Katarina Karnéus
Katarina Karnéus (* November 26, 1965 in Stockholm) is a Swedish mezzo-soprano.
Life
Karnéus completed her musical studies at Trinity College of Music in London and at the National Opera Studio from. Since then, she has been active primarily as a concert and opera singer. With its extensive international activities she performed, among others, at the Welsh National Opera, English National Opera, the Opéra Comique, the Opéra Bastille in Paris, the Chicago Lyric Opera, the Glyndebourne Festival, the Brussels Théâtre de la Monnaie, at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, London, and at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich.
Her repertoire includes the following parts one: Dorabella ( Così fan tutte ), Sesto ( Giulio Cesare in Egitto ), Cherubino (Le nozze di Figaro ), Rosina ( Il Barbiere di Siviglia ), Angelina (La Cenerentola ), Octavian ( Der Rosenkavalier ), Marguerite (La damnation de Faust ), Annio and Sesto (La clemenza di Tito ), GESCHWITZ ( Lulu ).
Awards
- Christine Nielsen Award ( 1994)
- Overall victory in the competition Cardiff Singer of the World (1995 )