Karita Mattila – review

Usher Hall, EdinburghMalcolm Martineau was as superlative a piano accompanist as ever, but there was no doubting who stood centre-stage for this recital. In persona as much as in voice, Finnish soprano Karita Mattila declares herself the grande dame of the concert platform. She wore skin-tight royal blue for the first half, skin-tight pink for the second and hair piled high in a platinum bouffant. She had the audience thoroughly in the palm of her hand.Now into her 50s, Mattila's voice has a sed...

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