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Biography Wikipedia
Wikipedia:
Susan Gritton (born 31 August 1965 at Reigate, Surrey) is an English soprano.
Susan Gritton was educated at the University of Oxford and the University of London, where she studied Botany.
Gritton was the 1994 winner of the Kathleen Ferrier Award and is one of the most accomplished lyric sopranos of her generation, acclaimed for her verstility in roles ranging from Handel and Mozart to Britten, Janáček and Strauss.
On the operatic stage, her roles include include Ellen Orford Peter Grimes (La Scala, Sydney & Tokyo); Blanche Dialogues des Carmélites (Bayerische Staatsoper); Countess Madeleine Capriccio (Grange Park); Micaela Carmen and Liù Turandot (Covent Garden); Donna Anna Don Giovanni (Bolshoi & Opera de Montreal); Elettra Idomeneo (Netherlands Opera) and Konstanze Die Entführung aus dem Serail (Deutsche Staatsoper & Bayerische Staatsoper). Title roles include Theodora (Glyndebourne); Rodelinda (Bayerische Staatsoper); The Bartered Bride (Covent Garden) and The Cunning Little Vixen (ENO).
On the concert platform her work spans many periods and styles and includes Ravel’s Shéhérazade (RLPO/Mackerras); Brahms’ Ein Deutsches Requiem (Berlin Philharmonic/Rattle & Philharmonia/von Dohnànyi); Berg’s Bruchstücke aus Wozzeck (Swedish Radio Orchestra/Harding) and Honegger’s Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher (Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia/Pappano). Other highlights include Handel’s Messiah (ROH Orchestra/Pappano); Elgar’s The Kingdom (LSO/Elder); Shostakovich’s Blok Romances (Nash Ensemble); Schumann’s Das Paradies und die Peri at the Edinburgh Festival (SCO/Norrington) and in Vienna (Vienna Philharmonic/Rattle) and Britten’s Les Illuminations – including the world premiere of Britten’s three additional Rimbaud settings (BBCSSO/Brabbins). A Grammy nominated artist, she has recorded prolifically for Chandos, Hyperion, Deutsche Grammophon, EMI, Decca, Philips and Collins Classics among others.
Opera
Her roles include:
Blanche in Poulenc's Dialogues des Carmélites at Bayerische StaatsoperCleopatra in Handel's Giulio Cesare at Bayerische StaatsoperContessa in Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro at English National OperaDonna Anna in Mozart's Don Giovanni at Bolshoi, Opera de MontrealEllen Orford in Britten's Peter Grimes at La Scala, Sydney, TokyoElettra in Mozart's Idomeneo at Netherlands OperaFemale Chorus in Britten's The Rape of Lucretia at Snape MaltingsFiordiligi in Mozart's Così fan tutte at Mostly Mozart Festival, English National Opera, Bayerische StaatsoperGoverness in Britten's The Turn of the Screw at Snape MaltingsKonstanze in Mozart's Die Entführung aus dem Serail at Berlin State Opera, Bayerische StaatsoperLiù in Puccini's Turandot at the Royal Opera HouseMadeleine in Strauss's Capriccio at Grange Park OperaMarenka in Smetana's The Bartered Bride at the Royal Opera HouseMarzelline in Beethoven's Fidelio at Teatro dell'Opera di RomaMicaela in Bizet's Carmen at the Royal Opera HousePamina in Mozart's Die Zauberflöte at English National OperaRodelinda in Handel's Rodelinda at Bayerische StaatsoperRomilda in Handel's Xerxes at Bayerische StaatsoperTheodora in Handel's Theodora at Glyndebourne Festival OperaTytania in Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream at Teatro la FeniceVitellia in Mozart's La clemenza di Tito at Bayerische StaatsoperVixen in Janáček's The Cunning Little Vixen at English National OperaMiss Wordsworth in Britten's Albert Herring at Glyndebourne Festival Opera