1.   Both performances at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion feature British soprano Jane Eaglen in her first appearances with the orchestra.

2.   Jane Eaglen sings beautifully as Donna Anna, though without quite the dynamic summit-scaling we might expect from this formidable British soprano.

3.   Most of the excitement last week surrounded the emergence of an important new Bruennhilde, the British soprano Jane Eaglen.

4.   The British soprano Felicity Lott never has quite won the visibility and renown in the United States that she has long enjoyed in Europe.