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The American soprano, Susannah Stewart, obtained her Bachelor of Music degree in Vocal Performance and Political Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2015-2019; Kenan Music Scholarship recipient); and her Master of Music degree in Vocal Performance and Literature from the Eastman School of Music in New York (May 2021; Significant ESM merit-based scholarship recipient; Lucy Lee Call Scholarship recipient).
In March 2020, Susannah Stewart performed as the soprano starring in Dr. Marie Rolf's "Debussy Premieres" lecture concert at the J.P. Morgan Library in New York City. This performance included soprano piece Séguidille, the USA premiere of cantata Hymnis, and the world premiere of cantata Daniel by Debussy. Colleagues in this performance were Timothy Long, Anthony Dean Griffey, and Randall Scarlata, and Dr. Marie Rolf.
With Eastman Opera Theatre, Susannah Stewart performed the roles of Aveline Mortimer in Kevin Puts' Elizabeth Cree and The Lady with the Cake Box in Dominick Argento's Postcard from Morocco. At UNC-Chapel Hill, she performed the title role of Alcina in George Frideric Handel's Alcina (November 2018) and Dido in Purcell's Dido and Aeneas (April 2017) with UNC Opera, as well as Zerlina in W.A. Mozart's Don Giovanni in Tuscany, Italy (Fall 2017). In 2019, she won UNC’s Concerto Competition, performing with Maestro Tonu Kalam and the UNC Symphony Orchestra. Other concert performance has been with the Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle (COT) under the baton of Lorenzo Muti (2019), performing G.F. Handel's Crudel tiranno amor and other arias by G.F. Handell, as well as "Romanze" from Schubert’s Rosamunde, and the soprano solos in Grieg’s Peer Gynt Suite (Carolina Theater, Durham, North Carolina).
Her other solo oratorio credits include the soprano solos in J.S. Bach's Magnificat (BWV 243), G.F. Handel's Utrecht Te Deum and Messiah, Haydn’s Theresienmesse, and Samuel Barber's Prayers of Kierkegaard. In 2018, she won first place for Junior/Senior college women at the national NATS (National Association of Teachers of Singing) competition in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Susannah Stewart is also a speaker of French and Italian, and holds a special place in her heart for Italy as she has been lucky enough to travel there every summer since she was five years of age. |
