slim and attractive, she has made a specialty of what are called ...

Every word she sang Friday at the Herbst Theatre was English. But mezzo-soprano Alice Coote's beguiling San Francisco Performances recital unfolded as a tour of infrequently visited territory. While ...

Some fantastic singing, shame about a staging that traps Alice Coote in conceptual silliness This was a five-star concert in a one-star stagingPlaying not only the man but also the woman (Cleopatra, ...

Alice Coote: singing of rare and exquisite quality undermined by bizarre stage props The point, if such a crude thing could emerge from such uniformly ravishing music, was that passion, sorrow and ...

Some themed concert programmes are perfectly planned and balanced; others just hang together, but feel overly contrived; others still (I’m looking at not a few Proms programmes) slap any old stuff ...

“The greatest thing in music in my life has been to have known Kathleen Ferrier and Gustav Mahler – in that order.” Bruno Walter’s declaration reminds us of the greatness of the contralto, whose birth ...

There seems to be a bit of “mezzo mania” in the Bay Area this week: Not one, but two world-class mezzo-sopranos are flying in to perform in concert. Both have received multiple honors and awards and ...

Experience Massenet’s Cinderella with Joyce DiDonato in the title role, Alice Coote as Prince Charming, Kathleen Kim as the Fairy Godmother, and Stephanie Blythe as Madame de la Haltière. Bertrand de ...

The English Concert with Harry Bicket and Alice Coote at The Wigmore Hall. Two years ago The English Concert, under Harry Bicket alongside soprano Rosemary Joshua and mezzo-soprano Sarah Connolly, ...

Alice Coote, a mezzo-soprano mentioned in the Classical Notes column, has canceled her recital in San Francisco on Friday because of illness. She will be replaced by mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke. More ...