1.   A few hours earlier, Jennifer Larmore, a young American mezzo, sang at Alice Tully Hall.

2.   Suddenly voice teachers were drilling young mezzos in legato, the art of spinning out seamless vocal lines, and coloratura, the virtuosic traversal of rapid scales.

3.   The Swedish tenor Nicolai Gedda sang the part of Anatol, and the young mezzo Rosalind Elias made quite a splash as Erika.

4.   Two exceptionally talented young mezzos are heard in recitals of very different repertories on these Sony Classical CDs.