Jill Carnegy, Countess of Northesk (''née'' Gomez; born 21 September 1942) is a Trinidadian and British
soprano
A soprano () is a type of classical female singing voice and has the highest vocal range of all voice types. The soprano's vocal range (using scientific pitch notation) is from approximately middle C (C4) = 261 Hz to "high A" (A5) = 880&n ...
who enjoyed an active career on the operatic stage and in the concert hall in a wide repertoire, and has made many recordings.
Life and career
Gomez was born in
New Amsterdam
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,
Guyana
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,Blyth, A. Jill Gomez. In: ''The New Grove Dictionary of Opera.'' Macmillan, London and New York, 1997. to Albert Clyde Gomez, a Spanish Trinidadian and to Denise Price Gomez (née Denham), and brought up in
Port of Spain
Port of Spain (Spanish: ''Puerto España''), officially the City of Port of Spain (also stylized Port-of-Spain), is the capital of Trinidad and Tobago and the third largest municipality, after Chaguanas and San Fernando. The city has a municip ...
,
Trinidad and Tobago
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. Her father became managing director and vice-chairman of
Angostura
Angostura may refer to:
Places
Mexico
* Angostura, Sinaloa, a city in north-west Mexico
** Angostura Municipality, Sinaloa, a municipality in Sinaloa, Mexico
* Puerto de la Angostura, Coahuila, site of the 1847 Battle of Buena Vista between Ame ...
, the famous distillers, and her British mother was a well-known actress and broadcaster in Trinidad.
After studying at St. Joseph's Convent (Port of Spain) in Trinidad and dominating at the islands' biennial Music Festival, she moved to England at 13, where she studied voice and piano at London's
Royal Academy of Music
The Royal Academy of Music (RAM) in London, England, is the oldest conservatoire in the UK, founded in 1822 by John Fane and Nicolas-Charles Bochsa. It received its royal charter in 1830 from King George IV with the support of the first Duke of ...
and
Guildhall School of Music and Drama
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, where her most important teacher was
Walther Gruner
Walther Gruner (25 September 1905 – 5 January 1980) was a baritone who taught at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
Early life and family
Walther Karl Grünebaum was born at Blumenstrasse 13, Frankfurt, Germany to Jewish parents. His f ...
. While studying at Guildhall, Jill performed the role of Helen on alternate nights with
contralto
A contralto () is a type of classical female singing voice whose vocal range is the lowest female voice type.
The contralto's vocal range is fairly rare; similar to the mezzo-soprano, and almost identical to that of a countertenor, typically b ...
singer Ann Wilson, in The Conspirators (Shubert), directed by Brian Trowell.
Her career began at Glyndebourne where she twice won the John Christie Award, making her solo operatic debut as Adina in
Donizetti
Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti (29 November 1797 – 8 April 1848) was an Italian composer, best known for his almost 70 operas. Along with Gioachino Rossini and Vincenzo Bellini, he was a leading composer of the '' bel canto'' opera style dur ...
's ''
L'elisir d'amore
''L'elisir d'amore'' (''The Elixir of Love'', ) is a ' (opera buffa) in two acts by the Italian composer Gaetano Donizetti. Felice Romani wrote the Italian libretto, after Eugène Scribe's libretto for Daniel Auber's ' (1831). The opera premiere ...
'' with the
Glyndebourne
Glyndebourne () is an English country house, the site of an opera house that, since 1934, has been the venue for the annual Glyndebourne Festival Opera. The house, located near Lewes in East Sussex, England, is thought to be about six hundr ...
Touring Opera in 1968. Also in 1968 came her Aminta in ''
Il re pastore
' (''The Shepherd King'') is an opera, K. 208, written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to an Italian libretto by Metastasio, edited by Giambattista Varesco. It is an opera seria. The opera was first performed on 23 April 1775 in Salzburg in the Ritt ...
'', at Ledlanet Nights. Gomez then created the role of Flora in ''
The Knot Garden
''The Knot Garden'' is the third opera by composer Michael Tippett for which he wrote the original English libretto. The work had its first performance at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, on 2 December 1970 conducted by Sir Colin Davis and p ...
'' at the
Royal Opera, London
The Royal Opera is a British opera company based in central London, resident at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden. Along with the English National Opera, it is one of the two principal opera companies in London. Founded in 1946 as the Cove ...
in 1970 and that of the Countess in
Thea Musgrave
Thea Musgrave CBE (born 27 May 1928) is a Scottish composer of opera and classical music. She has lived in the United States since 1972.
Biography
Born in Barnton, Edinburgh, Musgrave was educated at Moreton Hall School, a boarding independent ...
