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Karan Armstrong

Debut 1966 (San Francisco, Musetta part). Since 1976 he has been performing in Europe. In 1977, with great success, Spanish. title role in Salome (Munich). In 1979 she made her debut at the Bayreuth Festival as Elsa in Lohengrin. She sang the title roles in op. Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande (1980, Grand Opera), Berg’s Lulu (1st English production of the full version, op., 1981, Covent Garden, dir. Friedrich). Participated in the world premiere of op. “The King listens” Berio (1984, Salzburg). She sang in the mono-opera “Waiting” by Schoenberg (1985, Vienna Opera; 1994, Deutsche Oper). Use the part of Marshall in op. The Rosenkavalier (1993, Deutsche Oper), where she sang the part of Jocasta in Enescu’s Oedipus in 1996. In repertoire. also parts from op. Janacek, Poulenc, Korngold; classic roles. repertoire. (Tosca, Violetta, Margarita, Suzanne). Among the recordings of the part are Elsa (conducted by V. Nelsson, Philips), Alice Ford (conducted by Solti, Decca) and others.

E. Tsodokov