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Susan Parkes - Soprano
Susan Parkes, gained a Bmus(Hons) and a Postgraduate Diploma (with distinction) at Royal College of Music where she was an undergraduate scholar. She studies with Jennefer Dakin.

Susan has considerable operatic experience having performed in London productions of, Strauss’ Die Fledermaus (the role of Ida), Puccini’s Madama Butterfly (the role of Kate Pinkerton) Puccini's La Rondine Tosca and La Boheme, Bizet's The Pearl Fishers and Cilea's Adrianna, Massenet's Wether (Role of Katchen) Verdi's Stiffelio, Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor and Beethoven's Fidelio.(Opera Holland Park). Verdi's Un Ballo in Maschera (Capital Opera). She has also performed The Cunning Little Vixen (the role of the Young vixen) for British Youth Opera and Eric Satie's Socrates (Main Role of Fedon) for Sevenoaks Opera.

In concert Susan has sung in Szymanowski’s King Roger (conducted by Sir Simon Rattle at Salzburg International Music Festival) and in Stravinsky’s Les Noces in the Bath International Music Festival. She has performed in Carl Orff's Carmina Burana and in the world premiere of Judith Weir’s Storm at the BBC Proms.

In 2001 Susan was one of the soloists in the premiere of Karl Jenkins The Armed Man’s Mass for Peace, as at the Royal Albert Hall, and subsequently recorded the work for Virgin records later featured on classic fM. Susan was selected to appear and perform in a major Hollywood film called “If Only” in which she sings “Je veux vivre” from Roméo et Juliette by Gounod, due for international release in late 2005. In December 2004 she was interviewed and sang “O mio babbino caro” live on BBC Radio.

Susan has participated in masterclasses with many distinguished musicians including Sir Robert Tear, Sarah Walker, Roger Vignoles and Jane Manning. She was selected to perform at an opera masterclass with Terry Edwards and Sir David Willcocks, at the Royal Opera's Lindbury Studio, which was televised on BBC 2.

Susan has toured the Netherlands, Greece, America, Egypt, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand and Hawaii, and recently gave her first vocal masterclass, in Australia.

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