Karina Gauvin
Karina Gauvin is a Canadian soprano who has made several recordings and is especially recognised for her interpretation of Baroque music.[1] Opera News stated that, "Gauvin knows how to rivet an audience in opera and concert. She has been a queen of Baroque opera for years. Her personality is big enough to dominate her elaborate wigs and costumes, and her soprano voice is like a clear, refreshing and inexhaustible spring that darts and sparkles around any ornamental obstacle in its way."[2]
Life and career
Born 1966 in
Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama.[2]
Gauvin made her professional opera debut with the
Chicago Symphony, Les Violons du Roy, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Minnesota Orchestra, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre Symphonique de Québec, Philadelphia Orchestra, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and Toronto Symphony Orchestra
among others.
Karina Gauvin is Mécénat Musica Artiste en résidence 2020–2023.
Discography[6]
Here is a list of albums and recordings featuring Karina Gauvin:
- IMAGES DE NOËL — 1999
- TAFELMUSIK — 1999
- MESSIAH — 1999
- FÊTE GALANTE — 1999
- SAMUEL BARBER — 2000
- APOLLO — 2000
- COUPERIN CONCERT DANS LE GOÛT THÉATRAL — 2000
- EXSULTATE JUBILATE — 2001
- MOZART REQUIEM — 2001
- CHANTS D’AUVERGNE — 2002
- MAHLER 4 — 2003
- ARIADNE — 2003
- BELLE VOCI: KARINA GAUVIN — 2004
- AGAR ET ISMAELE ESILIATI — 2004
- VIVALDI, TITO MANLIO — 2005
- HYVER — 2005
- PURCELL — 2006
- ALCINA HANDEL — 2007
- LULLY PSYCHÉ — 2007
- EZIO HANDEL — 2008
- HAENDEL ARIAS — 2008
- Vision Mahler – Symphony No. 2 in C Minor – 2008
- BRITTEN: LES ILLUMINATIONS — 2009
- PORPORA ARIAS — 2009
- PSAUME 51 / CANTATE 82 — 2009
- FARNACE VIVALDI — 2010
- ARIODANTE HANDEL — 2010
- HANDEL: STREAMS OF PLEASURE — 2011
- GIULIO CESARE — 2012
- MESSIAH — 2012
- PRIMA DONNA — 2012
- ALESSANDRO — 2012
- OLYMPIADE — 2012
- HANDEL ORLANDO – 2013
- GIOVE IN ARGO — 2013
- HAENDEL/TAMERLANO – 2014
- MOZART ARIAS — 2014
- Debussy: L’Enfant Prodigue, Ravel: L’Enfant et les sortileges – 2014
- Bach : Matthäus-Passion – 2014
- HANDEL : PARTENOPE – 2015
- STEFFANI NIOBE, REGINA DI TEBE – 2015
- OLIMPIE – 2016
- Mozart: Don Giovanni – 2016
- La Senna festeggiante de Vivaldi – 2017
- Mendelssohn: Symphonies 1-5 – 2017
- Clemence de Titus – 2017
- DIVINE KARINA – 2017
- Ascanio – 2018
- Ascanio – 2018
- NUITS BLANCHES – 2020
- Citations
- ^ Turp, Richard (May 2007). "Marshalling a career in ancient and modern: soprano Karina Gauvin takes on rare French Baroque in Boston's Psyche". Opera Canada (subscription required)
- ^ a b c Richard Dyer (October 2011). "Karina Triumphant". Opera News. 76 (4).
- ^
Higgs, Jennifer. "Karina Gauvin". Encyclopedia of Music in Canada. Historica Canada. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
- ^ a b Nathalie Petrowski (1 November 2008). "Karina Gauvin: perle naturelle..." La Presse (in French).
- ^ Lavallée, Nicholas (16 December 2008). "Karina Gauvin en nomination"[usurped]. Le Journal de Montréal (in French)
- ^ "Discographie". Karina Gauvin (in French). Retrieved 2023-06-15.
External links
- Karina Gauvin’s official website (Flash required)