Born in Flensburg, Germany, Dorothea Röschmann was awarded the title of Kammersängerin by the Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin. A frequent guest at the Salzburg Festival since her debut in 1995 with Nikolaus Harnoncourt, she has appeared in countless major roles in the world’s greatest opera houses, including the Wiener Staatsoper, Bayerische Staatsoper Munich, La Monnaie in Brussels, the Opéra Bastille in Paris, the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Teatro alla Scala Milan, Bolshoi Theatre, and Metropolitan Opera. In the 2022–2023 season, she performs at the Hamburgische Staatsoper, Bayerische Staatsoper, Munich, and Royal Opera House Covent Garden, and will make a notable debut at the Opéra National de Lorraine, Nancy. A prolific concert artist and recitalist, her live recording with Mitsuko Uchida at Wigmore Hall won the Best Solo Vocal Album at the 2017 GRAMMY Awards, and she is acclaimed for her prize-winning discography, notably on the Sony Classical label.  

Scottish mezzo-soprano Karen Cargill studied at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in 2018 and is currently interim Head of Vocal Studies there. Concerts this season and beyond include Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde with WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln and Cristian Măcelaru; Mahler’s Symphony no. 2 with Orquesta y Coro Nacionales de España and David Afkham, and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla; Bartók’s Bluebeard’s Castle with Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin and Robin Ticciati; Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis with the Philadelphia Orchestra and Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Wagner’s Fricka in Das Rheingold with the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra and Nézet-Séguin; and a return to the Edinburgh International Festival. She has performed at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden; Metropolitan Opera, New York; Deutsche Oper Berlin; Glyndebourne and Edinburgh International festivals; and in recital at Wigmore Hall London; Concertgebouw Amsterdam; Kennedy Center Washington and Carnegie Hall New York.