Susan Heaton Wright was awarded the E St Clare Barfield prize for Operatic Distinction at the Birmingham
Conservatoire, after having studied at Durham University. She also studied at the Britten Pears School, the ENO 'The Knack'
funded by a Lilian Baylis scholarship, and at the Conservatorio Sale di Musica at Perugia, funded by an Italian Government
Scholarship, where she studied the roles of Mimi, Desdemona, Violetta, Nedda and Liu. She studies with Marie McLaughlin who
is her vocal advisor.
She has performed as a soloist throughout UK, in France, Italy, Spain and USA. Venues as a soloist include
Royal Albert Hall, Royal Opera House, Purcell Rooms, Symphony Hall Birmingham, Aberdeen Music Hall, Durham, Birmingham and
St Asaph Cathedrals and Birmingham Town Hall.
Opera repertoire includes Leonora (Oberto) for Amici di Verdi, Electra (Idomeneo) and Tatyana for St Albans
Chamber Opera, Marenka - Birmingham Conservatoire, Mimi, Countess Almaviva - Covent Garden Festival. She has also created
roles for City of Birmingham Touring Opera, Mecklenburgh Opera at the Dartington International Festival and for ENO Works.
Oratorio and concert performances include Britten's War Requiem, Verdi's Requiem, Tippett's A Child
of our Time, Pehkonen's Russian Requiem and the premieres of Pehkonen's Laudate and John Joubert's 'For the Beauty of the
Earth'. Susan performed 'Songs of the Auvergne' at Symphony Hall, Birmingham, and recitals at the Cheltenham International
Festival and City of London Festival.
Susan also performs at exclusive venues, providing live music for corporate and private events. Venues include
Hatfield House, Knebworth House, Hanbury Manor and Hintlesham Hall, Suffolk.
Susan is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, and a member of the Music in Education committee of
the Incorporated Society of Musicians.
"Susan Heaton Wright, a soprano of considerable
charm and distinction, sang a selection of six (Songs of the Auvernge), including the famous Bailero, most beautifully, characterising
each song with subtle changes of vocal colour and enunciating the dialect with apparent fluency." Symphony Hall,
Birmingham. Birmingham Post
