Horne of Plenty

Home says, "still seem to be made for each other." Their felicitous match will be appropriately celebrated this month when Home turns her soaring talents to the composer's bicentennial gala. Home, the greatest mezzo-soprano in the world today, was one of the first American singers to revive Rossini's demanding bel canto. Following recitals in Montreal and Chicago, she will perform with such other premier Rossini interpreters as June Anderson, Frederica von Stade, Rockwell Blake, Samuel Ramey, and Thomas Hampson in concerts that will be televised live from New York's Lincoln Center. Meanwhile, BMG Classics will release a new Horne recording of twenty-two Rossini canti.