Susan Gouthro Soprano
2020 Poyntz Ave, Apt 1516, Charlotte,NC
Summary
I moved to North Carolina in the summer of 2024 to accept a permanet, full-time voice professor position at UNC Charlotte. I taught at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi as a full-time voice professor from 2020-2024. During this time, because of COVID, family obligations, and the lack of a green card, I could only perform concert work. I look forward to continuing stage work as a singer in my new city of Charlotte.
Overview
2021
2021
years of professional experience
Work History
Opera Roles at
James Madison University
Harrisonburg, VA
09.2017 - 05.2020
- Marguerite Faust, Gounod
- Sister Helen Dead Man Walking, Heggie
- Fiordiligi Cosi fan tutte, Mozart
First-cast Carlotta in The Phantom of the Opera
Stage Entertainment
Hamburg And Oberhausen, Germany
07.2015 - 12.2016
- I sang over 300 performances of Carlotta in shows, 8 times a week, for a year and a half.
- Cast and rehearsed by Broadway's Phantom creative team.
Soprano Soloist in Fest Ensemble
Kiel Opera House
Kiel, Germany
08.2003 - 08.2014
- Full-time position as a lyric soprano with neighboring Fachs included.
- Each year, I sang 40-60 performances in 3-5 different productions, singing mainly lead and some medium-sized roles. Selected opera roles:
- Cleonilla, Ottone in Villa, Vivaldi
- Contessa, Le Nozze di Figaro, Mozart
- Donna Anna, Don Giovanni, Mozart
- First Lady, Die Zauberflöte, Mozart
- Pamina, Die Zauberflöte, Mozart
- Queen of the Night, Die Zauberflöte, Mozart
- Servilia, La Clemenza di Tito, Mozart
- Fiordiligi, Cosi fan tutte, Mozart
- Liu, Turandot, Puccini
- Musetta, La Bohème, Puccini
- Mimi, La Bohème, Puccini
- Nella, Gianni Schicchi, Puccini
- Violetta, La Traviata, Verdi
- Marguerite, Faust, Gounod
- Manon, Manon, Massenet
- Micaela, Carmen, Bizet
- Antonia, Les Contes d'Hoffmann, Offenbach
- Olympia, Les Contes d'Hoffmann, Offenbach
- Marzelline, Fidelio, Beethoven
- Anna Reich, Die Lustige Weiber von Windsor, Nicolai
- Eva, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Wagner
- Vierte Magd, Elektra, Strauss
- Marianne Leitmetzerin, Rosenkavalier, Strauss
- Echo, Ariadne, Strauss
- Maria, The Bartered Bride, Smetana
- Miss Jessel, The Turn of the Screw, Britten
- Füchslein, Das Schlaue Füchslein, Janáček
- Rusalka, Rusalka, Dvořak
Operetta and Musical Theater Roles Sung
Kiel Opera House
- Hanna Glawari, Die Lustige Witwe, Lehár
- Rosalinde, Die Fledermaus, J. Strauss
- Lady Hamilton, Lady Hamilton, Künneke
- Eurydice, Orphée aux Enfers, Offenbach
- Maria, West Side Story, Bernstein
Selected Productions as Guest
Various German opera houses
- Donna Anna, Lübeck Opera
- Second Lady, Bremen Opera
- Fiordiligi, Dessau Opera
- Liu, Würzburg Opera
- Füchslein, Kassel Opera
- Lady Hamilton, Cologne Opera
- Musetta, Hagen Opera
Selected Concert Repertoire
Kiel and surrounding area, Germany
- Brahms Requiem
- Fauré Requiem
- Schumann Requiem
- Andrew Lloyd Webber Requiem
- Bruckner Requiem
- Bruckner f minor mass
- Beethoven Symphony No. 9
- Mahler Symphony No. 4
- Dvořak Stabat Mater
- Handel Messiah
- Handel Cäcilien-Ode
- Haydn The Creation
- Mozart Coronation Mass
- Mozart Laudate Dominum
- Mozart c minor Mass
- Mendelssohn Paulus
- Paul McCartney Ecce cor meum
- Bach Christmas Oratorio
- Antonio Lotti Requiem
- Schubert B Major Mass
- Schubert Eb Major Mass
- Schubert Ab Major Mass
- Saint-Saens Christmas Oratorio
- Rossini La Petite Messe Solennelle
- Weber Missa Sancta G Major
Education
D.M.A. in Vocal Performance, Pedagogy And Literature -
James Madison University
Harrisonburg, VA05-2020
Master of Music in Vocal Performance And Literature -
University of Western Ontario
London, Ontario, Canada05-2001
Skills
- fluent in French and German
- conversational in Italian
Timeline
Opera Roles at
James Madison University
09.2017 - 05.2020
First-cast Carlotta in The Phantom of the Opera
Stage Entertainment
07.2015 - 12.2016
Soprano Soloist in Fest Ensemble
Kiel Opera House
08.2003 - 08.2014
Operetta and Musical Theater Roles Sung
Kiel Opera House
Selected Productions as Guest
Various German opera houses
Selected Concert Repertoire
Kiel and surrounding area, Germany
D.M.A. in Vocal Performance, Pedagogy And Literature -
James Madison University
Master of Music in Vocal Performance And Literature -
University of Western Ontario
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