Susan Larson (born 1944) is an American soprano opera singer. Larson was born in New Rochelle, New York and she graduated with a Bachelor of Music from Indiana University in 1965. She received a Master of Music from the New England Conservatory in 1969.
Charter member, Emmanuel Music, BostonAppearances with Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, Ravinia, St. Louis and Bethlemehm Bach Festivals, Monadnock Music Festival, Pepsico SummerFare Festival, Theater der Welt FestivalMember, Liederkreis Quartet (Naumburg Foundation Award for chamber music, 1979)Peter Sellars production of Mozart's Don Giovanni, Manchester NH 1980, role of Donna ElviraPeter Sellars production of Handel's Saul, 1981, role of MichalAmerican Repertory Theater, Handel's Orlando, 1982, role of DorindaAmerican Repertory Theater, Rodgers & Hart's The Boys from Syracuse, 1983 (Best Actress in a Musical, Boston Theatre Critics Circle)Theater der Welt prize awarded for Sellars' production of Così fan tutte 1989Opera Company of Boston, Robert DiDomenica's "The Balcony," (role of Carmen) in Boston and at the Bolsoi in MoscowLondon Records CDs of Così fan tutte (as Fiordiligi), Le nozze di Figaro (as Cherubino), and Giulio Cesare in Egitto as CleopatraLiebeslieder Waltzer (Brahms) with Liederkreis Quartet, "A Samuel Chapter" (John Harbison)Emmanuel Music, Schütz motets"Mirabai Songs" (John Harbison)"On This Most Voluptuous Night" (Yehudi Wyner)Carmen, in Robert DiDomenica's operatic adaptation of Jean Genet's The Balcony, with the Opera Company of Boston (1990).Le nozze di Figaro (1990) (TV) CherubinoGiulio Cesare in Egitto (1990) (TV) CleopatraCosì fan tutte (1990) (TV) Fiordiligi