Described as "the star vocally, with soaring bright tones" (British Theatre Guide), Susan is an opera singer who graduated with distinction from Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Having gained nearly twenty years experience as a freelance singer, she is passionate about using her skills and experience to help the wider community through devising and leading school and community workshops, teaching privately, and specialising in Parkinson's and Dementia care through music.
"[Contessa] was exquisitely performed by the wonderful Susan Jiwey who brought suitable gravitas to her characterisation, but also revealed elements of Rosina's youthful 'joie de vivre'. Her Act III aria, Dove Sono, was the pinnacle of an expertly edited, deftly executed and well judged production."
Opera Vera, Le Nozze di Figaro, Remote Goat
Recent Performances...
Sunday 4th November 2018, 11AM
Soprano
Interactive Family Concert for Babies and Toddlers
JW3
More Info and to book tickets:
https://www.jw3.org.uk/event/families-classical-concert-babies-and-toddlers?pid=40481#.W4fROYV31Rk
29th August 2018
Soprano
Pinewood Singers
Abbey Road Studios
Composer: Steve Price
Series: Our Planet (Netflix/D.Attenborough)
Release Date: April 2019
https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/80049832
I also feature on his soundtrack for
Dolphins (Disneynature U.S)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolphins_(2018_film)
and
The Hunt (BBC/D.Attenborough)
Steve Price won the Bafta for Best Original Music for this series.
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/the-hunt-original-soundtrack/1052794832
26th-27th August 2018
Musetta
La Boheme
Opera Vera
Ruislip Arts Festival
Cond. Philip Hesketh
Dir. Genevieve Raghu
http://www.operavera.co.uk/la-bohme/
30th June 2018
Soloist
Walpole Chapel Concert
Suffolk
with Rob Gildon, Mark Chaundy, Kathy Taylor-Jones, Marcellus Taylor.
19th-24th June 2018
Soloist
Lost Chord Tour
Selected venues in London
26th May 2018
Soprano
Pinewood Singers
Abbey Road Studios
Composer: Olivier Deriviere
Video Game: 11-11 Memories Retold
(XBox-BandaiNamco)
Release Date: November 2018
Trailer:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4NcZgrHOsw
23rd-25th May 2018
Workshop Leader
Lowestoft Schools Singing Week
Snape Maltings, Ipswich
22nd and 29th April 2018
Baroquestock Early Music Festival
Soprano Soloist Bach BWV 103 and 166,
Lully's Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
Istante Ensemble Cond. Pawel Siwczak
“Susan Jiwey was pick of the pack as Fiordiligi: a really musical singer, with an emotional voice and artful phrasing.” Cosi Fan Tutte, Robert Thicknesse, Opera Now