Her affair with Simon Rattle put soprano Magdalena Kozena in the headlines for all the wrong reasons. But now it's her singing that counts. By Jasper Rees [Daily Telegraph, 13 December 2007]

Last month Magdalena Kozena, a statuesque, blow-dried blonde Valkyrie in a shimmering turquoise gown, stood on the stage of Barbican Hall and tore into an aria from Handel's oratorio, Ariodante.