's ''The Voice of Ariadne'' at the
Aldeburgh Festival
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History of the Aldeburgh Festival
Th ...
in 1973. She also appeared in productions by the
English National Opera
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(
Governess
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),
Scottish Opera
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History
Scottish Op ...
Oper Frankfurt
The Oper Frankfurt (Frankfurt Opera) is a German opera company based in Frankfurt.
Opera in Frankfurt am Main has a long tradition, with many world premieres such as Franz Shrek's ''Der ferne Klang'' in 1912, '' Fennimore und Gerda'' by Frede ...
(
Cleopatra
Cleopatra VII Philopator ( grc-gre, Κλεοπάτρα Φιλοπάτωρ}, "Cleopatra the father-beloved"; 69 BC10 August 30 BC) was Queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt from 51 to 30 BC, and its last active ruler.She was also a ...
),
Kent Opera
Kent Opera was a British opera company active between 1969 and 1989. It was based in Ashford and regular venues included The Orchard Theatre, Dartford; Assembly Halls, Tunbridge Wells; Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury; Kings Theatre, Southsea; Theatre ...
(
Tatyana
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Variations
* be, Тацця́на, Tatsiana
* bg, Татяна, Tatyana
* germ ...
Aminta
''Aminta'' is a play written by Torquato Tasso in 1573, represented during a garden party at the court of Ferrara. Both the actors and the public were noble persons living at the Court, who could understand subtle allusions the poet made to that ...
,
Donna Anna
''Don Giovanni'' (; K. 527; Vienna (1788) title: , literally ''The Rake Punished, or Don Giovanni'') is an opera in two acts with music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to an Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte. Its subject is a centuries-old Spani ...
La Calisto
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The opera received its first performance on 28 November 1651 at the Teatro Sant 'Apollinare, Venice, where it dr ...
''),
Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux
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Wexford
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(
Thaïs
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Teresa
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It originates in the Iberian Peninsula in late antiquity. Its derivation is uncertain, it may be derived from Greek θερίζω (''therízō'') "to harvest or re ...
at the Berlioz Festival in Lyon.
She worked closely with
Jonathan Miller
Sir Jonathan Wolfe Miller CBE (21 July 1934 – 27 November 2019) was an English theatre and opera director, actor, author, television presenter, humourist and physician. After training in medicine and specialising in neurology in the late 19 ...
in ''
La traviata
''La traviata'' (; ''The Fallen Woman'') is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi set to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave. It is based on ''La Dame aux camélias'' (1852), a play by Alexandre Dumas ''fils'' adapted from his own 18 ...
'' for Kent Opera (Edinburgh Festival and UK tour), and ''Eugene Onegin'' and ''The Turn of the Screw'' (with ENO). She also played the Governess with the English Opera Group with the composer,
Benjamin Britten
Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten (22 November 1913 – 4 December 1976, aged 63) was an English composer, conductor, and pianist. He was a central figure of 20th-century British music, with a range of works including opera, other ...
, present.Symbolic confusion Jill Gomez talks to Simon Mundy. Classical Music 29 March 1980.
Gomez was outspoken about the "international opera circus" and had no ambition to sing at the largest houses, preferring smaller venues such as Zürich where there is sufficient rehearsal time. She appeared in
Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
Jean-Pierre Ponnelle (19 February 1932 – 11 August 1988) was a French opera
Opera is a form of theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers. Such a "work" (the literal translation of the ...
's production of ''
Lucio Silla
''Lucio Silla'' (), K. 135, is an Italian opera seria in three acts composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart at the age of 16. The libretto was written by Giovanni de Gamerra, revised by Pietro Metastasio.
It was first performed on 26 December 1772 ...
'' there, conducted by
Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Johann Nikolaus Harnoncourt or historically Johann Nikolaus Graf de la Fontaine und d'Harnoncourt-Unverzagt; () (6 December 1929 – 5 March 2016) was an Austrian conductor, particularly known for his historically informed performances of music ...
. She also sang Arne cantatas with
Jaap Schröder
Jaap Schröder or Jaap Schroeder (31 December 1925 – 1 January 2020) was a Dutch violinist, conductor, and pedagogue.
He studied at the Amsterdam Conservatory and at the Sorbonne in France. In the 1960s he was a member of the Dutch early music ...
Mahler
Gustav Mahler (; 7 July 1860 – 18 May 1911) was an Austro-Bohemian Romantic composer, and one of the leading conductors of his generation. As a composer he acted as a bridge between the 19th-century Austro-German tradition and the modernism ...
