Susan M. Yankee has made two solo appearances at Carnegie Hall. First, Ms. Yankee’s Carnegie Hall debut as soprano soloist in the Beethoven Mass in C and Mozart Requiem under the baton of Jerald Ottley, conductor of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. This was followed by the World Premiere of Imant Raminish’s Symphony of Psalms.
Ms. Yankee has appeared with the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, New York City Opera National Company, Tulsa Opera, Opera Memphis, Longview Opera, Shreveport Opera, Harrisburg Opera, and Sarasota Opera.
As a concert artist, Ms. Yankee has been heard as a soloist with The Little Orchestra Society of New York, Memphis Symphony, Norwalk Symphony Orchestra, New Haven Symphony, Connecticut Chamber Choir, Orchestra New England, Bethlehem Bach Festival, Lake Charles Symphony, Shreveport Symphony, Annapolis Opera, and the Mozart in Mass Series at Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, NYC.
As a young artist, Ms. Yankee appeared with the Glimmerglass Opera, Virginia Opera, Israel Vocal Arts Institute, the Sarasota Opera Studio, and two seasons with the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis.
Ms. Yankee is a World Finalist in the Luciano Pavarotti International Voice Competition, a Mid-Atlantic All District Division winner of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, as well as a winner of the Palm Beach Opera Competition, the Connecticut Opera Competition, Amici Vocal Competition and the Liederkranz Foundation Awards for Voice.
Ms. Yankee is the story creator, librettist, costume designer, set designer and director for the children’s operas Why Dinosaurs Don’t Smoke and Why Dinosaurs Don’t Litter. Her directing credits also include Hansel and Gretel, The Three Little Pigs, What is Freedom, and numerous musical reviews.
Ms. Yankee is a graduate of Hartt School of Music and Yale University.