Susan Owen - International Career

International Career

As Brünnhilde she was a guest in numerous opera houses including Oper Bonn, l'Opéra Royal de Wallonie, Teatro Giuseppe Verdi in Trieste and Theatre Kiel, as well as concert performances in Taipei and Tokyo. As a full-time ensemble member of Staatstheater Kassel (1995-1999) Ms. Owen performed Senta, Marie Wozzeck, Santuzza Cavalleria Rusticana, Leonora La Forza del Destino, Giorgetta Il Tabarro and the title role of Jenufa. Her career includes many engagements in the USA, for instance with the Palm Beach Opera she performed both Elisabeth and Venus in Wagner’s Tannhäuser conducted by Anton Guadagno. With the Austin Lyric Opera she performed the roles of Aida, Tosca and Elisabeth ( Tannhäuser ) and with the Opera Orchestra of New York she sang Irene (Rienzi) conducted by Eve Queler. Other major Italian roles include Amelia Un Ballo in Maschera, Maddalena Andrea Chénier, Leonora Il Trovatore and Lady Macbeth. Highlights of her performances on the concert stage include Gustav Mahler's 8th Symphony (Soprano 1) at the Beethoven Festival in Bonn and Cologne, La Terre for soprano, piano and orchestra by Zygmunt Krauze for Radio France in Paris, Arnold Schoenberg’s Gurrelieder in Darmstadt and Bratislava, Richard Wagner’s Wesendonck Lieder as well as the Vier letzte Lieder by Richard Strauss.