Katarina Karnéus - Why Do They Shut Me Out Of Heaven by Copland (CSOTW, 18th June 1995)

Katarina Karnéus performing "Why Do They Shut Me Out Of Heaven" from Aaron Copland's song cycle "Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson" during the final of the Cardiff Singer Of The World competition in 1995. The Swedish mezzo-soprano won the Main Prize that year. She has since become a household name on the world's opera stages, including Metropolitan Opera, Paris Opera, Bayerische Staatsoper, Opera National de Paris, among many others. Katarina Karnéus is equally active as a concert and recital singer, with engagements at the Proms, the Salzburg and Edinburgh festivals and many more. She was named Hovsångerska by the King of Sweden in 2018 and has been a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music since 2021. Accompanied by Ingrid Surgenor Subscribe to the channel here to stay up to date with new releases https://bit.ly/SubscribeToCardiffSinger (p) 2022 BBC. The copyright in the recording is owned by the BBC. The BBC word mark and logo are trade-marks of the British Broadcasting Corporation and used under licence. BBC Logo © BBC 2007 #CardiffSingerOfTheWorld #CardiffSinger #CSOTW #BBCWales #KatarinaKarneus #classicalmusic #opera #operasinger #mezzosoprano #Copland #EmilyDickinson #IngridSurgenor #song #lieder