{"id":30546,"date":"2023-07-07T13:01:35","date_gmt":"2023-07-07T11:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/?p=185989"},"modified":"2023-07-07T13:40:10","modified_gmt":"2023-07-07T11:40:10","slug":"who-is-karen-cargill-a-guide-to-the-operatic-soprano","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/rss_feed\/who-is-karen-cargill-a-guide-to-the-operatic-soprano\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is Karen Cargill? A guide to the operatic soprano"},"content":{"rendered":"

All you need to know about the Scottish operatic soprano Karen Cargill <\/p>

By Steve Wright\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Friday, 07 July 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Who is Karen Cargill?<\/b><\/h2>\n
Karen Cargill is a Scottish operatic mezzo-soprano, and one of the most renowned singers of her generation.<\/strong><\/p>\n
She has performed with both the Metropolitan Opera and at the Edinburgh International Festival. She also performs twice at the 2023 BBC Proms<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n
The 20 greatest sopranos of all time<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
BBC Proms: all you need to know<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>
How old is Karen Cargill?<\/h2>\n
Karen was born in December 1975.<\/p>\n
Where is Karen Cargill from?<\/h2>\n
Cargill was born in Arbroath, Scotland.^{\u00a0Her father was a plumber and her mother worked in a bank.^{<\/p>\n\n<h3>Where did she study?<\/h3>\nCargill went to Carnoustie Academy, in Angus, east-central Scotland. She went on to study at the <a class=\""mw-redirect"\" title=\""Royal\" scottish=\"\" academy=\"\" of=\"\" music=\"\" and=\"\" drama=\"\" href=\""https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Royal_Scottish_Academy_of_Music_and_Drama"\">Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<iframe title=\""Karen\" cargill=\"\" width=\""200"\" height=\""113"\" src=\""https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Cn03d5Nltoo?feature=oembed"\" frameborder=\""0"\" allow=\""accelerometer;\" autoplay=\"\" clipboard-write=\"\" encrypted-media=\"\" gyroscope=\"\" picture-in-picture=\"\" web-share=\"\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/>\n<h3>Is Karen Cargill married?<\/h3>\nYes \u2013 to Nick Zekulin, former chief executive of the National Youth Orchestras of Scotland.<\/p>\n<h3>What roles has she sung?<\/h3>\nKaren\u2019s operatic roles include Genevi\u00e8ve in <a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/composers\/claude-debussy\/"\">Debussy<\/strong><\/a>\u2018s Pell\u00e9as et M\u00e9lisande<\/em>, Judith in <a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/composers\/bela-bartok\/"\">Bart\u00f3k<\/strong><\/a>\u2018s Bluebeard\u2019s Castle<\/em>, Dryade in <a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/composers\/richard-strauss\/"\">Strauss<\/strong><\/a>\u2018s Ariadne auf Naxos<\/em>, Dido in <a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/composers\/henry-purcell\/"\">Purcell<\/strong><\/a>\u2018s Dido and Aeneas<\/em> and Anna in <a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/composers\/hector-berlioz\/"\">Berlioz<\/strong><\/a>\u2018s Les Troyens<\/em>.<\/p>\n<ul><li><a class=\""standard-card-newarticle-title"\" href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/articles\/story-debussys-pell-et-m-lisande\/"\">The story of\u2026 Debussy\u2019s \u2018Pell\u00e9as et M\u00e9lisande\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a class=\""standard-card-newarticle-title"\" href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/works\/bluebeards-castle-bartok\/"\">Bluebeard\u2019s Castle<\/em>: how Bart\u00f3k\u2019s psychodrama holds a dark fascination<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nKaren is also much admired for her <a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/composers\/richard-wagner-2\/"\">Wagner<\/strong><\/a> roles: she regularly sings Erda in <a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/works\/guide-wagners-das-rheingold\/"\">Das Rheingold<\/em><\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/works\/guide-wagners-siegfried\/"\">Siegfried<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, Fricka in Das Rheingold<\/em>, Brang\u00e4ne in <a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/works\/guide-wagners-tristan-und-isolde\/"\">Tristan und Isolde<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, Waltraute in <a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/works\/guide-wagners-gotterdammerung\/"\">G\u00f6tterd\u00e4mmerung<\/em><\/strong><\/a> and Magdalena in Die Meistersinger von N\u00fcrnberg<\/em>.<\/p>\n<ul><li><a class=\""standard-card-new__article-title"\" href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/works\/what-does-wagners-ring-cycle-mean\/"\">What is Wagner\u2019s Ring Cycle?<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nShe has also recently sung <a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/composers\/gustav-mahler\/"\">Mahler<\/strong><\/a> Symphony No. 2 with both the Deutsche Oper Berlin and the Orchestre Symphonique de Montr\u00e9al, and Mahler Symphony No. 3 with Deutsches SymphonieOrchester Berlin under Robin Ticciati.<\/p>\n<iframe title=\""Karen\" cargill=\"\" mahler=\"\" gatti=\"\" width=\""200"\" height=\""113"\" src=\""https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AnYNIpu_Qas?feature=oembed"\" frameborder=\""0"\" allow=\""accelerometer;\" autoplay=\"\" clipboard-write=\"\" encrypted-media=\"\" gyroscope=\"\" picture-in-picture=\"\" web-share=\"\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/>\n<h3>What awards has Karen Cargill won?<\/h3>\nKaren Cargill won the 2002 <a href=\""https:\/\/ferrierawards.org.uk\/about\/"\">Kathleen Ferrier Award<\/strong><\/a>, an annual prize and funding given to a young British singer to cover the cost of a year\u2019s study and general support. More recently, in 2021 Cargill was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Operatic Recording as part of the Metropolitan Opera\u2019s recording of <a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/composers\/francis-poulenc\/"\">Poulenc<\/strong><\/a>\u2018s Dialogues des Carm\u00e9lites<\/em>.<\/p>\nIn July 2018, Karen was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.<\/p>\n<h3>Did you know?<\/h3>\nKaren is Patron of the National Girls\u2019 Choir of Scotland.<\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" All you need to know about the Scottish operatic soprano Karen Cargill <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":30547,"template":"","categories":[1],"acf":{"readingTimeMinutes":"2"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2023\/07\/who-is-karen-cargill-a-guide-to-the-operatic-soprano.png",1428,978,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2023\/07\/who-is-karen-cargill-a-guide-to-the-operatic-soprano-150x150.png",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2023\/07\/who-is-karen-cargill-a-guide-to-the-operatic-soprano-300x205.png",300,205,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2023\/07\/who-is-karen-cargill-a-guide-to-the-operatic-soprano-768x526.png",768,526,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2023\/07\/who-is-karen-cargill-a-guide-to-the-operatic-soprano-1024x701.png",800,548,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2023\/07\/who-is-karen-cargill-a-guide-to-the-operatic-soprano.png",1428,978,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2023\/07\/who-is-karen-cargill-a-guide-to-the-operatic-soprano.png",1428,978,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"All you need to know about the Scottish operatic soprano Karen Cargill","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/30546"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}}}

How old is Karen Cargill?<\/h2>\nKaren was born in December 1975.<\/p>\n

How old is Karen Cargill?<\/h2>\n
Karen was born in December 1975.<\/p>\n