Susana Gaspar

Biography: Portuguese soprano Susana Gaspar’s recent engagements include Vitellia in Mozart’s La Clemenza di Tito, Mimì in Puccini’s La bohème, 1st Nymph in Dvorak’s Rusalka, and La Passion de Simone by Kaija Saariaho, for Teatro Nacional de São Carlos in Lisbon. Also Violetta in Verdi’s La Traviata for Nevill Holt Opera, Cio-Cio San in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly for Diva Opera, Marguerite in Gounod’d Faust for Valladolid Opera, Mahler 4 conducted by Bruno Borralhinho in concerts in Madrid and Galizia, a recording of Portuguese songs by Fernando Lopes-Graça with Nuno Vieira de Almeida, and soprano soloist in Verdi’s Requiem with Hastings Philharmonic. Susana was a member of the Jette Parker Young Artists Programme 2011-13 at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, singing Barbarina Le nozze di Fìgaro, Contessa Ceprano Rigoletto, Giannetta L’elisir d’amore, First Innocent Minotaur, Papagena Die Zauberflöte, Voce dal Cielo Don Carlo and Aurore Le Portrait de Manon (Meet the Young Artists Week). Susana represented Portugal in the 2013 BBC Cardiff Singer of the World finals.