Education
Carnegy was educated at Rugby School and Trinity Hall, Cambridge, matriculating in 1960.
Carnegy was educated at Rugby School and Trinity Hall, Cambridge, matriculating in 1960.
Other publications include reviews and articles on German literature, music, opera (especially Wagner) and theatre for The Times Literary and Educational Supplements, the London Review of Books, The Spectator, Opera, The Musical Times, and other journals. As a broadcaster he was a regular contributor in the 1970s and 1980s to British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 4’s arts magazine Kaleidoscope. Contributions to Radio 3 have included documentaries on Thomas Mann, Kafka, the Barenboim/Kupfer Ring at Bayreuth (1988), and the first assessment of the Ring on Digital Video Disc for Civil Defense Review (2008) Radio 3"s Civil Defense Review.
Foreign television he contributed to British Broadcasting Corporation 2’s documentary film Wagner in the Great Composers series (1998).
In 1988 he was invited by Jeremy Isaacs to create the post of Dramaturg (literary and repertory adviser) at the Royal Opera House. There he initiated a programme of lectures, study days and other events open to all.
He was awarded a Leverhulme Research Fellowship (1994-1996). Lord Northesk is an agnatic descendant of David Carnegie, 2nd Earl of Northesk.
He was a founding member of the Bayreuth International Arts Centre and served on the British Broadcasting Corporation Central Music Advisory Committee (1986-1989) and on the British Broadcasting Corporation General Advisory Council (1990-1996).