Karen Cargill

Mezzo-Soprano

"...the outstanding presence of the mezzo Karen Cargill. The concentrated intensity of her fourth-movement midnight song yielded a voice from eternity: an Erda-like presence of bronzed vocal focus."
Hilary Finch
The Times

Karen Cargill
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Recent and future highlights

Waltraute Götterdämmerung; Magdalene Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Anna Les Troyens - Metropolitan Opera - James Levine
Waltraute Götterdämmerung - Berlin Philharmonic - Sir Simon Rattle; Deutsche Oper, Berlin - Donald Runnicles
Mahler Resurrection Symphony - Boston Symphony Orchestra - James Levine; Edinburgh Festival - BBCSSO - Donald Runnicles
Rosina The Barber of Seville; Isabella The Italian Girl in Algiers - Scottish Opera
Mahler Symphony No 3 - Tanglewood - Michael Tilson Thomas; Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra - Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra - Myung Whun Chung; BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra - Donald Runnicles
Bach St Matthew Passion - Philadelphia Orchestra - Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Recitals - Carnegie Hall, New York; Wigmore Hall, London; Concertgebouw, Amsterdam; BBC Scotland
Berlioz La Mort de Cléopâtre; Les nuits d'étés; L'Enfance du Christ - Scottish Chamber Orchestra - Robin Ticciati
Angel in Elgar The Dream of Gerontius - Vienna Symphony Orchestra - James Judd
Verdi Requiem - Sir Colin Davis - London Symphony Orchestra (also recorded); Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra - Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Mahler Symphony No 8; Schönberg Gurrelieder - Sir Simon Rattle - Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

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Karen Cargill

Mezzo-Soprano