Karen Cargill

Mezzo-soprano Karen Cargill made a splash early in her career with a debut in Wagner's Die Götterdämmerung at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. She has gone on to an international career in German, French, and Italian opera, as well as in concert music. In 2007, Cargill made her debut in Rossini's The Barber of Seville. In 2012, she made her first recording, Berlioz's song cycle Les Nuits d'été, with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Among her recording credits is a live 2015 performance of Berlioz's La morte de Cléopâtre with the London Symphony under conductor Valery Gergiev. In 2021, she returned with the French song recital Fleur de mon âme with pianist Simon Lepper.