Dame (Carolyn) Emma Kirkby, DBE (born 26 February 1949) is an English soprano and one of the world's most renowned early music specialists who has sung on well over a hundred recordings. She was appointed a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2007 Queen's Birthday Honours List. Her entry in The Grove Book of Opera Singers (2008) reads:Her uncommonly pure, crystalline voice, deployed with minimal vibrato, her natural declamation, agile coloratura and her sensitivity to words have been widely admired by interpreters of early, Renaissance and Baroque music and have served as a model for many specialists in this repertory.
Sherborne School for Girls, Somerville College, Oxford
Nationality
English
Spouse
Andrew Parrott
Awards
Danish Grammy Award for Danish Classical Album of the Year
Music Groups
Australian Brandenburg Orchestra
Nominations
Juno Award for Classical Album of the Year – Vocal or Choral Performance, Classic Brit Award for Female Artist of the Year, Classic Brit Award for Ensemble/Orchestral Album of the Year
Movies
Monteverdi: Banquet of the Senses, Johann Sebastian Bach: Matthaus Passion, Di Lasso & Ockeghem: The Hilliard Ensemble: Consort of Musicke
Star Sign
Pisces
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Fact
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She was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2000 Queen's Birthday Honors List for her services to music.
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She was awarded Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2007 Queen Elizabeth's Birthday Honors List for her services to music.
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
Joseph Haydn: The Creation
1990
TV Movie
Gabriel and Eva
God Rot Tunbridge Wells!
1985
TV Movie
Singer 'But who may abide'
Henry VIII
1979
TV Movie
Singer
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Big Nothing
2006
performer: "Stabat Mater"
A Beautiful Mind
2001
performer: "Columba aspexit"
God Rot Tunbridge Wells!
1985
TV Movie performer: "But who may abide"
Music Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
A History of Britain
2000
TV Mini-Series documentary solo vocalist - 2 episodes
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Retour au baroque
1993
TV Series documentary
Soprano: 'Conservate Radoppiate' by Handel
Messiah
1982
TV Movie documentary
Soprano
Known for movies
A Beautiful Mind (2001) as Soundtrack
Big Nothing (2006) as Soundtrack
Joseph Haydn: The Creation (1990) as Gabriel and Eva
$18 Million
