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Karen Cargill was recently in Canada to sing Mahler’s great Symphony No. 2, the ‘Resurrection’, with the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal conducted by their new Music Director Rafael Payare. The final concert at the Maison Symphonique in Montréal was streamed live on Medici.tv. Karen then headed back to London for the opening concert of the London Philharmonic Orchestra’s new season...

Karen Cargill appears twice at this year’s Edinburgh International Festival singing Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin followed by Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and Sir Andrew Davis in the closing concert of this year’s Festival.

Karen Cargill has performed Mahler’s powerfully moving Second Symphony with orchestras throughout Europe and beyond, and on Saturday audiences in Birmingham will be able to hear her sing this remarkable work with the CBSO at the conclusion of their 21/22 season in Symphony Hall. Markus Stenz conducts, making his debut with the orchestra. Recent highlights for Karen include Mahler Symphony...

The Edinburgh International Festival has reinvented itself in 2020 as an online event, with newly filmed videos of performances by, amongst others, Karen Cargill with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, conducted by Thomas Søndergård. Karen’s performance of three Rückert-Lieder by Mahler was acclaimed by Richard Morrison in The Times for her ‘ravishing tone’. Ivan Hewett in the Daily Telegraph wrote: 'The video...

Karen Cargill returns to the DSO Berlin conducted by Robin Ticciati in November to sing a favourite role, Marguerite in Berlioz Damnation of Faust. Other season highlights include Elgar Sea Pictures with Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra and Thomas Sondergard and Bach B minor Mass with the Philadelphia Orchestra and Yannick Nézet-Séguin while, in opera, Karen will appear as Judith...