Susan Gritton
Education
Oxford and London Universities
Highlights
Ellen Orford/Peter Grimes (La Scala, Opera Australia); Blanche/Dialogues des Carmélites (Bayerische Staatsoper); Micäela/Carmen, Liù/Turandot (Covent Garden); Fiordiligi/Così fan tutte (Bayerische Staatsoper, New York’s Mostly Mozart Festival); Donna Anna/Don Giovanni (Bolshoi Theatre, Opéra de Montreal); Elettra/Idomeneo (DNO Amsterdam), Konstanze/Die Entführung aus dem Serail (Deutsche Staatsoper, Bayerische Staatsoper); Theodora/Theodora (Glyndebourne); Rodelinda/Rodelinda (Bayerische Staatsoper); Marenka/The Bartered Bride (Covent Garden); Vixen/The Cunning Little Vixen (ENO)
Prizes
Winner Kathleen Ferrier Memorial Prize, 1994
Recordings
Benjamin Britten's Les Illuminations (BBCSO/Gardner), War Requiem (Gabrieli Consort/McCreesh), Ellen Orford/Peter Grimes (Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala/Ticciati - DVD); Ein Deutsches Requiem; Mozart’s Requiem, Mařenka(nominated for a Grammy Award)
Recent and future productions
Tatyana/Eugene Onegin (Grange Park); Ellen Orford (Tokyo); Donna Anna/Don Giovanni (Scottish Opera); Donna Elvira/Don Giovanni (Vlaamse Opera)