Photo: Benjamin Ealovega
Award-winning mezzo-soprano Susan Zarrabi stands out for her multifaceted musicianship. The Munich-born singer feels equally at home in Opera, Lied and Concert.
Nefertiti was sung by mezzo Susan Zarrabi with expressive colour and range.
Susan Zarrabi brings warmth and coloristic variety to Nefertiti, especially in her poignant and intimate Act two duet with Holiday.
Susan Zarrabi’s Cherubina is a heroic effort and she breezes through her lines with an ease and fluency that deserve to be showcased.
Mit ihrem breit funkelnden, jedoch niemals behäbig dahinströmenden Mezzosopran nimmt die Münchnerin sofort für sich ein, und sie singt so klar und unerhört textverständlich, dass man aufs Mitlesen quasi völlig verzichten kann.
Susan Zarrabi brilliantly conveys all the subtleties of this floating yet urgent existence.
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Upcoming concerts
Vita
The Munich-Born mezzo-soprano Susan Zarrabi has been a member of the ensemble at the Komische Oper Berlin since the 2022/23 Season, where she has performed roles such as Dorabella in W.A.Mozart's Cosi fan Tutte, Cherubino in W.A.Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro, Hänsel in E.Humperdinck‘s Hänsel und Gretel, Page in R.Strauss’ Salome and Sonjetka in D.Schostakowitsch’ Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk among others. In the current 2026/27 season, she will portrait such roles as Suzuki in Madama Butterfly and Nefertiti in P. Glass‘ Akhnaten
In December the mezzo-soprano will make her debut at Theater an der Wien in Vienna in P.Valtinoni’s Der kleine Prinz aswell in May 2027 her debut at Teatro dell’Opera di Roma in D.Schostakowitsch’ Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk.
She has appeared at leading European venues such as the Semperoper Dresden, the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, the Bayerische Staatsoper, the Philharmonie Berlin and the Kulturpalast Dresden
Her concert repertoire spans epochs of masses, oratorios and passions. In March 2027 she will appear as Gymnasiast/Garderobiere in A.Berg’s Lulu at the Kölner Philharmonie with the Gürzenich Orchestera under the Baton of Sakari Oramo.
The award-winning Lied-singer Susan Zarrabi can regularly be heard in recitals, some of which include cooperations with Gerold Huber such as in November 2026 at the Pierre Boulez Hall in
Photo: Jan Windszus
Photos: Claudia Greco, Benjamin Ealovega, Jan Windszus, Monika Rittershaus
Contact
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