MEET THE SOLOIST: Susan Platts, mezzo-soprano

Mezzo-soprano Susan Platts performs Verdi Requiem
May 5 at 6:30PM & May 6 at 8PM

Background: British born Canadian mezzo-soprano Susan Platts brings a uniquely rich and wide-ranging voice to the concert and recital repertoire. She is particularly esteemed for her performances of Gustav Mahler's works. She is a Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative Fellow, which gave her the opportunity to study with world-renowned soprano Jessye Norman.
         
Ms. Platts has performed with, amongst others, the Philadelphia, Cleveland and Minnesota orchestras, Orchestre de Paris, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Montreal, Vancouver, Toronto, Detroit, Milwaukee, Baltimore and Houston symphonies, as well as the Los Angeles and St. Paul Chamber orchestras.       

She has collaborated with many of today’s leading conductors, including Marin Alsop, Sir Andrew Davis, Christoph Eschenbach, JoAnn Falletta, Jane Glover, Vladimir Jurowski, Carlos Kalmar, Keith Lockhart, Kent Nagano, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Carlos Miguel Prieto, Peter Oundjian, Bramwell Tovey, Osmo Vänska and Pinchas Zukerman.

 
Ms. Platts' opera highlights include Mozart's Die Zauberflöte at London’s Royal Opera House, Wagner's Die Walkürie with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, and John Adams' Nixon in China for BBC Proms. Orchestral highlights include Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde and the premiere of a new work by Howard Shore with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Verdi's Requiem with the National Arts Center Orchestra, Elgar's Dream of Gerontius in Mexico City with the Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional and Mahler’s Third Symphony with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra.

Ms. Platts appears on Naxos releases La Tragédie de Salomé (Florent Schmitt) and Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde (chamber version). She has recorded the full version of Das Lied von der Erde with the Tokyo Metropolitan Orchestra, Mahler's Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen with the Smithsonian Chamber Players, and Lieder of Robert and Clara Schumann and Johannes Brahms on the ATMA label. 

In 2021, she pursued her love of baking and wrote a cookbook called Aria Ready for Dessert? – A Musician Takes Center Stage in the Kitchen, available on Amazon. She also started a food blog called Baking, Bits & Bobs. www.bakingbitsandbobs.com.

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