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Carolyn Sampson (Soprano) |
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Born: May 18, 1974 - Bedford, England |
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The English soprano, Carolyn Sampson, read music at the University of Birmingham where she won the Arnold Goldsbrough Prize for Baroque performance. She currently studies with Richard Smart.
Carolyn Sampson made her opera debut with English National Opera in Monteverdi’s The Coronation of Poppea and returned to sing Tanterabogus in The Fairy Queen with the company in London and Barcelona and recently sang Euridice and La Musica in L'Orfeo with Le Concert d'Astrée at The Barbican. Her repertoire includes Salome in Stradella’s San Giovanni Battista and Euridyce in Gluck’s Orphé et Euridyce, Belinda in Dido and Aeneas, Susanna in Le Nozze Di Figaro and Adina in L’Elisir d’Amore.
Carolyn Sampson's concert engagements have included Messiah with The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment a USA tour with The King's Consort as featured soloist, J.S. Bach's St Matthew Passion (BWV 244) with The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra / Philippe Herreweghe, St John Passion (BWV 245) with The Freiburg Baroque Orchestra / Gustav Leonhardt, Monteverdi's Vespers with The Washington Bach Consort / Harry Christophers, St Matthew Passion (BWV 244) at the BBC Proms with The English Concert / Trevor Pinnock, Esther in New York with The Gabrieli Consort / Paul McCreesh, Les Illuminations with the Manchester Camerata/Nicholas Kraemer, Igor Stravinsky and J.S. Bach with La Chapelle Royale, and Felix Mendelssohn and Schubert with Orchestre des Champs Elysées / Philippe Herreweghe. She has also performed with ChorWerk Ruhr/ Frieder Bernius, Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Stephen Layton, Ensemble Baroque de Limoges / Christophe Coin, RIAS Kammerchor, Israel Chamber Orchestra, City of London Sinfonia and Sonnerie.
Carolyn Sampson recently joined Robin Blaze for a joint recital at the Wigmore Hall and has appeared in The Proms Chamber Music Series and given recitals for BBC Radio 3, BBC Scotland and The Hampstead and Highgate Festival. She has recorded Johann Kuhnau, Sebastian Knüpfer, Antonio Vivaldi, Jan Dismas Zelenka, Monteverdi and Lalande for Hyperion, J.S. Bach for Harmonia Mundi, Orfeo for Virgin Classics and Dietrich Buxtehude for Linn Records.
Carolyn Sampson’s future opera engagements include her debut with Opéra de Paris singing First Niece in Peter Grimes and Pamina The Magic Flute and the title role in Semele for English National Opera. She will also perform J.S. Bach with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Johannes Brahms with the Holland Sinfonia and scenes from Gluck's Armide with Music of the Baroque, Chicago. She visits festivals and cities all over Europe on tour with The Sixteen and The King's Consort. Her recording plans include Amor in Gluck's Elena e Paride with The Gabrieli Consort / Paul McCreesh for DG Archiv, Bach Cantatas with Collegium Vocale / Philippe Herreweghe for Harmonia Mundi and with Bach Collegium Japan / Masaaki Suzuki for BIS, as well as Antonio Vivaldi and Monteverdi with The King's Consort and Rameau opera arias with Ex Cathedra for Hyperion. |
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"..the rising star Carolyn Sampson has a wonderfully clear and harmonically rich voice, full of conviction and she sends her high notes straight to the heart...A remarkable young singer" |
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Sources:
CPM Management Website (February 2003)
Contributed by Aryeh Oron (July 2003, May 2017) |
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Carolyn Sampson : Short Biography | General Discussions |
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Recordings of Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works |
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Conductor |
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Works |
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Harry Bicket |
Soprano |
[V-1] (2012, Video): BWV 232 [1st recording] |
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Frans Brüggen |
Soprano |
V-8 (2010): BWV 245 [2nd recording]
V-6 (2010): BWV 245 [3rd recording] |
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Riccardo Chailly |
Soprano |
BWV 248 |
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Jonathan Cohen |
Soprano |
[C-2] (2020): BWV 169: Chorale |
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Mahan Esfahan [harpsichord, clavicord] |
Soprano |
[K-8] (2021, CD/MP3): BWV 510, BWV 511 [,BWV 515a, BWV 515a, BWV 516 BWV 82/2,BWV 82/3, BWV 514, BWV 518, BWV 299, BWV 517, BWV 509, BWV 513, BWV 508 |
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Aapo Häkkinen |
Soprano |
[C-1] (2017): BWV 105 [arranged by R. Schumann] |
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Matthew Halls |
Soprano |
BWV 11, BWV 249 |
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Philippe Herreweghe |
Soprano |
BWV 38, BWV 63, BWV 75, BWV 207, BWV 214, BWV 243a, |
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Stephen Layton |
Soprano |
BWV 245 |
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Rudolf Lutz |
Soprano |
BWV 202 [2017] |
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Paul McCreesh |
Soprano |
P-1 (2005, Audio): G.F. Handel: Opera Alcina, HWV 34 [Morgana] |
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Petra Müllejans |
Soprano |
C-3 (2016): BWV 202, BWV 152, BWV 199 |
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Andris Nelsons |
Soprano |
[V-1] (2018): BWV 248/1-6 |
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Hans-Christoph Rademann |
Soprano |
BWV 232 [2nd, 2015] |
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Masaaki Suzuki |
Soprano |
BWV 1, BWV 28, BWV 51, BWV 56: Chorale, BWV 68, BWV 82, BWV 84, BWV 85, BWV 127, BWV 169: Chorale, BWV 183, BWV 210, BWV 211
Sacred Cantatas Vol. 38 (2006): BWV 52, BWV 58
Secular Cantatas Vol. 10 (2017): BWV 30a, BWV 204
BWV 232, BWV 1083, BWV 1127
[V-13] (2019): BWV 244 [2nd recording] |
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Masaaki Suzuki |
Soprano |
Member of Bach Collegium Japan:
Sacred Cantatas Vol. 34: BWV 1, BWV 126, BWV 127
Sacred Cantatas Vol. 38 (2006): BWV 52, BWV 55
Sacred Cantatas Vol. 39: BWV 28, BWV 68, BWV 85, BWV 175, BWV 183
Secular Cantatas Vol. 10 (2017): BWV 30a
[V-13] (2019): BWV 244 [2nd recording] |
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Links to other Sites |
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Carolyn Sampson - Soprano (Caroline Phillips Management)
Artist Page - Carolyn Sampson (Hyperion)
Carolyn Sampson, biography, discography (Goldberg)
Featured Artist : Carolyn Sampson (Harmonia Mundi)
Raphi's Serious Singers List: Sopranos: Carolyn Sampson
Carolyn Sampson (Wanadoo) [Photo]
deSingel - Carolyn Sampson [Flemish]
Conciertos de la Tradicion [Spanish] |
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