Kieran Carrel
Tenor
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A much-loved piece for Kieran, he returns to it this time with Jordi Savall and Le Concert des Nations with performances in Barcelona on 8 May and Paris 12 May....
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A busy month for Kieran, appearing first singing Evangelist St John Passion in a series of concerts with the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, followed by Mendelssohn Lobgesang with the Netherlands Philharmonic...
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Kieran sings his first Narraboth on 8 March in a revival of the Claus Guth production of Salome at the Deutsche Oper Berlin conducted by Keri-Lynn Wilson.
MORE... the tenor Kieran Carrel sang six of Haydn’s English-language canzonettas with a voice as clear and sweet as an Austrian Eiswein.
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. He has also appeared as Rinaldo/Haydn’s Armida at the Bregenz Festival and future seasons see him debut at Glyndebourne Festival and Opera Köln.
Kieran combines his opera performances with a heathy concert career. In the current season he sings Tippett A Child of our Time for Glyndebourne; Bach Weihnachtsoratorium with the WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln and Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin and Evangelist St John Passion with the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra as well as Mendelssohn Lobgesang with the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra.
Future seasons highlights include Haydn Die Jahreszeiten at the Maggio Musicale, Florence with Marc Minkowski and Die Schöpfung with the Konzerthaus Orchester Berlin and Joana Mallwitz. He will also sing Bach Weihnachtsoratorium with the Leipzig Gewandhausorchester and Evangelist St Matthew Passion with the Noord Nederlands Orkest,
In the 24/25 season Kieran performs a Schubert programme with Kristian Bezuidenhout at the MA Festival in Brugge, make his debut at the Schubertiade Schwarzenburg and return to a Heidelberger Frühling with James Bailieu. Laster this year he will return to the Pierre Boulez Saal in Berlin with Julius Drake in a Byron based programme as part of a Lied und Lyric series and past appearances at Wigmore Hall include a Hugo Wolf Song Gala with James Baillieu: and Haydn canzonettas with András Schiff.
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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