Susanna Phillips: Opera star sings chamber music

By Tom Strini
ThirdCoast Digest
January 24, 2012

In October and November, Susanna Phillips sang the title role in Donizetti’s Lucia de Lammermoor at the Lyric Opera of Chicago. So what is a rising star of an opera singer doing at a Chamber Music Milwaukee concert at UWM Wednesday evening (Jan. 25)?

“I’m always looking for the chance to sing chamber music,” Phillips said, in an interview Tuesday at the UWM Zelazo Center, where the concert will take place. “And to sing it with friends makes all the difference. I’ve known  these guys a long time.”

The friends are clarinetist Todd Levy and horn player Gregory Flint, co-directors of Chamber Music Milwaukee; bassoonist Ted Soluri and guest pianist Brian Zeger. This will be Phillips’ third appearance with her Milwaukee friends and colleagues...

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