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Karen Williams is an American concert and opera soprano. In 1985 she won the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions; making her stage debut at the Metropolitan Opera later that year as Serena in George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess. She sang that role at the Met again in 1989-1990. She has also performed Serena at Symphony Hall, Springfield with the Boston Concert Opera (1986), the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra (1998), the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (1999), the Utah Symphony Orchestra (1999), and the Philadelphia Orchestra (2000) among others. In 1986 she made her debut with the Opera Company of Philadelphia as Amelia in Verdi's Un ballo in maschera.
In 1987 Williams was a soloist in Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 8 with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and conductor James Levine. That same year she was the soprano soloist in Leoš Janáček's Amarus and in works by Giuseppe Verdi with the Collegiate Chorale and conductor Robert Bass at Carnegie Hall. She sung under Bass again at Carnegie Hall in 1989 as Maria in the New York premiere of Richard Strauss' Friedenstag. In 1988 she performed the role of Donna Elvira in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Don Giovanni with the Florida Grand Opera. In November 1989 she was the soprano soloist in Verdi's Requiem with the Haifa Symphony Orchestra in Israel. She has also sung in concerts with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and in roles with the Dallas Opera, the Dayton Opera, the Lake George Opera, the Lyric Opera of Kansas City, and the Pittsburgh Opera.
There you were like always
Right in the middle of my lonely
Just when I thought
There was no way
And I was the only one
You showed up
And called my name
With a love
that completely changed me
And now I know
You are the truth that never changes
You are the love that came to save us, I am yours
Even through all my fear and sorrow
Facing a new unknown tomorrow, I am sure
That I’m gonna rest in the hope
That I’m yours
I’ve spent so much time
Looking for You
When you were here all along
Reaching for you
To carry me through
Even when I would fall
You were waiting patiently
For me to find the faith
To just believe
Oh and now I see
You are the truth that never changes
You are the love that came to save us, I am yours
Even through all my fear and sorrow
Facing a new unknown tomorrow, I am sure
That I’m gonna rest in the hope
That I’m yours
Nothing can separate us
From the love You gave us
Oh it’s everlasting
Nothing can separate us
From the love you gave us
Oh and now I know
You are the truth that never changes
The God who came to save us, I am yours
You are the truth that never changes
You are the love that came to save us, I am yours
Even through all my fear and sorrow
Facing a new unknown tomorrow, I am sure
I’m gonna rest in the hope
I’m gonna rest in the hope
That I’m yours
I’m yours
There you were like always