Susan Larson
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Susan Larson (born 1944) is an American
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)[1]
- 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), Giulio Cesare in Egittoas 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)
Sources
- Dyer, Richard. "Susan Larson A Bewitching Contradiction". Boston Globe, February 5, 1987 (subscription required)
- Oestreich, James. "Jean Genet's 'Balcony' Makes Debut as Opera". New York Times, June 17, 1990
References
- ^ "The Walter W. Naumburg Foundation - Previous Winners". www.naumburg.org. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
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