Top 10 contralto/mezzo-soprano singers

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

"A little disappointing in this role" I can imagine; although Kožená’s English is excellent. I thought Kaufmann was a strange choice in the Berlin Gerontius under Barenboim last year but he cried off in the end. His English is excellent too. Both Kožená and Kaufmann are versatile performers but have little experience in the English tradition.

This is the performance.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K55d9a8j8WE

I heard it earlier in the week at Symphony Hall, Birmingham.

[Stanfordian]

This is the performance.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K55d9a8j8WE

I heard it earlier in the week at Symphony Hall, Birmingham.

Many thanks Eine Alpensinfonie!

[MickyD]

I've always liked Della Jones - you can hear her here at 1:25:30 in one of Handel's loveliest arias from 'Alcina'...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8C5ph1k-ZE

In fact, if you have time, you can listen to the whole opera, in a marvellous recording by Richard Hickox.

[Gary Freer]

I would put Sarah Connolly up there.

Fassbaender definitely.