BIOGRAPHY
Dublin-born soprano Susie Gibbons graduated with distinction from the Royal College of Music with a Master of Performance as a Sussex Scholar where she studied with Amanda Roocroft.
Susie had a busy start to the 23/24 season as she made her debut with Wexford Festival Opera as Suor Osmina and Le Suore Cercatrici in Suor Angelica as well as joining the Wexford Festival Opera chorus for La Ciociara. Susie joined Newry Chamber Music in concert performing Rebecca Clarke’s Three Irish Country Songs and is currently performing with Northern Ireland Opera for their Salon Series of ‘Sea Wrack’ – a performance of Irish art songs.
The 22/23 season saw Susie make her debut as Fiordiligi with Random Opera Company and perform with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra in the final of Opera Festival Scotland’s Young Artist Singing Competition. Susie joined the English National Opera Chorus for their production of The Handmaid’s Tale in April 2022. Susie was also an Alvarez Young Artist with Garsington Opera, performing in the chorus of Cosí fan Tutte and Rusalka.
In 2022, Susie made her debut with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra as soprano soloist in Handel’s Messiah and also performed in Irish Heritage’s ‘Christmas by Candlelight’ concert in St George’s Church in conjunction with the Irish Embassy, London, where she is regularly invited to sing. Susie was also invited to perform at the National Concert Hall, Dublin, as a young artist for the Raise Our Voices recital curated by international mezzo-soprano Tara Erraught.
Susie was shortlisted as a final competitor in the Veronica Dunne International Singing Competition in 2025 and she was a finalist in the 2023 Veronica Dunne Young Singers Bursary Competition. Susie is the winner of the Bernadette Greevy Bursary and Mahler Prize, presented by the National Concert Hall, Dublin in 2019. That year, Susie was also a finalist in Northern Ireland Opera’s Festival of Voice, a winner of the Nancy Calthorpe Cup for French Mélodie and a finalist in the Gervase Elwes Cup at the Feis Ceoil.
Having originally studied psychology at University College Dublin where she was a UCD Choral Scholar and an Ad Astra Performing Arts Scholar, Susie turned her attention to her singing studies in 2016 and enrolled as a part-time student at the TU Dublin Conservatory of Music and Drama where she studied with Colette McGahon-Tosh.
Susie is based in London where she studies part-time with Susan Waters and Massimiliano Becco. Susie is also a passionate vocal coach with a busy private teaching practice. Susie holds a certificate in Vocal Health First Aid and is Vocal Habilitation Specialist.
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