Karen Cargill
Karen Cargill is a Scottish operatic mezzo-soprano singer. She has performed with the Metropolitan Opera and at the Edinburgh International Festival.
Early life
Cargill was born in Arbroath, Scotland.[1] Her father is a plumber and her mother worked in a bank.[2] She attended Carnoustie Academy. She studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama with an exchange year in Toronto, Canada.[3]
Musical career
She was joint winner of 2002 Kathleen Ferrier Award, with bass-baritone Jonathan Lemalu.[4] She made her Scottish Opera debut in September 2007 with the part of Rosina in The Barber of Seville.[5]
In December 2012 she appeared in the supporting cast with the Metropolitan Opera for Berlioz's Les Troyens.[6] In April 2013 she appeared with the Metropolitan Opera performing as Waltraute in the Götterdämmerung.[7] In April 2015 she appeared at the Weill Recital Hall to perform Mahler's Rückert-Lieder, billed as her New York debut in songs.[8]
In 2016, she performed at the Edinburgh International Festival.[9] In September of that year she performed at the Proms in the Park at Glasgow Green.[10] In 2017 she performed "Um Mitternacht" (Rückert Lieder) at the Edinburgh International Festival.[11]
References
- ↑ "Classical: Karen Cargill – 'We laughed about it – the logic was to cast me as SCO featured artist'". The Scotsman. 2 February 2010. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
- ↑ "Mezzo Karen Cargill reveals her forte". The Scotsman. 4 October 2014. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
- ↑ Smith, Mark (4 April 2011). "When I was a teenager, opera seemed a million miles away, something I could possibly do – but my voice wasn't mature enough". The Herald. Glasgow. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
- ↑ Jack, Adrian (1 May 2002). "Lemalu, first among equals. Kathleen Ferrier Awards, Wigmore Hall, London". The Independent. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
- ↑ "Popping offstage to the Barber". The Scotsman. 28 September 2007. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
- ↑ Tommasini, Anthony (14 December 2012). "Different War Horse Does the Trick.Berlioz's Troyens Returns to Metropolitan Opera". The New York Times. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
- ↑ da Fonseca-Wollheim, Corinna (24 April 2013). "Welcoming the Gods Back to Their Majestic Gloaming". The New York Times. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
- ↑ Allen, David (13 April 2015). "Review: Sarah Connolly and Karen Cargill in Separate Performances of Mahler's Rückert Lieder". The New York Times. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
- ↑ Bruce, Keith (15 August 2016). "Festival Music review: RSNO, Usher Hall, Edinburgh". The Herald. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
- ↑ Gunn, Marianne (11 September 2016). "Music review: Proms in the Park at Glasgow Green". The Herald. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
- ↑ Bruce, Keith (28 August 2017). "Festival Music review: BBC SSO, Usher Hall". The Herald. Glasgow. Retrieved 28 October 2017.