Susan Gorton portrait by Mike Hoban
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Born in Cheshire, she studied at the RNCM and made her GOT debut as Fekluša/Kát’a Kabanová, followed by Filipyevna/Eugene Onegin, Marcellina/Le nozze di Figaro and Florence Pike (GOT).
Other roles include Grandmother Buryja/Jenufa, Auntie/Peter Grimes, Cleaning Woman, Chambermaid/The Makropulos Case, Mrs Herring/Albert Herring (GFO); Mrs Sedley/Peter Grimes (Chicago Lyric Opera, COC, WNO, ENO); Madam Larina/Eugene Onegin, Mary/Der fliegende Holländer (San Francisco); Filipyevna (ROH, ENO); Auntie, Chambermaid (Barcelona); Mary (Chicago Lyric Opera, Chelsea Opera Group); Marthe/Faust (COC, WNO); Florence Pike (Salzburg, ETO); Grandmother Buryja, Hostess/Boris Godunov (ENO, WNO); Mistress Quickly/Falstaff (ENO, ETO); Mamma Lucia/Cavalleria rusticana, Countess/The Queen of Spades, Dame Carruthers/The Yeomen of the Guard (WNO); Mother/Osud (Garsington); La Abuela/La vida breve (Opera North). Concert performances include First Maid/Elektra (BBC Proms); Schwertleite/Die Walküre (Edinburgh) Kuhhandel (BBC Radio 3). Forthcoming engagements include Grandmother Buryja (WNO).