Susannah Biller

Vocalists — Soprano

Manager: William G. Guerri
Management Territory: Worldwide

"Susannah Biller mainly took the opposity tack, reveling in the high spirits of "Die Fledermaus" and "Candide." The more flamboyant the music was, the more she let loose with vibrant high notes and sure-fire vocal acrobatics. "Glitter and be Gay" from "Candide" brought down the house." —Steven Brown - Charlotte Observer

"Biller managed these metamorphoses with dazzling speed and wit, matching her rich body language to the various wardrobe themes, while dispatching her vocal fioriture securely and often in gleaming tone." —David J. Baker - Opera News

“…with Susannah Biller as a vocally and dramatically volatile Fortuna…” —Allan Kozinn - The New York Times

About

Praised by the San Francisco Chronicle as an 'artist ready for the big time', soprano Susannah Biller was most recently seen as Daisy in the San Francisco premiere of John Harbison's “The Great Gatsby” with Ensemble Parallele. During the past two seasons, she has been a member of the prestigious Adler Fellowship Program with San Francisco Opera. She has been heard with San Francisco Opera as Frasquita in “Carmen”, Lolita in the world premiere of John Harbison's “Heart of a Soldier”, Kristina in “The Makropoulos Case”, and Madame Herz in “Der Schauspieldirektor”. . . . Additional productions with San Francisco include “Der Ring des Nibelungen”, “Serse”, and “Werther”.

In the 2011-2012 season, Ms. Biller made her New York Debut as Fortuna in Christopher Alden's new production of “Il sogno di Scipione” with Gotham Chamber Opera. She returned to San Francisco Opera for productions of “Nixon in China” and “Die Zauberflöte” and was heard in the West Coast premiere of “Death and the Powers”. During the 2012-2013 season, she makes her company and role debut with Portland Opera as Nanetta in “Falstaff” and will make her role debut as Despina in San Francisco Opera's production of “Così fan tutte”. She returns to Gotham Chamber Opera as Eritea in Cavalli’s “Eliogabalo” and will be heard in a Gala performance for the newly formed Opera Theater of San Antonio with Artistic Director Tobias Picker.

Ms. Biller debuted with Ensemble Parallele as Euridyce in the award winning production of Philip Glass' “Orphée”, and also with Opera Santa Barbara as Serpina in “La Serva Padrona”. She celebrated major success in the 2009 San Francisco Opera Merola Program performing in the Schwabacher Scenes Concert as Musetta in “La bohème”, Euridice in “Orfeo”, Monica in “The Medium”, and Elvira in “L'Italiana in Algeri”.

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