Inga Kalna

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 In the press

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International Operastudio - Körber-Stiftung

The CD-Recording of Händels "Rinaldo" directed by Rene Jacobs, Inga Kalna's role as Armida is awarded for the Opera-Recording 2003 by Critics of the magazine "Opernwelt".
Forum für Impulse

Financial Times

The star of the show is Latvia soprano Inga Kalna as Armida. She can make us laugh or cry; her expressive palette is vast, her voice big and thrilling.
The Financial Times

DER TAGESSPIEGEL BERLIN

As magician Armida, Inga Kalna supports the role with her saturized, deep Soprano with very much Sex-Appeal and a demonic touch.
Der Tagesspiegel Berlin

RIGA OPERA FESTIVAL

Latvian National Opera: In Kalsons's Ilze, vocally, the only distinction came from Inga Kalna one of the rising stars here. A well focused soprano, perfect for Verdi or Puccini, she is also a most convincing actress.
Opera
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RIGA OPERA FESTIVAL

Latvian National Opera: ...the only thing that saved the production was the whole-hearted acting and disciplined singing of the excellent principals, most notably the pleasant-voiced Inga Kalna as Ilze.
Opera
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DRESDNER MUSIKFESTSPIELE

Naumann's Cora und Alozo

one would expect Fink to be the star of the show, in fact, she was upstaged by a single cadenza by Inga Kalna, whose highest and longest note was impressively long and extremely high...

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2001
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Hamburger Abendblatt - "Opera Stabile"

"I am the first singer..." a quotation from Mozart's opera "Der Schauspieldirektor" was the title of a musical-scenic collage at the Opera stabile...

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d.a. Hamburg
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Hamburgische Anzeigen und Nachrichten (Hamburgische Staatsoper)

Ovations for Inga Kalna, as Gilda in Verdis "Rigoletto"

As Gilda, Inga Kalna - member of the International Opera Studio in Dammtorstraße made her debut.

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Hamburg(jbh)
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Dresdner Neueste Nachrichten

Inga Kalna held the part of Cora with a warm timbre. Seemingly without strain she coped with most difficult coloratura and "aria-cadences" reaching unimaginable pitches with sure intonation.
(Jana Friedrich)
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Interview with Inga Kalna

Better a small fish in a big sea...than a big fish in a small brook.
An interview by Kirsten Elvers.

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by Kirsten Elvers