The audience at Jordan Hall last night for Angelika Kirchschlager's Celebrity Series debut was thoroughly charmed by the mezzo-soprano's program of Haydn, Grieg, Brahms, Schubert and Liszt, a fact made abundantly clear by their enthusiastic ovations. For encores, Ms. Kirchschlager sang Liszt's Es muss ein Wundesbares sein, and Poulenc's Hôtel.
Immediately before walking onstage, she confessed, "I'm so hungry now! Some chocolate and some nuts would be nice!" and laughed.
Backstage, after the performance, Ms. Kirchschlager seemed as enraptured by her recital experience as her audience was with her, "What a lovely hall, everyone is so close to you...and the acoustics! And everyone followed so closely, they seemed to understand without reading the translations."
A staff member who regularly works with artists of all demeanors confessed, "I may have a new favorite."
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