West Bay Opera
Susan Squires Cox
Susan Squires Cox has appeared with Opera San José in the roles of
Mme. Larina in Eugene Onegin, Suzuki in Madama Butterfly,
Nancy in Albert Herring, and Flora in La traviata. She
has also appeared with Oakland Opera, West Bay Opera, the San Luis Obispo
Mozart Festival, the Wagner Society of Northern California, Lamplighters,
the Stanford Savoyards, the San Jose Gilbert & Sullivan Society, and
Peninsula Musical Theater in roles including Flosshilde in Das Rheingold,
the Second Lady in The Magic Flute, the title role in
La Périchole, Javotte in Manon, Mother Abbess
(Sound of Music), Lady Thiang (The King and I), Lady Sangazure
(The Sorcerer), Katisha (The Mikado), Lady Blanche
(Princess Ida), Dame Hannah (Ruddigore), Ruth
(Pirates of Penzance), and Iolanthe. Ms. Cox has appeared in concert
with the Contra Costa Chorale, the San Jose Symphonic Choir, the
Santa Clara Chorale, the Peninsula Master Chorale, and the Valley Presbyterian
Church ``Music in the Redwoods'' concert series, in works including Mozart's
Requiem and Solemn Vespers, Haydn's Paukenmesse and
Nelson Mass, Handel's Solomon and Messiah, Bach's
Magnificat, Mendelssohn's Elijah, Saint-Saëns'
Christmas Oratorio, Beethoven's Missa Solemnis and Mass in C,
and Vivaldi's Gloria. She is a section leader/soloist at Valley
Presbyterian Church of Portola Valley and a member of the professional
quartet at Congregation Sherith Israel in San Francisco. For many years
Ms. Cox has been a featured soloist with the Andrea Fulton Chorale in the
annual Bracebridge Dinner and opera concerts at the Awahnee Hotel in
Yosemite.
11 Oct. 2000
