Susan Bickley is a British mezzo-soprano singer who performs in opera, Baroque and contemporary classical music.
13 Facts About Susan Bickley
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Susan Rochford Bickley was born into a Welsh family in Liverpool, England.
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Susan Bickley's father was a primary school deputy headmaster and her mother was a special needs teacher.
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Susan Bickley's younger brother Graham Bickley is an actor and singer.
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Susan Bickley attended Quarry Bank Comprehensive School in Liverpool and then studied music at City University and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
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Susan Bickley first appeared with the Royal Opera in London in 1991 as Fyodor in Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov and has subsequently appeared in more than ten other productions with the company.
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Susan Bickley has performed in ten productions with the English National Opera including the world premieres of Barry's The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant in 2005, as Detective Inspector Anne Strawson in Muhly and Lucas's Two Boys in 2011 and The Winter's Tale composed by Wigglesworth in 2017.
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Susan Bickley appeared with this company as Herodias in Salome by Richard Strauss, Eduige in Handel's Rodelinda, Mescalina in Ligeti's Le Grand Macabre, Cassandra in Berlioz's Les Troyens and as Marcellina in Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro in 2020.
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Susan Bickley has performed with other opera companies including Opera North, Welsh National Opera and at Glyndebourne in 2016 as Marcellina in Le nozze di Figaro.
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Susan Bickley has appeared in concert productions with many orchestras and on radio such as the BBC.
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Susan Bickley has recorded with several organisations including EMI Classics, Hyperion and Deutsche Grammophon.
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Susan Bickley's first recording, in 1987 with the Hilliard Ensemble, included Arbos by Part, performing an alto part.
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Susan Bickley gained the Gold Medal for singers in 1981 during her studies at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.