BY JAY NORDLINGER [NY Sun, 5 October 2007]

Kate Royal is one of the most ballyhooed young singers in the world right now. And, thank goodness, there's something to ballyhoo. She is an English soprano, in her late 20s. She recently graced the cover of Gramophone magazine, a bible of classical-music recordings. She is that kind of singer: a cover girl. In fact, there's a little — I said a little — of Catherine Zeta-Jones in her.