Susanne Burgess
Soprano
Biography

In 2019 Susanne made her debut with New York City Opera as Hannah in the World Premiere of Dear Erich by Ted Rosenthal. She returned to the company in the role of Musetta in Puccini’s La Bohème. Later that year, she joined Teatro Grattacielo in NYC as Mimi in Leoncavallo’s La Bohème and La Principessa in Respighi’s La bella dormente nel bosco.
Susanne made her Carnegie Hall debut in 2017 with the New England Symphony singing the Pie Jesu from Fauré Requiem and Soprano solos in John Trotta’s The Seven Last Words of Christ and returned to Carnegie Hall to sing the Soprano solos in Jubilate Deo and Requiem for the Living by Dan Forrest. Earlier that year, she made her international debut as Anna in Le Villi and Lauretta in Gianni Schicchi with the Festival of the Aegean at the Megaron Mousikis in Athens and Syros Greece after joining Des Moines Metro Opera as Berta in The Barber of Seville and their production of Flight by Johnathan Dove.
Ms. Burgess has also won a number of post-graduate awards and grants for operatic excellence from the Denver Lyric Opera Guild, Metropolitan Opera National Council, Opera Theater Pittsburgh, Jensen Foundation, and the National Federation of Music Clubs.
Susanne Burgess is an operatic soprano with a sizeable and remarkably warm voice. She has been praised for her unique vocal color, penchant for dramatic coloratura, and emotional expression on stage.
Born in Geneva, Switzerland and raised in five countries including Great Britain, Germany and the United States, Susanne developed an early ear for language and deep appreciation for world cultures. It wasn't until high school in Austin, Texas that Susanne discovered her passion for singing and a career in opera.
For the 2020-2021 season, Susanne will join The Atlanta Opera for their innovative "Reimagine Opera" series including I Pagliacci and Kaiser von Atlantis. In early 2020, Susanne performed the role of Violetta Valéry in La Traviata, starring in 8 performances as part of the Winter USA Tour with Teatro Lirico d’Europa. She then took on the demanding role of Cio-Cio San in Madama Butterfly at Opera New Hampshire. Susanne was scheduled to make her role debut as Gilda in a new production of Rigoletto at Opera North before the COVID19 pandemic sadly postponed these performances. Among efforts to preserve art and opera during the pandemic, she took part in the Summer Season at Opera Theater St. Louis presenting arias and ensembles in a virtual festival which culminated in a public master class with internationally renowned soprano, Patricia Racette.

Repertoire
Bizet
Boito
Britten
Donizetti
Dove
Gounod
Leoncavallo
Massenet
Mozart
Offenbach
Puccini
Tchaikovsky
Verdi
Wagner
Weber
Carmen
Mefistofele
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Peter Grimes
Anna Bolena
Flight
Faust
Roméo et Juliette
I Pagliacci
La bohéme
Manon
Così fan tutte
Don Giovanni
Die Zauberflöte
Le nozze di Figaro
Les contes d'Hoffman
La bohéme
Gianni Schicchi
La Rondine
Suor Angelica
Il tabarro
Turandot
Iolanta
Rigoletto
La traviata
Il trovatore
Die Walküre
Das Rheingold
Lohengrin
Der Freischütz
Micaëla
Margherita
Helena
Ellen
Anna Bolena
Tina
Marguerite
Juliette
Nedda
Mimí
Manon
Fiordiligi
Donna Anna
Donna Elvira
Erste Dame
Pamina
Contessa
Antonia
Giulietta
Musetta
Mimí
Lauretta
Nella
Magda
Suor Angelica
Giorgetta
Liú
Iolanta
Gilda
Violetta
Leonora
Gerhilde
Woglinde
Elsa
Agathe
Performance Schedule

Mack the Knife: Concert of Kurt Weill Songs
Oct 27th at 7:30 pm
Joining other members of the Atlanta Opera in an evening of Cabaret Song
Hermance Stadium at Oglethorpe University

Studio Artist at the Atlanta Opera
Hermance Stadium at Oglethorpe University
Performing:
Leoncavallo's I Pagliacci
Oct 22, 24, 28, 30 – Nov 1, 5, 7, 11, 13
&
Ullman's Kaiser of Atlantis
Oct 23, 25, 29, 31 – Nov 4, 6, 8, 12, 14
https://www.atlantaopera.org/performances/#bigtent

Gilda in Verdi's "Rigoletto" at Opera North
July - August 2020
Debuting the role of Gilda at Opera North in Manchester NH
Performances at the Lebanon Opera House:
Sunday, August 2, 5pm
Wednesday, August 5, 7:30pm
Friday, August 7, 7:30pm
Sunday, August 9, 5pm

Gerdine Young Artist at Opera Theater St Louis
April - June 2020
Susanne will cover Rosalinda in Die Fledermaus, Mrs. Gleaton in Susannah and be featured in the Center Stage Concert to conclude the season

Violetta in Verdi's "La Traviata" in Teatro Lirico d'Europa Winter USA Tour
Jan - Feb 2020
Venues include:
Newberry, SC - Newberry Opera House
Columbia, SC - The Koger Center
Moran Theatre, Jacksonville, FL
Peabody Auditorium, Daytona Beach
Marina Civic Center, Panama City
Barbara Mann Hall - Ft. Myers, FL

Madama Butterfly at Opera New Hampshire
Feb 6 -10 2020
Singing Cio-Cio San in a travelling production through New Hampshire and Virginia
POSTPONED due to COvid19