Susan Bickley

Mezzo-soprano Susan Bickley made her Royal Opera debut in the 2010/11 Season, with subsequent roles including Matron (The Nose), Marfa (Káťa Kabanová), Queen of Sheba (Solomon), Virgie (Anna Nicole) and Mother (Hansel and Gretel). Recent engagements include Hecuba/Victoria (Cassandra) for La Monnaie, Brussels, Offred’s Mother (The Handmaid’s Tale) for English National Opera and Marcellina (Le nozze di Figaro) for Garsington Opera. Her repertory includes Genevieve (Pelléas et Mélisande), Mrs Grose (The Turn of the Screw), Kostelnička (Jenůfa), Kabanicha (Káťa Kabanová), Waltraute (Der Ring des Nibelungen), Herodias (Salome), Baba the Turk (The Rake’s Progress), Madre (Al gran sole carico d’amore) and Ludmila (The Bartered Bride). She has performed at houses worldwide including the Glyndebourne Festival, Opera North, Paris Opera, Welsh National Opera, Dallas Opera, San Francisco Opera, Staatsoper Berlin and the Salzburg Festival. Engagements for 2024/25 include Hecuba at Staatsoper Berlin.