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Susan Gritton
12+ albums
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Winner of the 1994 Kathleen Ferrier Award, Susan Gritton is one of the most versatile and accomplished lyric sopranos of her generation, acclaimed for her verstility in roles ranging from Handel and Mozart to Britten, Janacek and Strauss.This season her engagements on the opera stage include her debut at La Scala, Milan as Ellen Orford Peter Grimes; her debut at the Netherlands Opera as Elettra Idomeneo and a return to the Bolshoi as Donna Anna Don Giovanni.Recent successes include Ellen Orford Peter Grimes (Sydney); Blanche Dialogues des Carmélites (Bayerische Staatsoper); Countess Madeleine Capriccio (Grange Park); Micaela Carmen and Liu Turandot (Covent Garden); Donna Anna Don Giovanni (Bolshoi & Opera de Montreal) and Konstanze Die Entführung aus dem Serail (Deutsche Staatsoper & Bayerische Staatsoper). Title roles include Theodora (Glyndebourne); Rodelinda (Bayerische Staatsoper); The Bartered Bride (Covent Garden) and The Cunning Little Vixen (ENO). A prolific concert and recording artist, her work spans many periods and styles and includes Ravel’s Shéhérazade (RLPO/Mackerras); Brahms’ Ein Deutsches Requiem (Berlin Philharmonic/Rattle); Berg’s Bruchstücke aus Wozzeck (Swedish Radio Orchestra/Harding) and Honegger’s Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher (Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia/Pappano). Recent highlights include Handel’s Messiah (ROH Orchestra/Pappano); Elgar’s The Kingdom (LSO/Elder); Shostakovich’s Blok Romances (Nash Ensemble); Schumann’s Das Paradies und die Peri at
top songs
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Cantata Pastorale Per La Nascita Di Nostro Signore: I. Introduzione: Allegro
1912Cantata Pastorale Per La Nascita Di Nostro Signore: II.Recitative: O Di Betlemme Altera Poverta - Aria: Dal Ben Seno D'una Stella
1693Cantata Pastorale Per La Nascita Di Nostro Signore: III. Recitative: Presa D'uomo La Forma - Aria: L'autor D'ogni Mio Bene
1534Cantata Pastorale Per La Nascita Di Nostro Signore: IV. Recitative: Fortunati, Fortunati Pastori - Pastorale: Tocco La Prima Sorte A Voi, Pastori
1415Handel: Messiah / Part 3 - "I know that my Redeemer liveth"
1376Handel: Messiah, HWV 56 / Pt. 3 - "I know that my Redeemer liveth"
567Messiah / Part 3 - Handel: Messiah, HWV 56 / Pt. 3 - "I know that my Redeemer liveth"
3384 Songs, Op. 35: Jesu sweet
2894 Songs, Op. 35: I sing of a maiden
2510Symphony No. 3
24albums
Handel: Messiah HWV56
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Christmas Concertos And Cantatas (Gritton, Collegium Musicum 90, Standage)
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Holst: Vedic Hymns / Four Songs, Op. 35 / Humbert Wolfe Settings (English Song, Vol. 6)
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Messe du Couronnement
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Górecki: Symphony No. 3, Three Pieces in Old Style
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Susan Gritton sings Finzi, Britten and Delius
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Handel: Solomon HWV 67
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Handel: Theodora HWV 68
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Gluck: Paride et Elena
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G. F. Händel: Giulio Cesare in Egitto
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Gorecki: Symphony No. 3; Three Pieces in Olden Style
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Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 1, "A Sea Symphony" / The Wasps: Overture