Suzanne Rigden, Canadian Soprano
Performance Highlights:
"Luisa Miller" in Verdi's Luisa Miller, Opera Nova Scotia, May 2013
Merola Grand Finale Concert, performed with San Francisco Opera Orchestra, War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, August 18, 2012
Understudy "Serpetta" in Mozart's La Finta Giardiniera, Merola Opera Centre, San Francisco, August 2 & 4, 2012.
"Lady with a Hand Mirror" in Postcard from Morocco by Dominick Argento, Merola Opera Program, Cowell Theater at Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, July 19 & 21, 2012
"Blondchen" in Mozart's Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Opera Nova Scotia, May 2012
The Sir
James Dunn Theatre, Dalhousie Arts Centre, Halifax, NS
May 26 and May 27, 2012, 7:30 p.m.
"Frasquita" in Bizet's Carmen with Jeunesses Musicales Canada Spring tour, March - May 2012
Award winning Queen of the Night performance at George London Foundation Competition, Feb 2012
Boundless, a Recital by soprano Suzanne Rigden, baritone Alan MacDonald, and pianist Jérémie Pelletier at Lillian Piercey Hall, Maritime Conservatory of the Performing Arts, Halifax, NS, Dec 27, 2011, 2pm
Home for the Holidays Concert featuring Suzanne Rigden, soprano, and Jérémie Pelletier, piano with guest appearances by June and Steve Rigden, Woodlawn United Church, Dartmouth, NS, Dec 22, 2011, 7pm
Soprano Soloist for Handel's Messiah with Orchestra London, St. Paul's Cathedral, Dec 7, 2011
"Queen of the Night" in Queen of the Night and Witches Concert with Ensemble Caprice, Salle Bourgie, Montreal, Nov. 16, 2011
"Sophie" in Werther, Opera Montreal, CBC Radio Saturday Afternoon at the Opera, Sept 10, 2011
Merola Grand Finale Concert, performed with San Francisco Opera Orchestra on the stage of the War Memorial Opera House, home of San Francisco Opera, August 20, 2011
"Rosina" in Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia, Merola Opera Program with San Francisco Opera Orchestra, Herbst Theater, San Francisco, August 4 (8pm) & 6 (2pm), 2011
New York Gala for the International Vocal Arts Institute, in Honour of Deborah Voigt, April 27, 2011
Young Artist exchange performances with Canadian Opera Company, April, 2011
"Morgana" in Handel's Alcina, Pocket Opera of New York, March 17-20, 2011
Performance as "Queen of the Night" in La Magie de Mozart, Orchestre Symphoniqe de Montréal, February 2011
"Sophie" in Werther, l'Opéra de Montréal, January - February 2011
Aleacanto tournée with l’Atelier lyrique de l’Opéra de Montréal, October through December 2010
"Page" in Rigoletto, l'Opéra de Montréal, September - October, 2010
"Marie" in La fille du Régiment at International Vocal Arts Institute in Tel Aviv, Israel, July 2010
L'Opéra de Montréal Administration Bursary, chosen by Artistic Director, Musical Director & Director of Atelier & Opera, for a Young Artist Showing Outstanding Potential, June 2010
Winner of the Jaqueline Desmarais Foundation Grant for Young Opera Singers, May 2010
Cover "La Fée" in Cendrillon, l'Opéra de Montréal, May - June 2010
Soloist, Bach's Mass in b minor, with Symphony Nova Scotia and Camerata Singers, Halifax, March 2010
Finalist & Honourable Mention Prize, George London Competition, New York, March 2010
LES AMOUREUX CÉLÈBRES, with l’Atelier lyrique de l’Opéra de Montréal, April 29, 2010
"Gertrude" in Nelligan, l'Atelier Lyrique de l'ODM & École nationale de théâtre du Canada, March 6 - 13, 2010
"Shepherd Boy" in Tosca, l'Opéra de Montréal, January 30 - February 13, 2010
WINTER SONG RECITAL, MUSIC ROOM, Halifax, NS December 27, 2009
Soloist, Noël à l'opéra with l'Orchestre Métropolitain du Grand Montréal, Pietraroia, Dec 2009
Winner, le Prix Hariclea Darclée-Michel Buruiana, Gala Concert of les Jeunes Ambassadeurs Lyriques Montreal, Nov 2009
En Concert with l’Atelier lyrique de l’Opéra de Montréal, Chapelle historique du Bon-Pasteur, Nov, 2009
"First Spirit" and cover, "Queen of the Night," Die Zauberflöte, l'Opéra de Montréal, Nov 2009
Participant, Mozarteum Summer Academy, Salzburg, Austria, Aug 2009
Finalist, Spazio Musica, Orvieto, Italy, Aug 2009
"Frasquita," Carmen, and soloist in Open Air Concert, Ústí nad Labem Orchestra, Czech Republic, July 2009
Nova Scotia Talent Trust and Joseph and Melitta Kandler Scholarships, 2009
Audience Choice & Beverly Logan Hamway Memorial Awards, Northwest Region, METS Competition, Seattle, Jan 2009
"Gretel" in Hansel and Gretel with the Prince George Symphony, Dec 2008
Semi-finalist, Ningbo International Voice Competition, Oct 2008
