Susana Gaspar

Portuguese soprano Susana Gaspar was a member of the Jette Parker Young Artists Programme in 2011/13 at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, singing Barbarina Le nozze di Fìgaro, Contessa Ceprano Rigoletto, Giannetta L’elisir d’amore, First Innocent Minotaur, Papagena Die Zauberflöte, Voce dal Cielo Don Carlo and Aurore Le Portrait de Manon (Meet the Young Artists Week). She studied at the Lisbon Music Conservatoire, Guildhall School of Music and Drama and the National Opera Studio. She represented Portugal in the 2013 Cardiff Singer of the World Competition. Her operatic roles include: Mimì La bohème at Grange Park Opera, Gilda Rigoletto at Nevill Holt Opera, Azema Semiramide with Opera Rara at the BBC Proms (also recorded), Violetta La Traviata for Hawke's Bay Opera (New Zealand), First