Elinor Carter (Mezzo-soprano)

Born: York, England

The English mezzo-soprano, Elinor Carter, was born in York and grew up surrounded by music. At school she was primarily an instrumentalist, but she went on to be a choral scholar at Clare College, Cambridge, where she gained her degree in French, German and Linguistics. She continued her vocal training at the Royal College of Music, studying with Neil Mackie, John Blakely and Roger Vignoles. During her time there she won prizes for J.S. Bach, George Frideric Handel and English song and was awarded a Senior Exhibition.

Elinor Carter has performed widely, notably under the baton of Sir John Eliot Gardiner, with whom she also recorded Antonio Vivaldi’s Gloria. Recitals have taken her to America and to France on a regular basis, and she has a particular fondness for the 20th Century English and French song repertoire. In 2002 she opened the Three Choirs’ Festival in Worcester Cathedral with The Dream of Gerontius by Edward Elgar, and she has sung his Sea Pictures on two occasions. Elinor has also performed Felix Mendelssohn’s Elijah with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Les Nuits d’Eté by Berlioz with the Northern Sinfonia.

Elinor Carter currently lives in Oxfordshire and divides her time between singing, teaching and walking her dog.

Source: Elinor Carter Website
Contributed by Aryeh Oron (June 2014)

Recordings of Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works

Conductor

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Works

John Eliot Gardiner

Alto

Member of Monteverdi Choir:
C-10 (1998); BWV 63, BWV 64, BWV 121
BCP Vol. 3: CD-1: BWV 24, BWV 185, BWV 177
BCP Vol. 6: CD-1: BWV 69a, BWV 137; CD-2: BWV 77, BWV 164, BWV 33
BCP Vol. 7: CD-1: BWV 25, BWV 78, BWV 17
BCP Vol. 9: CD-2: BWV 96, BWV 169, BWV 116
BCP Vol. 10: CD-1: BWV 48, BWV 5, BWV 90, BWV 56; CD-2: BWV 79, BWV 192, BWV 80
BCP Vol. 13: CD-1: BWV 61, BWV 62, BWV 36
BCP Vol. 18: CD-1: BWV 63, BWV 191
BCP Vol. 20: CD-1: BWV 144, BWV 84, BWV 92
BCP Vol. 21: CD-2: BWV 182, BWV 1
BCP Vol. 23: CD-2: BWV 104, BWV 85, BWV 112
BCP Vol. 25: CD-2: BWV 44, BWV 150, BWV 183; Johann Christoph Bach: Motet Fürchte dich nicht
BCP Vol. 26: CD-1: BWV 172, BWV 59, BWV 74, BWV 34; CD-2: BWV 173, BWV 68, BWV 174
BCP Vol. 27: CD-1: BWV 184, BWV 175; CD-2: BWV 194, BWV 176, BWV 165, BWV 129

Links to other Sites

Elinor Carter - Mezzo-soprano (Official Website)