SUSIE GEORGIADIS SOPRANO
Biosketch
Soprano singer Miss Susie Helena Georgiadis was born in Porto Alegre, Brazil from a Greek father
and German mother, but she lives and works in Italy. She has both Italian and Brazilian nationalities. This extraordinary cultural melting-pot permitted her to develop an extremely wide range of
musical interest. An artist with a great sensitivity during interpretation capped by a stage presence
of magnetic effect and spiced with a warm velvet voice. Her exquisite musicality allows quite an
uncommon eclectic use of her voice. Indeed her repertoire encompasses different styles, from
operas up till the 900’, music passing through the Viennese and Hungarian operettas. She also
indulges in challenges like the fine interpretation of sophisticated Brazilian classical music, with
remarkable results.
University career
Miss Georgiadis received a University degree in Psychology at the Catholic University of Porto
Alegre (Brazil). In Italy she cultivated this interest matching psychology with her passion for classic
music following a post-graduate master in music-therapy (Benenzon’s approach) in Turin (Italy)
.
Music Schools and aknowledgements
After attending the Escola de Musica of the Porto Alegre Symphonic Orchestra (OSPA), she refined
her preparation with the great Brazilian soprano Neyde Thomas. While in Brazil, she won several
national prizes; the second prize al Curitiba Opera Singer Contest, the first prize as best interpreter
of Carlo Gomes’s at the Radio MEC competition in Rio de Janeiro. She also won a study grant at
the National Brazilian Opera Singer Contest (APARTES prize), that permitted her to continue her
studies in Italy.
In Italy Miss Georgiadis studied at the Conservatorio di Musica of Parma, and with Rita Patanè,
Paolo Barbacini and Luisa Giannini. During this period she won the Third International Lirical
Contest AGIMUS, City of Tortona.
Musical Career
Theatres and conductors
- In Italy Miss Georgiadis has performed in many opera houses: Ravenna (Theatre Dante Alighieri),
Napoli (Theatre Vincenzo Bellini), Gardone Riviera (Theatre Vittoriale), Fiesole (Theatre Greco),
Novara (Theatre Coccia), Bolzano (Municipal Theatre), Fidenza (Theatre Magnani), Pavia, (Theatre
Fraschini), Aosta (Teathre Giacosa), Milano (Theatre Dal Verme), Carpi (Municipal Theatre), Perugia (Theatre Morlacchi), Sferisterio di Macerata, Vicenza (Municipal Theatre), Piacenza (Auditorium
dei Teatini).
- Outside Italy Miss Georgiadis has performed in: Principate du Monaco in Montecarlo (Salle
Garnier), Budapest (Opera House) in Hungary, Rotterdam (Theatre Luxor) in Netherlands, Toyota
(City Concert Hall) in Japan, Porto Alegre (Theatre OSPA), Curitiba (Theatre Guaira), and Rio de
Janeiro (Cecilia Meireles Hall).
She has worked with many important conductors both in Italy and abroad. Among them : Dan
Ettinger (Director of the Israel Symphonic), Manfredo Schmidt, Alessandro Sangiorgi, Stefano
Giaroli, Julius Kalmar, Stefano Seghedoni, Alessandro Cadario, Aylton Escobar, Alceo Bocchino,
Carlo Boccadoro, Hans Richter, Lorenzo Parigi.
SUSIE GEORGIADIS SOPRANO
Operas
Miss Georgiadis has performed in various classic opera productions as Violetta Valèry in Giuseppe
Verdi’s La Traviata, Mimì in Giacomo Puccini’s La Bohème, Donna Anna and Donna Elvira in Amadeus Mozart’s Don Giovanni , Susanna in A. Mozart’s Nozze di Figaro, Micaela e Fraschita in
Bizet’s Carmen, Pamina in A. Mozart’s Flauto Magico,Euridice in C.W.Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice,
Desdemona in Giuseppe Verdi’s Otello , Anna in Giacomo Puccini ‘s Le Villi.
Contemporary Operas
Miss Georgiadis also covered major roles in contemporary operas as “O King”(Luciano Berio) ,
“Racconto di Natale “ (Carlo Galante) and “Diario Polacco” (Luigi Nono). She has a long lasting
cooperation with jazz pianist Umberto Petrin with whom she performed in “Beuys Voice” at
Kunsthaus in Zurich (Switzerland).
Operettas
She performed many first roles in operettas: La Bayadère, Die Csardas furstin, Grafin Maritza (E.
Kalman), Die Lustige Witwe (F. Lehàr ), La Vie Parisienne , Orphée Aux Enfers (J. Offenbach).
Soloist concerts
Miss Georgiadis sang as soloist in Carmina Burana ( C. Orff) , Beethoven’s Nineth Symphony,
Monteverdi’s I Vespri della Beata Vergine , Brahms’ Deutsche Requiem, Mozart’s Requiem, Faurè’s
Requiem, Vivaldi’s Gloria, in Pergolesi’s and Boccherini’s Stabat Mater.
Brasilian classic recitals
Miss Georgiadis’ brazilian repertoire encompasses classic authors like Villa –Lobos, Claudio Santoro, Guerra Peixe, Carlos Gomes, and others. She performed recitals of brazilian music for charities
and as invited guest in official opening cerimonies.
Discography /CD production
“Reuniao”- with Umberto Petrin( piano) and Renato Borghetti (gaita ponto),
“Gershwin Songs” with Angiolina Sensale (piano), Ivano Rondoni (clarinet) and Luca Provenzani
(cello),
“Beuys Voice” with Umberto Petrin (piano).
“Brazil got Jazz” with Umberto Petrin