Kamensek has served as the first Kapellmeister of the
Volksoper Wien from 2000 to 2002. She was General Music Director (Generalmusikdirektorin, abbreviated as GMD) of the
Theater Freiburg from 2003 to 2006, the first female conductor in Freiburg history. She has served as Interim Music Director at the
Slovenian National Theatre in Maribor from 2007 to 2008, and Associate Music Director at the
Staatsoper Hamburg from 2008 to 2011.[2] In 2011, she was named GMD and principal conductor of the
Staatsoper Hannover, the first female conductor to hold the Hannover posts. She relinquished the GMD title in 2015,[citation needed] and remained as principal conductor through 2016.[3][4][5][6]
In November 2019, Kamensek made her
Metropolitan Opera conducting debut with Akhnaten.[14] On 23 November 2019, Kamensek conducted the
Metropolitan Opera Live in HD performance and cinema transmission of Akhnaten,[1] the second female conductor ever to be featured in the Metropolitan Opera Live in HD series. The recording of Akhnaten subsequently won a 2022
Grammy Award for
Best Opera Recording.
References
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abOffice of Entrepreneurship and Career Development (March 25, 2020).
"Karen Kamensek: March Entrepreneur of the Month". Indiana University Bloomington, JSoM: Entrepreneurship & Career Development - Resources to Take Charge of Your Future. Retrieved July 7, 2020.