Sue Hassel was raised on a farm in the midwest, has sung professionally in Europe and the U.S. She holds a Bachelors and Masters Degree in applied voice. Originally, her voice was considered to be a hoch dramatischer sopran and early on she was featured singing the Ballo Amelia, Aida, Lady Macbeth, Turandot; and with orchestra in the heroic Wagner and Strauss excerpts.
After singing with orchestra in Bulgaria and her arrival in New York City, Ms. Hassel has now added the Italian heroic dramatic soprano repertoire including the roles of Norma, Anna Bolena, Semiramide, Vestale etc.// Verdi's Lombardi Giselda, Vespre Elena, Traviata, Aroldo, Lady Macbeth, Trovatore and Forze Leonoras and Aida // Puccini's Tosca, Turandot, Minnie as well as her core German repertoire: Wagner's Isolde, the three Bruenhilde's, Kundry, Strauss' Elektra, Salome, Kaiserin and Helene. The voice has been described as silver, opulent and clean with an easy brilliant top. It is one of the biggest voices going, but with tremendous flexibility. Her oratorio rep includes: Verdi Requiem, Rossini Stabat Mater, Beethoven Missa Solemnis, Engedi and Ninth Symphony, Bach cantatas # 51 and 210, Mendelssohn, and Handel.
In the last three years Ms. Hassel has branched out into concert/recital work as SUE HASSEL, SOPRANO & PIANO, and as of July 2008, Ms. Hassel debuts as a solo pianist with an all-Liszt recital featuring the B-Minor Sonata, the Dante Sonata and Weinen, Klagen variations with three encores: Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6, Lorelei, Funerailles. Ms. Hassel has served as music director, coach and voice teacher in the New York area. You can visit her other location at:
where you will be able to purchase her music CDs featuring both live and pre-recorded concert material. Rep included in her one-woman shows: Mozart Exultate, Mahler Kindertoten Lieder, Brahms Vier Ernste Gesaenge, Rachmaninoff Songs, Schumann's Dichterliebe, Frauen Lieben und Leben, Liederkreis - and much MORE. To hear and see musical examples, please click on:
Ms. Hassel is also an accomplished artist and has begun showing her paintings, drawings and water colors in the New York area. For her larger works of art - and concert bookings - contact her at this site. For her smaller mass produced works, check out the cafepress site mentioned above. See samples of her work in the PRODUCTS and CONTACT sections of this website. Below: "Morning Glory" an acrylic on canvas.
Contact Ms. Hassel at: Sue Hassel, P.O. Box 2052, Astoria, NY 11102; Service: 212 769-8196// Email: sue2sing@yahoo.com
