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Suzanne McGrath
               soprano
Résumé

Fluent in Italian, Suzanne is available for language coaching and performances in the Edinburgh area.

Operatic Performances

2010

November 9th 2010
Pamina (The Magic Flute). German Consulate of Edinburgh for Schola Cantorum of Edinburgh.
August 19th, 20th, 23rd, 25th, 26th 2010
Opera Sins - Poppea (L'incoronazione de Poppea, Monteverdi). Ellen Orford (Peter Grimes, Britten)

Edinburgh Studio Opera , St.Andrew's and St.George's, George St., Edinburgh.

Director - George Ransley, Musical Director - Nick Fletcher

May 5th 2010
The Okavango Macbeth. (Performance for Save the Children.) New opera by Tom Cunningham and libretto by Alexander McCall Smith. Suzanne will perform as part of the ensemble with ESO.
February 27th, and March 1st, 2nd and 3rd
Fox,The Cunning Little Vixen, Janacek.

Edinburgh Studio Opera , Pleasance Theatre, Edinburgh.

Director - Nicholas Bone, Musical Director - Nicholas Fletcher

2009

November 12th and 13th
Opera Scenes - Countess (Marriage of Figaro, Mozart). Marschallin (Der Rosenkavalier, R. Strauss)

Edinburgh Studio Opera, St. Cecilia's Hall, Edinburgh.

Director - Antonia Alonzo. Musical Director - Susannah Wapshott.

August 2nd to 15th
Serpetta, La Finta Giardiniera, Mozart.

Hand Made Opera, Scheggino, Italy.

Coching Nicholas Cleobury, Nicoletta Conti and Colin Baldy

Musical director - Matthew Halls. Director - Kevin West.

June
Socialite I, Wilde. Workshops of a new opera by composer Derek Williams.

2008

February 22nd, 23rd, 25th and 26th
Soloist, Chamber Chorus, ‘Venus & Adonis’, John Blow, and ‘Acis & Galatea’, Handel.

Edinburgh Stuidio Opera, St. Cecelia's Hall, Edinburgh.

Director - Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones. Musical Director - Geoffrey Paterson

March 6th to 10th
Iolanthe, Iolanthe

Edinburgh University Savoy Opera Group, The Churchill Theatre, Edinburgh

Solo Oratorio / Concert

2010

June 19th 2010
Sospiro Baroque - Ensemble and Soloist, Monteverdi, Vivaldi, Galuppi and Pergolesi.

St.Mary Star of the Sea Roman Catholic Church, Leith, Edinburgh.

Musical Director - Roderick Bryce

June 11th 2010
The Art of Song - Beethoven (Scottish Songs), Brahms and Mozart (L'amero saro costante).

For the Friends of Music of St.Giles' Cathedral. 8pm.

With Nick Fletcher (piano), Clare Yim (violin), Judy Dennis (mezzo soprano), Iain McLarty (violin and baritone).

May 29th, 7.30pm.
Singing the Joys: soloist for The Phoenix Singers / Robert Parsons. Marchmont St.Giles Church. Programme to include Mozart / Spatzenmasse adn Laudate Dominum
May 26th 2010, 3.45pm.
Final Year Recital with Stuart Hope (piano) and Elizabeth Todd (violin)
May 15th
Soprano soloist, Bach Magnificat and Vivaldi Gloria. Cumbernauld
May 13th, 7.30pm.
Edinburgh Studio Opera presents and evening of German Lieder and operatic excerpts by Suzanne McGrath, Louise Alder and Stuart Hope
January 23rd
Soprano, Requiem, Fauré.

Edinburgh University Sinfonietta, Reid Concert Hall, Edinburgh

Musical Director - Iain McLarty

January 2nd
Soprano, Liebeslieder Walzer, Brahms.

St. Mary's Episcopal Cathedral, Edinburgh

With John Bryden and Nicholas Wearne (piano), Judy Dennis (mezzo-soprano), Oliver Brewer (tenor) and Ivor Klayman (baritone)

2009

October 18th
Soprano Soloist, 2nd Symphony, Mahler.

Edinburgh University Symphony Orchestra, Reid Concert Hall, Edinburgh

Musical Director - Russell Cowieson

June 26th
Soprano II, B Minor Mass, JS Bach.

The Dunedin Consort, Wellington Church, Glasgow.

Musical Director - John Butt. Coaching - Susna Hamilton, Neil Metcalfe

March 23rd
Soloist, 'The World of the Spirit', Benjamin Britten.

Edinburgh University Sinfonia and Chorus, Greyfriar's Kirk, Edinburgh

Musical Director - Iain McClarty

2008

May 9th
Soloist, 'A night of opera and musicals' with Martin Toal, Trafford Youth Orchestra and pianist Marianne Kelly

The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester

Musical Director - Paul Witkiewicz

Master classes and Competitions

2010

July 31st - August 6th
Abingdon Summer School for Solo Singers. Master classes with Susan McCulloch, Robin Bowman, Elaine Kidd, Henry Herford and Margaret Humphrey-Clark
March 17th
Runner-up - Florence Veitch Ibler Prize - Margaret Fletcher Lieder Prize, Schola Cantorum of Edinburgh.
February 18th
Winner, Tovey Memorial Prize, Reid Conert Hall

2009

November
Concerto Competition,Edinburgh University Chamber Orchestra.

Repertoire - Berg, Sieben Frühe Lieder (Seven Early Songs)

Conductor - Will Conway

July 10th to 16th
Master Classes,Abingdon Summer School for Solo Singers Oxford.

Coaching - Robin Bowman, Susan McCulloch, Elaine Kidd, Adrian Turner, Margaret Humphrey-Clark, Henry Herford

2008

February
Tovery Memorial Prize, Reid Concert Hall, Edinburgh