Kartal Karagedik
Kartal Karagedik
Baritone Kartal Karagedik has earned critical acclaim for his “virile, Mediterranean-timbred voice,” praised for its “tender warmth and emotional depth.”
Having performed over 40 roles, Karagedik’s repertoire highlights his range from Verdi to Gluck. His performances include iconic roles such as Renato in Un ballo in maschera, Simon Boccanegra, Don Giovanni, Il Conte Almaviva in Le Nozze di Figaro, Germont in La Traviata, Enrico in Lucia di Lammermoor, Zurga in Les pêcheurs de perles, Rodrigo in Don Carlo, Oreste in Gluck’s Iphigénie en Tauride, and Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin. He has performed at opera houses such as Hamburg State Opera, Opéra Vlaanderen, Savonlinna Opera Festival, Grand Théâtre de Genève, Opéra de Monte-Carlo, Torre del Lago Puccini Festival, Teatro Comunale di Bologna, and many others.
On the concert stage, Karagedik has performed works ranging from Mahler’s Symphony No. 8, Kindertotenlieder, and Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen to Mendelssohn’s Die erste Walpurgisnacht, as well as numerous Liederabende. Concerts have brought him to Hamburg Elbphilharmonie, Brucknerhaus in Linz, Mahlerfestwochen in Toblach, Vienna’s Mozartsaal, Hercules Hall in Munich, Tokyo Metropolitan Hall, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, TivoliVredenburg, and other major venues.
Karagedik has collaborated with conductors such as Joana Mallwitz, Kent Nagano, Stefano Ranzani, Ottavio Dantone, Eliahu Inbal, Gianluca Capuano, and Pablo Heras-Casado, among others.
Born in Izmir, Turkey, Karagedik began his vocal studies in his hometown and Istanbul before joining the Accademia dell’Opera Italiana in Bologna. Since 2015, he has been a resident artist at Hamburg State Opera.
