Susan Larson

Susan Larson (born 1944) is an American soprano opera singer and author. Larson was born in New Rochelle, New York and she graduated with a Bachelor of Music from Indiana University in 1965. She received a Master of Music from the New England Conservatory in 1969.

Career highlights

 * Charter member, Emmanuel Music, Boston
 * Appearances with Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, Ravinia, St. Louis and Bethlemehm Bach Festivals, Monadnock Music Festival, Pepsico SummerFare Festival, Theater der Welt Festival
 * Member, Liederkreis Quartet (Naumburg Foundation Award for chamber music, 1980)
 * Peter Sellars production of Mozart's Don Giovanni, Manchester NH 1980, role of Donna Elvira
 * Peter Sellars production of Handel's Saul, 1981, role of Michal
 * American Repertory Theater, Handel's Orlando, 1982, role of Dorinda
 * American Repertory Theater, Rodgers & Hart's The Boys from Syracuse, 1983 (Best Actress in a Musical, Boston Theatre Critics Circle)
 * Theater der Welt prize awarded for Sellars' production of Così fan tutte 1989
 * Opera Company of Boston, Robert DiDomenica's "The Balcony," (role of Carmen) in Boston and at the Bolsoi in Moscow
 * She has published two novels: Sam (a pastoral) and The Murder of Figaro
 * Member, Board of Directors, Guerilla Opera

Recordings

 * London Records CDs of Così fan tutte (as Fiordiligi), Le nozze di Figaro (as Cherubino), and Giulio Cesare in Egitto as Cleopatra
 * Liebeslieder Waltzer (Brahms) with Liederkreis Quartet, "A Samuel Chapter" (John Harbison)
 * Emmanuel Music, Schütz motets

Premiere performances

 * "Mirabai Songs" (John Harbison)
 * "On This Most Voluptuous Night" (Yehudi Wyner)
 * Carmen, in Robert DiDomenica's operatic adaptation of Jean Genet's The Balcony, with the Opera Company of Boston (1990).

Filmography

 * Le nozze di Figaro (1990) (TV) Cherubino
 * Giulio Cesare in Egitto (1990) (TV) Cleopatra
 * Così fan tutte (1990) (TV) Fiordiligi

Books

 * Sam (a pastoral) (Savvy Press, 2012)
 * The Murder of Figaro (Savvy Press, 2019)