Susanna Andersson

Background

Andersson was born in Östersund, Sweden.

Education

In 2003 Susanna graduated from their opera course with First Class Honours.

Career

Her debut performance was in 2005 and she played Zerlina in the Grange Park Opera’s staging of Don Giovanni. She received her education at the Ljungskile College Institute before moving to London where she was admitted to the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Among the pieces she performed was “Prosperine” by Joseph Martin Kraus.

In 2006 and 2007 Andersson was the only singer chosen for the ECHO Rising Stars series at the Barbican Theatre, and she gave recitals with her pianist Eugene Asti in London, New York, Athens, Amsterdam, Birmingham, Brussels, Stockholm, Cologne and Vienna.

2000 – Finalist, The Young Kathleen Ferrier Award 2004 – Song Prize at The Kathleen Ferrier Opera Atalanta, Xerxes (GSMD) The Queen of the Night, The Magic Flute (Oxford Philharmonia, 2006) Lucia, Rape of Lucretia (Nurnberg KammerMusikFestival, 2003) Flora, Turn of the Screw (Nurnberg KammerMusicFestival, 2004) Philline, Mignon (GSMD, 2005) Therese, Les Mamelles de Tiresias (GSMD) Susanna, The Marriage of Figaro (Guildhall 2004) Adina, L"Elisir d"amore (Staatstheater, Nurnberg, 2006) Giannetta, The Elixir of Love (2007, Opera North) Echo, Echo and Narcissus, The Lindbury Theatre at Covent Garden (2007) Papagena, The Magic Flute (2007, English National Opera) Die Freudin, Von heute auf morgen (2008, Oper Leipzig) Blondchen, Die Entführung aus dem Serail (2008, Oper Leipzig) Servilia, Louisiana clemenza di Tito (2008, Oper Leipzig) Valencienne, The Merry Widow (2008, Oper Leipzig) Papagena, The Magic Flute (2008, Oper Leipzig) Zerbinetta, Ariadne auf Naxos (2008, Oper Leipzig) Venus/Gepopo, Le Grand Macabre (2009, English National Opera) Oscar (2013, Un Ballo in Maschera, Teatro Colón of Buenos Aires).

Achievements

• 2000 – Finalist, The Young Kathleen Ferrier Award 2001 - Semi-finalist, The International Mozart Competition 2004 – Sigrid Paskells Scholarship for the Performing Arts 12 May 2003 - Andersson won the Guildhall School of Music and Drama’s Gold Medal Competition after the final performance at the Barbican Theatre, London. After performing pieces such as Debussy’s Pantomime and Clair de lune to piano and the Guildhall Symphony Orchestra, she was announced as the winner. 2004 – Song Prize at The Kathleen Ferrier Awards.