Janine Kitzen the soprano performed in leading roles in operas, operettes and musicals. For example, she played Bastienne in Mozart's opera "Bastien und Bastienne". In 1998 she won the first prize at the television contest "". After her studies, Kitzen continued performing and played in numerous productions including her role as leading character Christine in Andrew Lloyd Webber's "The Phantom of the Opera" and, more recently, during the 2010 Monschau Klassik festival as Zerlina in Mozart's "Don Giovanni". Kitzen has made several recordings. Following the television show "Una Voce Particolare", she recorded a CD as part of the quartet Luxus. She introduced
The Voyage (opera) The Voyage (opera) The Voyage is an opera in three acts (plus a prologue and an epilogue) by the American composer Philip Glass. The English/Latin/Spanish libretto was written by David Henry Hwang. The work was commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera, New York City, and first performed there on October 12, 1992 (that date being the 500th anniversary of Christopher Columbus discovering the Americas). The British premiere was in Leeds, England, performed by The City Of Leeds Youth Opera, with Johnathon Cliff and Mike Williamson as the directors, with Richard Pascoe playing Columbus. Glass did not want to create a biographical