Israel Philharmonic
The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (abbreviation IPO; Hebrew: התזמורת הפילהרמונית הישראלית, ''ha-Tizmoret ha-Filharmonit ha-Yisra'elit'') is an Israeli symphony orchestra based in Tel Aviv. Its principal concert venue ...
under
Solti
Sir Georg Solti ( , ; born György Stern; 21 October 1912 – 5 September 1997) was a Hungarian-British orchestral and operatic conductor, known for his appearances with opera companies in Munich, Frankfurt and London, and as a long-servin ...
. As well as recording of
Ravel
Joseph Maurice Ravel (7 March 1875 – 28 December 1937) was a French composer, pianist and conductor. He is often associated with Impressionism in music, Impressionism along with his elder contemporary Claude Debussy, although both composer ...
, with
Boulez
Pierre Louis Joseph Boulez (; 26 March 1925 – 5 January 2016) was a French composer, conductor and writer, and the founder of several musical institutions. He was one of the dominant figures of post-war Western classical music.
Born in Mon ...
she performed the
Webern
Anton Friedrich Wilhelm von Webern (3 December 188315 September 1945), better known as Anton Webern (), was an Austrian composer and conductor whose music was among the most radical of its milieu in its sheer concision, even aphorism, and stead ...
Opp. 13 and 14 song cycles.
In 1995 Gomez created the lead role of the Duchess of Argyll in ''
Powder Her Face
''Powder Her Face'', Op. 14 (1995), is a chamber opera in two acts by the British composer Thomas Adès, with an English libretto by Philip Hensher. The opera is 100 minutes long. It was commissioned by the Almeida Opera, a part of London's A ...
''. Her recording of the latter role was nominated for a
Grammy Award
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, and in ''Allmusic'' Erik Eriksson wrote: "Gomez's portrayal is a ''tour de force'', alternately opulent and unhinged. She achieves the difficult task of making a figure of ridicule into a person who evokes sympathy from the listener." Alongside ''The Knot Garden'' and ''The Voice of Ariadne'', she was also in the premieres of ''
Miss Julie
''Miss Julie'' ( sv, Fröken Julie) is a naturalistic play written in 1888 by August Strindberg. It is set on Midsummer's Eve and the following morning, which is Midsummer and the Feast Day of St. John the Baptist. The setting is an estate of ...
'' (
William Alwyn
William Alwyn (born William Alwyn Smith; 7 November 1905 – 11 September 1985), was an English composer, conductor, and music teacher.
Life and music
William Alwyn was born William Alwyn Smith in Northampton, the son of Ada Tyler (Tompkins ...
Prokofiev
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, radio, 1980).Adam, Nicky (ed). Jill Gomez. In: ''Who's Who in British Opera.'' Scolar Press, Aldershot, 1993
Her TV debut was in the series ''Music Now'' produced by John Drummond in 1968–69, and other TV and film credits include the French film ''
Une Femme française
''A French Woman'' (french: Une femme française) is a 1995 French drama film directed by Régis Wargnier.
Plot
Shortly after marrying Louis (Daniel Auteuil), a French military officer, Jeanne (Emmanuelle Béart) must face solitude as Louis is ...
'', and television programmes ''A Ladies Knight!'' (1987), ''Rattle on Britten'' (1985) and a BBC programme Opera in Rehearsal: ''The Marriage of Figaro'' Act 2 with
Anthony Besch
Anthony John Elwyn Besch (5 February 1924 – 23 December 2002) was an English opera and theatre director. As a young man he worked at Glyndebourne assisting the directors Carl Ebert and Günther Rennert. His first work as an opera director was fo ...
(1973).
Gomez lives in
Cambridgeshire
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with her husband, music critic
Patrick Carnegy, 15th Earl of Northesk
Patrick Charles Carnegy, 15th Earl of Northesk (born 23 September 1940),Powder Her Face
''Powder Her Face'', Op. 14 (1995), is a chamber opera in two acts by the British composer Thomas Adès, with an English libretto by Philip Hensher. The opera is 100 minutes long. It was commissioned by the Almeida Opera, a part of London's A ...
'', Almeida Ensemble
Thomas Adès
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Vilém Tauský Vilém Tauský CBE (20 July 1910, Přerov, Moravia – 16 March 2004, London) was a Czech conductor and composer who, from the advent of the Second World War, lived and worked in the UK, one of a significant group of émigré composers and musici ...
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* Britten – ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' (Helena), City of London Sinfonia,
Richard Hickox
Richard Sidney Hickox (5 March 1948 – 23 November 2008) was an English conductor of choral, orchestral and operatic music.
Early life
Hickox was born in Stokenchurch in Buckinghamshire into a musical family. After attending the Royal Gram ...
Endymion Ensemble
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History
One of the founding members was John Whitfield who often conducted the group. Players have incl ...
