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
Act One (Beggars Opera album) released a somewhat successful single, "Sarabande", which was not included in the album in its original LP edition, but appears in the CD reissue. The album includes many elements of symphonic progressive rock, including a number references to classical music (e.g.,"Poet and Peasant" and "Light Cavalry" by Franz von Suppé and Grieg's "Peer Gynt"), an Emerson-esque keyboard section featuring organ and Hammond, complex arrangements, and long "suites" (most notably "Raymond's Road"). Act One (Beggars Opera album) Act One is the debut album of the Scottish progressive band Beggars Opera. Variously classified as symphonic rock, progressive rock or proto-progressive rock, Beggars