Karita Mattila

[sammy]

I'm not really an opera fanatic, and I usually stick pretty close to the old "classics"...Mozart, Puccini, Rossini, Verdi, and above all, IMHO, Wagner...Who can not be moved by "Die Walküre"??... Anyway, I know what I like...and Mattila ranks right up there with the best...

Then you might be tempted to try and get your hands on some of her Wagner recordings... or, indeed, Vier Letzte Lieder by Strauss (a quick peek at Amazon tellsme she's recorded that on DG with Abbado). Haven't heard her version, but if you like her voice - it should be good. Im Abendrot, sung here by Ms Jessye Norman is sheer bliss. One of those pieces of music after which it's damn hard to put on anything else. Perkele!