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Performer: Karen Cargill

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ParisOrchestre de Paris / Esa-Pekka Salonen

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Mozart, Mahler
Orchestre de Paris; Esa-Pekka Salonen; Iris Scialom; Karen Cargill; Andrew Staples

StockholmMahler and Byström

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Byström, Mahler
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra; Ryan Bancroft; Karen Cargill

AmsterdamSalome

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Strauss R.: Salome
Lorenzo Viotti; Ivo van Hove; Dutch National Opera; Jan Versweyveld; An D'Huys; Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra

PhiladelphiaYannick Leads Mahler’s Symphony No. 3

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Mahler: Symphony no. 3 in D minor
The Philadelphia Orchestra; Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Jeffrey R. Smith; Karen Cargill; Women of the Philadelphia Symphonic Choir; Commonwealth Youth Choir

New York CityMahler: Symphony No. 8

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Mahler: Symphony no. 8 in E flat major "Symphony of a Thousand"
The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Yannick Nézet-Séguin; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Angela Meade; Elza van den Heever; Erin Morley

TorontoMahler’s Eighth

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Mahler: Symphony no. 8 in E flat major "Symphony of a Thousand"
Toronto Symphony Orchestra; Gustavo Gimeno; Elisabeth Teige; Sarah Wegener; Sarah Dufresne; Karen Cargill
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Beethoven 9 ends the RSNO’s season with blockbuster flair

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The wider RSNO family give their all in a blockbuster Beethoven Ninth Symphony to end their season.
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Lepage’s Bluebeard and Erwartung pairing remains compelling theatre

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Some 30 years after its first appearance, Robert Lepage’s double bill of Duke Bluebeards Castle and Erwartung is still strikingly effective and very modern-looking music theatre.
*****
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Astonishing Mahler 2 from Runnicles and the BBC Scottish

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Sir Donald Runnicles and the BBC Scottish reunite for an astonishing Mahler 2 with Karen Cargill, Jennifer Davis and the Edinburgh Festival Chorus. 

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Willis-Sørensen headlines a successful Arabella revival at the Met

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The Metropolitan Opera revives Otto Schenk’s venerable staging of Strauss’s intimate melodrama. 
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Faust’s bargain, Berlioz’s triumph in Montréal’s season launch

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Rafael Payare leads a fevered account of desire, damnation and sonic grandeur, ably supported by Karen Cargill and Andrew Staples. 
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A dramatic, declamatory Elijah closes the 2025 Edinburgh Festival

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The festival’s closing concert brings drama from the RSNO and conductor Thomas Søndergård, but Christopher Maltman's Elijah brings the presence of greatness. 
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Follow my Lieder: Karen Cargill

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Scottish mezzo Karen Cargill shares her thoughts on programming, musical partners and how the audience can approach Lieder recitals.