Born in Stockholm, Katarina Karnéus studied at Trinity College of Music in London, and at the National Opera Studio. In 1995 she won the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Competition.
Since then she has appeared throughout the world in opera, concert and recital and worked with many leading conductors including Sir Simon Rattle, Sir Charles Mackerras, Sir Mark Elder, Sir Roger Norrington, Antonio Pappano, Michael Tilson Thomas, Franz Welser-Möst and Ivor Bolton.
Opera engagements have included The Metropolitan Opera New York, the Royal Opera House Covent Garden and Glyndebourne Festival Opera. Her repertoire includes the great mezzo roles of Handel, Mozart, Rossini, Bizet, Wagner and Strauss ... read full bio
Born in Stockholm, Katarina Karnéus studied at Trinity College of Music in London, and at the National Opera Studio. In 1995 she won the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Competition.
Since then she has appeared throughout the world in opera, concert and recital and worked with many leading conductors including Sir Simon Rattle, Sir Charles Mackerras, Sir Mark Elder, Sir Roger Norrington, Antonio Pappano, Michael Tilson Thomas, Franz Welser-Möst and Ivor Bolton.
Opera engagements have included The Metropolitan Opera New York, the Royal Opera House Covent Garden and Glyndebourne Festival Opera. Her repertoire includes the great mezzo roles of Handel, Mozart, Rossini, Bizet, Wagner and Strauss.
In concert, Katarina Karnéus has worked with many of the world’s leading orchestras including the Berlin Philharmonic, the NDR Symphony, the Vienna Symphony, the San Francisco Symphony and at the BBC Proms, the Edinburgh Festival and the Salzburg Festival.
As a recitalist she has been heard in many major venues in Europe and North America including London’s Wigmore Hall, the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Lincoln Center New York, La Monnaie Brussels, Frankfurt, Washington, San Francisco and Frankfurt.
EMI have released a number of acclaimed discs featuring Katarina Karnéus. A recent recording is
Szymanowski’s Love Songs of Hafiz with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Sir Simon Rattle. Her Glyndebourne Brangäne can now be seen on DVD, and most recently her recording of Mahler’s Symphony No 8 with the San Francisco Symphony received two Grammy Awards.
Recent and future plans include Donna Elvira for Covent Garden, Fricka for Opera North, Ruggiero/
Alcina in Gothenburg, Ariane /
Ariane et Barbe-Bleu for Oper Frankfurt and the Liceu, Barcelona; concert tours to the USA and Europe with the San Francisco Symphony as well as concerts throughout Europe and in Australia.
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