Kieran Carrel

Tenor

... the tenor Kieran Carrel sang six of Haydn’s English-language canzonettas with a voice as clear and sweet as an Austrian Eiswein.

Recital with Sir András Schiff at Wigmore Hall

Richard Bratby, The Spectator

Anglo-German tenor Kieran Carrel has a busy and varied career, active in Opera, Concert and Recital.

Highlights

  • Deutsche Oper Berlin – Tamino, Don Ottavio, Walther Tannhäuser, Narraboth Salome, Erik Der fliegende Holländer, Froh Das Rheingold, Alfred Die Fledermaus, Count Almaviva Il barbiere di Siviglia, Lysander A Midsummer Night’s Dream
  • Bach St John and St Matthew Passion (Evangelist) – Antwerp Symphony Orchestra; English Concert; Netherlands Chamber Orchestra; Noord Nederlands Orkest
  • Bach Weihnachtsoratorium – WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln; Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin; Leipzig Gewandhausorchester
  • Recitals at Pierre Boulez Saal and Wigmore Hall

Biography

As a member of the Deutsche Oper Berlin, his repertoire includes Tamino; Don Ottavio; Walther Tannhäuser; Erik Der fliegende Holländer; Froh Das Rheingold; Narraboth Salome; Alfred Die Fledermaus; Count Almaviva Il barbiere di Siviglia and Lysander A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

As a member of the Deutsche Oper Berlin, his repertoire includes Tamino; Don Ottavio; Walther Tannhäuser; Erik Der fliegende Holländer; Froh Das Rheingold; Narraboth Salome; Alfred Die Fledermaus; Count Almaviva Il barbiere di Siviglia and Lysander A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

Concert highlights in the current season and beyond include Mendelssohn Lobgesang with the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra and Diego Fasolis;  a recording and tour of Schumann Das Paradies und die Peri with Jordi Savall; Bach Weihnachtsoratorium with the WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin and the Leipzig Gewandhausorchester and Evangelist in both the St John Passion with the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra and Daniel Reuss and St Matthew Passion with the Noord Nederlands Orkest and Hartmut Haenchen.

Recent concerts include Haydn’s Die Schöpfung with the Thomanerchor Leipzig; Evangelist Bach St John Passion with The English Concert and Antwerp Symphony Orchestra and Das Paradies und die Peri in Utrecht with the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra.

Kieran made his recital debut at the Pierre Boulez Saal in Berlin in 2019 as part of the Heidelberger Frühling Schubert Week with Thomas Hampson and Hartmut Höll and in the same year was a finalist in the Wigmore Hall/Independent Opera International Song Competition, together with duo partner Richard Gowers. He recently performed a Schubert programme with Kristian Bezuidenhout at the 2024 MA Festival in Brugge, appeared at the Luxembourg Philharmonie with Graham Johnson and made his debut at the Schubertiade Schwarzenburg. His connection to the Pierre Boulez Saal and Wigmore Hall continues with solo recitals in both halls, and, in addition, he has appeared at Wigmore Hall in a Hugo Wolf Song Gala with Christoph Prégardien and James Baillieu: sung Haydn canzonettas with András Schiff and Vaughan Williams Serenade to Music with the Nash Ensemble.

Kieran has taken part in a complete Brahms Lieder disc with Ulrich Eisenlohr on NAXOS and other recordings include Mozart’s Requiem with Il Gardellino; CPE Bach’s Die Auferstehung und Himmelfahrt Jesu; Wolf Italienisches Liederbuch and Schumann Dichterliebe with Ensemble Opus and Ralf Gothoni.

Kieran studied in Cologne with Christoph Prégardien before continuing his education at London’s Royal Academy of Music with Neil Mackie.

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