Susan Gritton

Susan Gritton (born 31 August 1965 at Reigate) is an English soprano singer.

Susan Gritton was educated at the University of Oxford and the University of London, where she studied botany.

Opera

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

Prizes and awards

*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"

External links

* [http://www.classicstoday.com/digest/pdigest.asp?perfidx=2376 Classics Today: Discography]
* [http://www.fanfarearchive.com/indices/itop/performers/Gritton_Susan.html Fanfare magazine archive of CD reviews]
* [http://www.naxos.com/artistinfo/4476.htm Naxos: Susan Gritton]
* [http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/artist_page.asp?name=gritton Hyperion Records: Susan Gritton]
* [http://www.askonasholt.co.uk/green/green/home.nsf/ArtistDetails/Susan%20Gritton Askonas Holt: Susan Gritton]
* [http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Gritton-Susan.htm Bach Cantatas: Susan Gritton]
* [http://www.goldbergweb.com/en/interpreters/vocals/11336.php Goldberg Magazine: Susan Gritton]
* [http://www.citychoir.org.uk/Gritton.htm City Choir: Susan Gritton]