Soprano Susanna Phillips continues to establish herself as one of today’s most sought-after musician. Career highlights include The Metropolitan Opera in over eleven roles, premiering Rose/Awakenings at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, and performing the role of Stella/A Streetcar Named Desire opposite Renée Fleming. Ms. Phillips has also sung leading roles with Boston Baroque including Cleopatra/Giulio Cesare and the title role in Agrippina. Other opera house appearances include Lyric Opera of Chicago, Cincinnati Opera, Dallas Opera, and Gran Teatro del Liceu. Dedicated to symphonic works, she has collaborated with highly esteemed orchestras including Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, and her native Huntsville Symphony. An avid chamber music collaborator, she has performed a tribute concert to Clara Schumann at the Library of Congress and has sung for Washington Performing Arts in a program co-curated by the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Prestigious awards include some of the world’s leading vocal competitions: The Metropolitan Opera’s Beverly Sills Artist Award, The Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition, and Operalia. She has also claimed the top honor at the Marilyn Horne Foundation Competition and first prizes from the American Opera Society and Musicians Club of Women. She is an alumna of Lyric Opera of Chicago’s The Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center and holds both a Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degree from The Juilliard School.
Ms. Phillips’ 2023/24 Season includes engagements with Music of the Baroque, Musica Sacra, Oratorio Society of New York, Boston Baroque, and Houston Symphony.