susannah

biller

soprano

Soprano Susannah Biller has been praised for her “incandescent, exquisitely supple soprano” (Dallas Morning News) and her “light, sweet lyric voice and coloratura agility” (Chicago Tribune). An alumnus of the prestigious Adler Fellowship Program with San Francisco Opera, she was seen 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 Opera include Der Ring des Nibelungen, Serse and Werther.

Recent seasons have seen her as Norina in Don Pasquale with Minnesota Opera, Lieschen in Der Ring des Polykrates with The Dallas Opera, Nanetta in Falstaff with Opera Colorado, and her role debut as Rosalinde in Die Fledermaus with Des Moines Metro Opera. Biller’s 2019-2020 season included the Countess in Le nozze di Figaro with Florentine Opera as well as cancelled performances of Dona nobis pacem with the Chattanooga Symphony and Carmina burana with the Memphis Symphony. This season’s engagements include Mahler’s 4th Symphony with the Sewanee Symphony Orchestra as well as cancelled or postponed performances as the Mother in Woman with Eyes Closed with Opera Philadelphia, Amalia in She Loves Me with Madison Opera, Violetta in La Traviata with the Chattanooga Symphony, and Micaela in Carmen with Opera Colorado. Future seasons will see her in performance with Madison Opera, Opera Colorado, and Opera Philadelphia.