Kate Royal
Kate Royal (* 1979 in London ) is an English opera singer ( lyric soprano ).
Life
Her parents are singer and songwriter Steve Royal and dancer and model Carolyn Royal.
Kate Royal was born in London and attended in Bournemouth in the county of Dorset in southwest England school. She studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and later at the National Opera Studio , where she graduated in the summer of 2004. She became known to a wider audience when she stepped in at the Glyndebourne Festival Opera in 2004 as a replacement for the actress Pamina in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Magic Flute . Even Simon Rattle in 2004 here attention to them when they make a brief appearance in Mozart's opera Idomeneo had, and encouraged them immediately. In the following years she sang a number of lyrical soprano roles in various operas and gave recitals with the pianists Graham Johnson and Roger Vignoles . In 2006 she signed a contract with EMI Classics, and her first recordings of songs and arias came out in September 2007.
In 2013 she sang Pamina with the Berliner Philharmoniker under Simon Rattle in a concert performance of Mozart's Magic Flute , which was also released in the Digital Concert Hall .
Kate Royal has been married to the English actor and singer Julian Ovenden since December 2010 . The two have a son (* September 2009) and a daughter (* November 2011).
Prices
- 2004: Winner of the Kathleen Ferrier Award
- 2004: John Christie Award
- 2006: Young Artist Award from the Royal Philharmonic Society
Discography
solo
- Kate Royal : Academy of St Martin in the Fields , Edward Gardner , EMI Classics (2007)
- The Songs of Robert Schumann Vol. 10 : Joseph von Eichendorff Liederkreis Opus 39 , with Graham Johnson , Felicity Lott , and Ann Murray , Hyperion (2007)
- Midsummer Night : Orchestra of English National Opera & Crouch End Festival Chorus , Edward Gardner, EMI Records Ltd. Barcode 0094639441952 (2007)
- A Lesson in Love , with Malcolm Martineau (piano), EMI (2010)
Further
- Ian Bostridge with Kate Royal: Great Handel , EMI Classics (2007)
- Paul McCartney with Kate Royal: Ecce Cor Meum , EMI Classics (2006)
- Choir of King's College, Cambridge with Kate Royal: Purcell: Music for Queen Mary
Web links
- Soprano Kate Royal - Great Opera ( Memento from April 10, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), Stern.de , May 31, 2009
- Kate Royal , EMI Classics
- Kate Royal Official Music Site , MySpace , English
- Kate Royal , Askonas Holt, UK, English
Individual evidence
- ^ Sarah Oliver: The other Royal wedding: Opera singer Kate Royal on juggling her family with stellar performances worldwide , Daily Mail, UK, January 22, 2011, accessed online April 25, 2013
- ↑ Neil Fisher: Kate Royal , The Times , Jan. 2, 2006, accessed online April 25, 2013
- ↑ Emilia Blumberg: Soprano Kate Royal: Great Opera ( Memento from April 10, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), Stern.de, May 31, 2009, accessed online on April 25, 2013
- ↑ Geoff Brown: Kate Royal , The Times , September 8, 2007, accessed online April 25, 2013
- ^ Berliner Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle, Dimitry Ivashchenko, Pavol Breslik, Kate Royal, Michael Nagy , Digital Concert Hall, April 7, 2013, accessed online on April 25, 2013
- ↑ Chrissy Iley: ian Ovenden: the sweet-singing son of a Queen's chaplain , The Telegraph , UK, April 15, 2012, accessed online April 25, 2013
- ^ Rupert Christiansen: Loneliness of the long-distance singer , The Daily Telegraph, UK, September 17, 2009, accessed online April 25, 2013
- ↑ Kate Royal ( Memento of the original from September 19, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , LA Phil, accessed online April 26, 2013
- ^ Young Artists: Past Winners , Royal Philharmonic Society, accessed online April 25, 2013
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Royal, Kate |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English opera singer (lyric soprano) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1979 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |