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Susan Gritton

Singer details:

Voice: Soprano
Nationality: English
Year of Birth: 1965

About Susan Gritton:

Susan Gritton (born 31 August 1965) is an English operatic soprano. She was the 1994 winner of the Kathleen Ferrier Award and has sung leading roles in a wide ranging repertoire from Handel and Mozart to Britten, Janáček and Strauss.

Gritton was born in Reigate, Surrey. She was educated at the University of Oxford and the University of London, where she studied Botany.

On the operatic stage, her roles include Ellen Orford Peter Grimes (La Scala, Sydney & Tokyo); Blanche Dialogues des Carmélites (Bayerische Staatsoper); Countess Madeleine Capriccio and Tatyana Eugene Onegin (Grange Park); Micaela Carmen and Liù Turandot (Covent Garden); Donna Anna Don Giovanni (Bolshoi & Opera de Montreal & Scottish Opera); 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.

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Nr.Title scenePopularityOperaComposerActTypeVoicesLang.Roles
1Va tacito e nascosto Popularity:

Opera: Giulio CesareComposer: HandelAct: 1.18

Type: ariaVoice: countertenor or contralto or mezzoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Cesare/Achilla/Cesare/Cornelia/Sesto
2V'adoro pupille Popularity:

Opera: Giulio CesareComposer: HandelAct: 2.03

Type: aria,recitativeVoice: sopranoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Cleopatra/Cesare/Nireno
3Se pieta di me non senti Popularity:

Opera: Giulio CesareComposer: HandelAct: 2.14

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Cleopatra
4Ruhe sanft mein holdes Leben Popularity:

Opera: Zaide (Das Serail)Composer: MozartAct: 1.03

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: German

Roles: Zaide
5Aure deh per pieta Popularity:

Opera: Giulio CesareComposer: HandelAct: 3.05-2

Type: ariaVoice: countertenor or contralto or mezzoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Cesare
6E pur cosi in un giorno Popularity:

Opera: Giulio CesareComposer: HandelAct: 3.04-1

Type: recitativeVoice: sopranoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Cleopatra
7Al lampo dell armi Popularity:

Opera: Giulio CesareComposer: HandelAct: 2.12

Type: ariaVoice: countertenor or contralto or mezzoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Cesare
8Svegliatevi nel core Popularity:

Opera: Giulio CesareComposer: HandelAct: 1.06

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Sesto
9E Susanna non vien.. Popularity:

Opera: Nozze di Figaro, LeComposer: MozartAct: 3.10

Type: recitativeVoice: sopranoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Rosina
10L'angue offeso mai riposa Popularity:

Opera: Giulio CesareComposer: HandelAct: 2.10

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Sesto
11Alma del gran Pompeo Popularity:

Opera: Giulio CesareComposer: HandelAct: 1.10

Type: ariaVoice: countertenor or contralto or mezzoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Cesare/Cleopatra/Curio
12Embroidery Aria Popularity:

Opera: Peter GrimesComposer: BrittenAct:

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: English

Roles:
13Quel torrente che cade dal monte Popularity:

Opera: Giulio CesareComposer: HandelAct: 3.07-2

Type: ariaVoice: countertenor or contralto or mezzoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Cesare
14Domero la tua fierezza Popularity:

Opera: Giulio CesareComposer: HandelAct: 3.03-2

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Cleopatra
15Non disperar chi sa? Popularity:

Opera: Giulio CesareComposer: HandelAct: 1.08

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Cleopatra/Tolomeo/Achilla
16Se in fiorito ameno prato Popularity:

Opera: Giulio CesareComposer: HandelAct: 2.04

Type: ariaVoice: countertenor or contralto or mezzoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Cesare
17Je dis que rien m'epouvante Popularity:

Opera: CarmenComposer: BizetAct: 3.05

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: French

Roles: Micaëla
18Voi che mie fide ancelle Popularity:

Opera: Giulio CesareComposer: HandelAct: 3.09

Type: recitativeVoice: S cA/Mz/cTLanguage: Italian

Roles: Cleopatra/Cesare
19Cesare alla tua destra Popularity:

Opera: Giulio CesareComposer: HandelAct: 1.17

Type: recitativeVoice: cT cA/Mz/cTLanguage: Italian

Roles: Tolomeo/Cesare
20To thee thou glorious Son of Worth Popularity:

Opera: TheodoraComposer: HandelAct:

Type: duetVoice: sopranoLanguage: English

Roles:
21Dall'ondoso periglio Popularity:

Opera: Giulio CesareComposer: HandelAct: 3.05-1

Type: recitativeVoice: countertenor or contralto or mezzoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Cesare
22Alice Meg Nannetta Popularity:

Opera: FalstaffComposer: VerdiAct: 1.05

Type: recitativeVoice: S Mz cA SLanguage: Italian

Roles: Alice/Meg/Quickly/Nannetta
23Radames Radames Radames! Popularity:

Opera: AidaComposer: VerdiAct: 4.09

Type: recitativeVoice: B SLanguage: Italian

Roles: Ramfis/Sacerdotessa
24Pst pst Nannetta Popularity:

Opera: FalstaffComposer: VerdiAct: 1.09-1

Type: recitativeVoice: S TLanguage: Italian

Roles: Nannetta/Fenton
25Time treads upon the hands of women Popularity:

Opera: The Rape of LucretiaComposer: BrittenAct:

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: English

Roles:
26Vinta cadesti al balenar Popularity:

Opera: Giulio CesareComposer: HandelAct: 3.03-1

Type: recitativeVoice: cT SLanguage: Italian

Roles: Tolomeo/Cleopatra
27Lo temei Popularity:

Opera: Paride ed ElenaComposer: GluckAct:

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: Italian

Roles:
28Qui nobile donzella Popularity:

Opera: Giulio CesareComposer: HandelAct: 1.11

Type: recitativeVoice: cA/Mz/cT B SLanguage: Italian

Roles: Cesare/Curio/Cleopatra
29Qui Curio vincitor Popularity:

Opera: Giulio CesareComposer: HandelAct: 3.15

Type: recitativeVoice: cT cA/Mz/cT S cALanguage: Italian

Roles: Nireno/Cesare/Sesto/Cornelia
30Cerco invan Tolomeo Popularity:

Opera: Giulio CesareComposer: HandelAct: 3.06

Type: recitativeVoice: S B cA/Mz/cT cTLanguage: Italian

Roles: Sesto/Achilla/Cesare/Nireno
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