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Katharine Fuge (Soprano) |
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Born: 1968 - Jersey, England |
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The English soprano, Katharine Fuge, grew on the Channel Island of Jersey, then moved to London to study music, first at The City University and later at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
As a respected and versatile performer, Katharine Fu now has a busy and varied schedule appearing regularly in major festivals, concert venues and cathedrals across Europe and worldwide. She has a well-established reputation as a performer of great integrity and sensitivity, with a special feeling for text and language in both concert and recital. Her increasingly busy and varied schedule includes singing with professional ensembles such as the Gabrieli Consort, the Monteverdi Choir and as a soloist in major concert venues, cathedrals and festivals throughout Britain and Europe. She appears with many period performance ensembles in the UK. Throughout 2000 she was a regular soloist in the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage with the English Baroque Soloists under John Eliot Gardiner in venues throughout Europe and New York. In April 2001 she performed J.S. Bach’s St. Matthew Passion (BWV 244) across Holland with De Nederlandse BachVereniging. Other highlights include works by George Frideric Handel and Jan Dismas Zelenka with Collegium Vocale Gent, G.F. Handel's Belshazzar with the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, G.F. Handel’s Athalia with Frieder Bernius and Kammerchor Stuttgart in Ghent and Göttingen, and others.
Katharine Fuge has performed in such prestigious venues as Wigmore Hall and Birmingham Symphony Hall. She has performed with many of England’s leading orchestras, including Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and London Mozart Players.
Highlights of Katharine Fuge’s recent seasons include her debut at The Edinburgh International Festival performing Haydn’s Die Schöpfung with Norrington and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Johannes Brahms’ Deutsches Requiem at the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam and The Royal Festival Hall, London with John Eliot Gardiner, performances of Monteverdi’s Vespro della Beata Vergine 1610 with Collegium Vocale Gent, Bach Cantatas with the Ricercar Consort, and Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana with The Bach Choir, London and David Hill. In 2004 she made her debuts at both the BBC Proms performing J.S. Bach’s Mass in B minor (BWV 232) with John Eliot Gardiner, and at the Aldeburgh Festival. Other recent highlights include Johannes Brahms’ Requiem with Philippe Herreweghe, J.S. Bach’s St. John Passion (BWV 245) with Paul McCreesh, Mozart’s Mass in C minor in Los Angeles and New York, the role of Belinda in Purcell’s Dido & Aeneas in the Far East, Francis Poulenc’s Stabat Mater with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Mozart’s Mass in C minor with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Haydn's Die Schöpfung with the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Bach Cantatas in Canada, and G.F. Handel’s L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato with Freiburger Barockorchester.
Katharine Fuge’s recordings include Antonio Vivaldi's Gloria and G.F. Handel's Dixit Dominus with Sir John Eliot Gardiner on Philips, Sacred Voices with Harry Bicket, and a recording of Christmas music with the Monteverdi Choir, and Dvorak’s Mass in D. Her most recent recordings include critically acclaimed performances of Bach Cantatas with both John Eliot Gardiner (DG Archiv, and J.E. Gardiner’s own label Soli Deo Gloria), and Philippe Pierlot and the Ricercar Consort (Actus Tragicus for Mirare) -further recordings in both series are being released this year. Her other recordings include Messiah with the Regensburger Domspatzen and Musica Florea Prague. |
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Source: The Bach Cantata Pilgrimage brochure (December 2000); Programme notes to a concert of The Israel Camerata (June 2002); Various Websites
Contributed by Galina Kolomietz (May 2001) Website & Aryeh Oron (August 2002, July 2009) |
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Recordings of Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works |
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Conductor |
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Michael Brewer |
Soprano |
BWV 244 [sung in English] |
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John Eliot Gardiner |
Soprano |
BWV 94, BWV 98, BWV 105, BWV 133, BWV 139, BWV 168
BCP: BWV 8, BWV 21, BWV 27, BWV 47, BWV 69a, BWV 85, BWV 86, BWV 91, BWV 95, BWV 96, BWV 97, BWV 107, BWV 112, BWV 114, BWV 116, BWV 121, BWV 122, BWV 133, BWV 137, BWV 186, BWV 187
BWV 245 [2nd], BWV 245 [DVD, 3rd] |
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Philippe Pierlot |
Soprano |
BWV 4 [2nd], BWV 4 [3rd], BWV 18, BWV 106 [2nd], BWV 106 [3rd], BWV 131, BWV 150, BWV 161, BWV 182, BWV 198, BWV 234 [w/ Ricercar Consort] |
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Links to other Sites |
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Katharine Fuge - Soprano (Official Website)
Soloists of the season 2001/2002: Katharine Fuge
Katharine Fuge (City Choir) |
Katharine Fuge [French]
Katharine Fuge - Soprano (Impulse Art Management) [Dutch/English] |
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