Susanna Phillips

Soprano Susanna Phillips has established herself as one of today’s most sought-after musicians. Career highlights include the Metropolitan Opera in multiple roles, premiering the role of Rose in Awakenings at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, and performing the role of Stella in A Streetcar Named Desire opposite Renée Fleming. Ms. Phillips has also sung leading roles with Boston Baroque, including Cleopatra in Giulio Cesare and the title role in Agrippina. Other opera house engagements include the Lyric Opera of Chicago, Cincinnati Opera, Dallas Opera, and Gran Teatro del Liceu. Dedicated to symphonic works, she has collaborated with highly esteemed orchestras including the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and her native Huntsville Symphony. An avid chamber music collaborator, she has performed a tribute concert to Clara Schumann at the Library of Congress and has sung for Washington Performing Arts in a program co-curated by the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. She is an alum of Lyric Opera of Chicago’s Ryan Opera Center and holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the Juilliard School.