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Susan Gritton
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Susan Gritton (born 31 August 1965 at Reigate) is a soprano.
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Susan Gritton was educated at the University of Oxford and the University of London, where she studied botany.
- 1994 Kathleen Ferrier Memorial Prize
- 2003 International Handel Recording Prize for Handel's The Choice of Hercules
- 2003 Gramophone Award for Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Masses
In 2000 she became a Company Principal at English National Opera.
Her roles include:
- Atalanta in Handel's Xerxes at English National Opera
- Barbarina in Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro at Glyndebourne Festival Opera
- Belinda in Purcell's Dido and Aeneas at Deutsche Staatsoper
- Bird in Vaughan Williams's Pilgrim’s Progress at the Royal Opera House
- Blanche in Poulenc's Dialogues des Carmélites at Snape Maltings
- Blonde in Mozart's Die Entführung aus dem Serail at the Istanbul International Music Festival
- Caroline in Purcell's The Fairy-Queen at English National Opera
- Clarine in Rameau's Platée at the Royal Opera House
- Cleopatra in Handel's Giulio Cesare at Bayerische Staatsoper
- Constance in Poulenc's Dialogues des Carmélites at English National Opera
- Drusilla in Monteverdi's L'incoronazione di Poppea at English National Opera
- Euridice in Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice at the Royal Opera House
- Fiordiligi in Mozart's Così fan tutte at English National Opera
- Fiordiligi in Mozart's Così fan tutte at Mostly Mozart Festival (New York)
- First Flowermaiden in Wagner's Parsifal at the Royal Opera House
- First Niece in Britten's Peter Grimes at La Monnaie, Brussels
- Fulvia in Handel's Ezio at Théâtre des Champs-Élysées
- Governess in Britten's The Turn of the Screw at Snape Maltings
- Ismene in Mozart's Mitridate, re di Ponto at the Royal Opera House
- Liù in Puccini's Turandot at the Royal Opera House
- Lucia in Britten's The Rape of Lucretia at Snape Maltings
- Marenka in Smetana's The Bartered Bride at the Royal Opera House
- Marzelline in Beethoven's Fidelio at Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
- Nannetta in Verdi's Falstaff at English National Opera
- Pamina in Mozart's Die Zauberflöte at English National Opera
- Rodelinda in Handel's Rodelinda at Bayerische Staatsoper
- Romilda in Handel's Xerxes Bayerische Staatsoper
- Sophie in Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier at English National Opera
- Susanna in Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro at Glyndebourne Festival Opera
- Thalie in Rameau's Platée at the Royal Opera House
- Theodora in Handel's Theodora at Glyndebourne Festival Opera
- Tiny in Britten's Paul Bunyan at the Royal Opera House
- Tytania in Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream at Teatro la Fenice
- Vitellia in Mozart's La clemenza di Tito at Bayerische Staatsoper
- Vixen in Janáček's The Cunning Little Vixen at English National Opera
- Miss Wordsworth in Britten's Albert Herring at Glyndebourne Festival Opera
- Xenia in Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov at English National Opera
- Zerlina in Mozart's Don Giovanni at Glyndebourne Festival Opera
She has performed with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, BBC Symphony Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, The English Concert, Hallé Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, and Scottish Chamber Orchestra.
She has performed with conductors including Riccardo Chailly, Sir Andrew Davis, Sir Colin Davis, Christoph von Dohnányi, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Bernard Haitink, Richard Hickox, René Jacobs, Neeme Järvi, Sir Charles Mackerras, Kent Nagano, Sir Roger Norrington, Mikhail Pletnev, Trevor Pinnock, and Sir Simon Rattle.
She has performed at venues including the Lincoln Center in New York, the Royal Albert Hall, Wigmore Hall, Purcell Room, and Queen Elizabeth Hall in London, the Jacqueline Du Pré Music Building in Oxford, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Konzerthaus in Vienna, and the Berliner Philharmonie.
She has appeared at The Proms, singing Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 2 in C minor (Resurrection), and at the Salzburg Mozartwoche, singing arias by Handel and Mozart. She has taken part in Festivals including Aldeburgh, Arundel, Cheltenham, City of London, Edinburgh International, Harrogate, Istanbul International Music, and Lichfield.
She has recorded on Chandos, Collins Classics, Decca, Deutsche Grammophon, EMI, Hyperion, LSO Live, Naxos, Philips, and Tring.
Detailed lists are available online:
- Naxos
- Hyperion (note that this webpage includes the message, "Please do not download this biography for use in publications. Please contact Askonas Holt for the latest version")
- Askonas Holt
- Bach Cantatas
- Goldbergweb
- City Choir
- Duncan Hadfield, Review of The Magic Flute, English National Opera, 29 January 2000
- Marc Bridle, Review of staged production of A Child of Our Time, English National Opera, 21 January 2005
- Fiona Maddocks in The Observer, Review of Orfeo ed Euridice, Royal Opera House, 2001
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