Live opera is one of the most thrilling, life enhancing and thought-provoking art forms and the opportunity to experience it should be available to all. Susan is delighted to be part of this inaugural Opera Festival Scotland concert and applauds its aim to educate, engage and inspire new audiences and performers. This fantastic opportunity to work with Malcolm also introduced Susan to fellow Crear Scholar pianist Robert Melling and they went on to present a number of lieder and song recitals in Glasgow and Edinburgh including Strauss’s Four Last Songs.
In 2014, Susan was delighted to be selected by the distinguished pianist Malcolm Martineau to be one of his Crear Scholars. Susan has also appeared on the concert platform with performances as a soprano soloist in a number of choral works and oratorios including Handel’s Messiah, Mozart’s Mass in C Minor, Brahm’s Requiem and Vaughan William’s Dona Nobis Pacem. Susan has also featured in many of the Edinburgh Players Opera Group performances of Wagner’s Ring Cycle, singing the roles of a Valkyrie, Norn, Rheinmaiden and the Woodbird. For Edinburgh Grand Opera Susan has performed Violetta (Verdi’s La Traviata), Lady Macbeth (Verdi’s Macbeth) and Ida in the UK premiere of Ricci’s La Prigione di Edimburgo. Susan has a wide range and flexible voice and has sung roles as diverse as Queen of the Night (Mozart’s Magic Flute) and Adele (Strauss’s Die Fledermaus), Agathe (Weber’s Der Freischutz) for Opera Camerata and Sesto (Mozart’s La Clemenza di Tito) for Edinburgh Studio Opera and Dido (Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas). Susan started studying singing and has been fortunate to go on to perform Carmen and many of the great soprano roles for companies in Scotland.
AIDA OPERA FULL
She was immediately hooked and sought out recordings of the full opera which led to a complete love of the whole opera repertoire. Susan was introduced to opera as a teenager when she played the cello part in the Angus Schools Orchestra’s performance of Bizet’s Carmen Suite. It also met with a tremendous response during two State Opera Prague tours of Japan.Susan was born in Montrose and grew up taking full advantage of the opportunities provided in the 1980s for young people from all backgrounds to play instruments and join in music ensembles and choirs. The current State Opera production, premiered in 1994, is the title longest performed in the present repertoire of the company and one of its most popular shows.
Back in Milan, Verdi had specially made for his opera “Aida trumpets”, modelled on Ancient Egyptian instruments, which he would employ in the “Triumphal March”, perhaps the most famous ensemble scene there is. He even travelled to Egypt so as to further his knowledge of the country and its culture. Intrigued by the concept, the composer paid great attention to every detail of the work. Giuseppe Verdi based his opera on a brief scenario written by the French Egyptologist Auguste Mariette to commission from the Viceroy of Egypt, with the aim to celebrate the opening of the Suez Canal. The dilemma of choosing between love and duty is also faced by Radames, who ultimately betrays his homeland because of Aida. Aida has to decide between being loyal to her country or dedicating herself to a man who is one of the oppressors of her nation. The opera, centred on the story of love between the Egyptian warrior Radames and Aida, the enslaved daughter of Amonasro, King of Ethiopia, enthrals audiences due to its spectacular scenery and crowd scenes, as well as intimate personal drama. State opera Chorus State opera Orchestra State Opera Ballet
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