Goodness, she sure could both act and sing. She was simply amazing... how sad- she's no longer here with us physically, but she is so in spirit and through her beautiful voice.
After hearing those Cosi clips, I'd recognize this voice anywhere. Chilcott was just lovely, her voice as much as her face, and we're so lucky to have these videos to remember her...
It was my great privilege to partner Susan in Rusalka at ENO in 1995. She was a wonderful colleague and her early death was one of the cruellest things to happen to the lyric world for many years - it's easy to see in this wonderful clip what a magnificent singing actress the world lost.
I love her lyric timbre, it has real warmth and vibrancy, which are ideal qualities for lyric heroines like Desdemona, Fiordiligi or Jenufa. Her musicianship is also so simple and yet so touching! That is a real gift. And, considering the videos of her in YouTube, I think she had an outstanding technique! With that wonderful timbre, she only had to be musical and to have enough discipline, but she had much more: she really sounds like a true artist should! ;-/
what a wonderful acting-in-singing.... I have seen her only twice in Katá Kabanova and Dialogues des Carméliter (Deckers also) and guess I was too young and that time to understand what a rare singing actress she was... Thank you for posting this posting!
Yes, she was a great talent. I've only watched her on youtube, and she's always sounded and looked gorgeous. I love her instrument and attention to text. She's also got GREAAAAAAAAAAT legato.
Thank you so much for having posted this. I had read reviews on her Desdemona and wished I had seen her.
I miss her, she had such sensibility & acting abilities... Having seen her on stage as Tatiana in 1998 & become fan, her early death shocked me so (throat cancer like Lucia Popp : what a sordid fate !)
she paints such beautiful colors with her voice.
rennes99 2 weeks ago
she was the most wonderful singer I've ever heard. She was the best good friend and an amazing soul. God bess you, Susan. Good memories we had.
apmusica 7 months ago
what an Elsa, Ariadne, Kaiserin, Senta, Chrysothemis, Sieglinde she would have been...
mrlammermoor 1 year ago
She was my class mate at School, she used to sing for us in morning assembly. We had nicknames for each other,
R.I,P Freckle Face..
Froggy
pigglesnitch 2 years ago
Goodness, she sure could both act and sing. She was simply amazing... how sad- she's no longer here with us physically, but she is so in spirit and through her beautiful voice.
BarbaraPloyer333 2 years ago
heartbreaking...can feel Desdemonas terror, forboding, pathos....touching...
SMMHELDENTENOR 3 years ago 2
superb! Still hoping that they release her Katja Kabanova (from Amsterdam) on DVD sometime... Was one of her last performances and truly magnificent.
parsifal030 4 years ago
Spine-tingling.
Gigglingatagas 4 years ago
Amen, mrrk.
sirenadellopera 4 years ago
After hearing those Cosi clips, I'd recognize this voice anywhere. Chilcott was just lovely, her voice as much as her face, and we're so lucky to have these videos to remember her...
KatherineXIX 4 years ago
It was my great privilege to partner Susan in Rusalka at ENO in 1995. She was a wonderful colleague and her early death was one of the cruellest things to happen to the lyric world for many years - it's easy to see in this wonderful clip what a magnificent singing actress the world lost.
Cavaradossi10 4 years ago
I love her lyric timbre, it has real warmth and vibrancy, which are ideal qualities for lyric heroines like Desdemona, Fiordiligi or Jenufa. Her musicianship is also so simple and yet so touching! That is a real gift. And, considering the videos of her in YouTube, I think she had an outstanding technique! With that wonderful timbre, she only had to be musical and to have enough discipline, but she had much more: she really sounds like a true artist should! ;-/
OperaBR 4 years ago
what a wonderful acting-in-singing.... I have seen her only twice in Katá Kabanova and Dialogues des Carméliter (Deckers also) and guess I was too young and that time to understand what a rare singing actress she was... Thank you for posting this posting!
martello79 5 years ago
Yes, she was a great talent. I've only watched her on youtube, and she's always sounded and looked gorgeous. I love her instrument and attention to text. She's also got GREAAAAAAAAAAT legato.
BlkMuscGent 5 years ago
Thank you so much for having posted this. I had read reviews on her Desdemona and wished I had seen her.
I miss her, she had such sensibility & acting abilities... Having seen her on stage as Tatiana in 1998 & become fan, her early death shocked me so (throat cancer like Lucia Popp : what a sordid fate !)
MUEZZAB 5 years ago
Breast and liver cancer actually
bigpinkypig 5 years ago
my memory plays trick with me... Still, what a waste for opera world, what tragic ending for such a lovely young woman...
MUEZZAB 5 years ago
When you see a talent like this that has now been lost it is just too sad, and makes you wonder what she mave gone on to achive.
mrrk 5 years ago