Sondra Radvanovsky should host an afternoon talk show. Watching the 53-year-old soprano interact with her public, as she did at Carnegie Hall on November 16, one could easily imagine her sandwiched between Drew Barrymore and Kelly Clarkson.

Genuine warmth flooded across the footlights in both directions. Radvanovsky eschewed the customary stuffiness of the recital format, often speaking directly to the audience and putting her selections in a highly personal context…

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