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Susanna Hurrell
Soprano
British soprano Susanna Hurrell has recently made a critically acclaimed debut with
the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden as Lauretta in Puccini Gianni Schicchi under
Nicola Luisotti. This season’s highlights include her debut at Festival d’Aix-enProvence, Handel Messiah with the Royal Northern Sinfonia and Mozart Festival
Orchestra, title role in Purcell Dido and Aeneas with The English Concert in Lausanne,
Beethoven Symphony No. 9 with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, and Bach Mass
in B Minor with Paul Brough and the BBC Singers. Further ahead, Hurrell will make
her role debut as Anne Trulove in Stravinsky The Rake’s Progress, and return to the
Royal Opera House.
Recent operatic highlights include the world premiere of Philip Venables’ 4.48
Psychosis for the Royal Opera at the Lyric Hammersmith, Rosalinde in Strauss Die
Fledermaus for Opera Holland Park, Mélisande in Debussy Pelléas et Mélisande with
English Touring Opera, Dido in Purcell Dido and Aeneas with The English Concert,
Despina Cosi fan tutte at Opéra de Limoges, Norina Don Pasquale at Longborough
Festival Opera, Cephise in Rameau Pigmalion with the Orchestra of the Age of
Enlightenment, Nymph in Monteverdi L’Orfeo with the Royal Opera House at the
Roundhouse, and Erisbe in Cavalli L’Ormindo with the ROH at the Sam Wanamaker
Theatre.
Hurrell has also sung Governess The Turn of the Screw in a co-production with Nevill
Holt Opera, NI Opera and Moscow’s Kolobov Novaya Opera Theatre, Britten Les
Illuminations with the English Chamber Orchestra, and title role (cover) Rodelinda for
Scottish Opera. Other recent highlights include the role of Rose Maurrant in the awardwinning production of Street Scene for The Opera Group and its revival at Théâtre du
Châtelet and Gran Teatre del Liceu, Cephisa Orpheus for Classical Opera, title role
Rodelinda, Rossane Alessandro and Amarilli Il pastor fido for London Handel Festival,
Nymph in Peri’s Euridice for British Youth Opera and Serpetta La finta giardiniera for
Opera de Baugé.
On the concert platform, Hurrell performed in the world premiere of David
Oppenheimer's Deborah with the Southbank Sinfonia, Handel Messiah with the Royal
Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Fauré Requiem with the Royal Philharmonic
Orchestra, Pergolesi Stabat Mater with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment,
Kurt Weill: From Berlin to Broadway with Keith Lockhart and the BBC Concert
Orchestra, Britten Les Illuminations at the ROH Linbury Studio Theatre, Haydn Nelson
Mass with András Schiff, Handel Messiah and Fauré Requiem at the Royal Albert Hall
(the latter recorded by EMI Classics), Rossini Petite messe solennelle under David
Parry at Southrepps Classical Music Festival, and operatic arias for the Proms ‘Out
and About’ event with the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
Hurrell appeared in the television documentary David Starkey’s Music and Monarchy
on BBC where she performed Parry Jerusalem and Arne Rule Britannia. She has
recorded songs by composer Gordon Carr with trumpeter Simon Cheney and pianist
Sebastian Wybrew, which are featured in the album An English Trumpeter.
Hurrell was born in London and trained at the Royal College of Music and the National
Opera Studio with Patricia Rozario and Jeffrey Talbot. She has been the recipient of
numerous awards including the Miriam Licette scholarship, Peter Hulsen Orchestral
Song, Countess of Munster and Sybil Tutton awards. She has also been a winner of
the RCM English Song, John Kerr English Song and the Dean & Chadlington
competitions. In 2013 she was awarded the Grange Park Opera Aria Prize at the
Hampshire Singing Competition.
2016-17 season / 563 words. Not to be altered without permission.
Intermusica represents Susanna Hurrell worldwide
Catherine Chan-Murphy, Senior Artist Manager, Vocal & Opera
+44 20 7608 9903, [email protected]
Martha Hartman, Associate Artist Manager, Vocal & Opera
+44 20 7608 9921, [email protected]
http://intermusica.co.uk/artist/Susanna-Hurrell
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