"Her voice is a revelation, easy at the top and magnificent in the middle, its timbre warm and vibrant" - Le Figaro
Susan Bisatt is one of this country's most versatile sopranos, her performing repertoire
embraces early English operas by Purcell, Lampe and Dibden, mainstreams of the
operatic repertoire (Mozart, Verdi and Strauss), and contemporary works by
Kevin Volans, John Adams and Nigel Osborne.
As a soloist Susan has worked with Opera North and ENO, and at the Edinburgh
International and Almeida festivals.
She has also performed in and led education
workshops at international music festivals in Paris, Helsinki, Montreal, Tbilisi, Bulgaria,
Lithuania, Slovakia and the Czech Republic.
She works regularly with Impropera, a pioneering improvising opera company and is a long-standing regular artist with Opera Circus for whom she has created many new roles, including the role of Mila in Nigel Osborne's "Differences in Demolitions", a
hauntingly beautiful lament for Bosnia using traditional Sevdah music, which premiered in Mostar.
Her recordings include Baroque operas and Purcell sacred Music on the Hyperion and
Naxos labels.
With Impropera in The Jermyn Street Theatre, Soho
As` "Salome" in Salome:
R. Strauss.
Edinburgh International Festival
"Susan Bisatt was Salome,
her performance was a triumph, nothing short of it."
Daily Telegraph
As` "Dido" in The Death of Dido; Pepusch.
Opera Restor'd production
photo © Caroline Anderson Photography
Susan Bisatt's final aria "a masterpiece of gesture and vocal ornament"
The Times
As "The Maid" in Opera Circus's production of "Shameless"
photo © Robert Golden Photography
'Susan Bisatt sings beautifully, with a large bunny-girl bow on her head.'
The Times
As "The Maid" in The Ephesian Matron; Dibdin.
Opera Restor'd. production
photo © Caroline Anderson Photography
As "Clarice" in Opera Circus's production of "King Stag"
by Paul Sand & David Glass
As "Volpino" in The Apothecary;
Haydn.
Opera Restor'd production
photo © Caroline Anderson Photography