Canteloube
Marie-Joseph Canteloube de Malaret (; 21 October 18794 November 1957) was a French composer, musicologist, and author best known for his collections of orchestrated folksongs from the Auvergne region, ''Chants d'Auvergne''.
Biography
Canteloube ...
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
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, conducted by
Vernon Handley
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– awarded a Rosette in the ''Penguin Guide to CDs and DVDs'' (17 songs) EMI Eminence – CD-EMX 9500
* Donizetti – Il giovedì grasso, Radio Teflis Eireann Symphony Orchestra (David Atherton) Foyer Cat: 1-CF 2036: Memories Cat: HR 4482
* Manuel de Falla – ''
The Three-Cornered Hat
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'' (complete), Philharmonia Orchestra,
Yan Pascal Tortelier
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Biography
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* Fauré – '' Pelléas et Mélisande'', Suite Op. 80: "The king's three blind daughters", Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra,
David Zinman
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Education
After violin studies at Oberlin Conservatory, Zinman studied theory and composition at the University of Minnesota, earning his M.A. in 1963. He ...
Philips 464701
* Handel – ''
Admeto
' ("Admetus, King of Thessaly", HWV 22) is a three-act opera written for the Royal Academy of Music with music composed by George Frideric Handel to an Italian-language libretto prepared by Nicola Francesco Haym. The story is partly based on Eu ...
'' (Antigone), Milan Baroque Ensemble, Alan Curtis
* Handel – ''Acis and Galatea'' (Galatea), Academy of St-Martin-in-the-Fields,
Neville Marriner
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* Alun Hoddinott – ''Sinfonia Fidei'', Op. 95 with Stuart Burrows, Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus,
Charles Groves
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After accompanying positions and conducting ...
Lyrita 332
* David Matthews – ''Cantiga'', Op. 45,
Bournemouth Sinfonietta
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, John Carewe – NMC 84
* John McCabe – ''Notturni ed alba'', City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra,
Louis Frémaux
Louis Joseph Félix Frémaux (13 August 1921 – 20 March 2017) was a French conductor.
Life and career
Frémaux was born in Aire-sur-la-Lys, France and came from an artistic background; his father was a painter, and his wife was a music teac ...
EMI Studio 63176
* Monteverdi –
Vespro della Beata Vergine 1610
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, Monteverdi Choir,
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
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, Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner Decca 443482
* Mozart – ''Don Giovanni'' (in German: Elvira), Orchester Ludwigsburger Festspiele (Wolfgang Gönnenwein)
* Mozart – Songs – (sixteen songs) (John Constable, piano) SAGA 5441 LP
* Pergolesi – Stabat Mater, Eufoda 1036 / 6803 143 LP
* Poulenc – ''Dialogues des Carmélites'', VB/Hilversum/Radio Philharmonic Orchestra (Henry Lewis) KRO-Radio/Antwoordnummer 234, 1200
* Ravel – '' Trois poèmes de Mallarmé'', BBC Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez CBS M39023
* Tippett – ''
The Knot Garden
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'', Orchestra of the Royal Opera House (Colin Davis) Philips 6700 063
* Villa-Lobos –
Bachianas Brasileiras
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No 5 ; Suite for Voice and Violin, Pleeth Cello Octet, Peter Manning Hyperion 66257
* Wagner – ''Die Feen'' (extracts), Orchester des Internationalen Jugend-Festspieltreffens Bayreuth (John Bell) Colosseum Colos SM 4002
* Walton – ''Troilus and Cressida'', Act II, London Symphony Orchestra (André Previn) CD recording from the BBC Proms: Sir William Walton's 70th Anniversary Concert: JG private collection
* Walton – Songs after Edith Sitwell; '' A Song for the Lord Mayor's Table'', City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox CHAN8824
* Songs by Bizet, Berlioz, Debussy (John Constable, piano) LP SAGA 5388
* A Spanish Songbook (piano, John Constable)
Villancicos
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Hugo Wolf
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Robert Schumann
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,
Bizet
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,
Ravel
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Enrique Granados
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National Philharmonic Orchestra
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,
Barry Wordsworth
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Wordsworth is Principal Guest Conductor of the Royal Ballet and has had a long relationship with company. He was first appointed as Assistant Cond ...
Allie Wrubel
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; ''
Begin the Beguine
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Cole Porter
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Peanut Vendor
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Moisés Simons
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Vincent Youmans
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; ''
Amor, Amor, Amor
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'' Gabriel Ruiz; ''Orchids in the moonlight'' Youmans; ''
Cielito Lindo
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'' Pablo Santos; ''Nina from Argentina''
Noël Coward
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; ''
La Cucaracha
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'' traditional; ''
La Paloma
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