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Mezzo-soprano
Susan Platts was born in the U.K., but was raised in Victoria, British Columbia, where she began voice lessons at 16, and remained a private student until she gave her first professional performances. In 2004, she was chosen by
Jessye Norman to participate in the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative.
Platts has sung in many of the great venues, including the Royal Albert Hall, Teatro alla Scala, and Carnegie Hall, and appeared with the
Handel and Haydn Society, the
St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, the
Philadelphia Orchestra, the
Minnesota Orchestra,
Orchestre de Paris, the
BBC Symphony Orchestra, the
Seattle Symphony, the
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, the
Tokyo Metropolitan Orchestra, the Smithsonian Chamber Players, the Santa Fe Pro Musica, and many other orchestras around the world. She has performed in several operas, such as
Adams' Nixon in China with the
BBC Symphony Orchestra,
Britten's Albert Herring with the Pacific Opera and the Vancouver Opera,
Wagner's Das Rheingold with the Pacific Opera, and
Bernstein's A Quiet Place with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra. She has established herself in the concert hall, specializing in works by
Mahler, as well as performing in
Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 and
Elgar's Sea Pictures.
Platts has recorded for Dorian, ATMA Classique, and Naxos.