Susan Salms-Moss
American singer
Susan Salms-Moss (born Susan Leslie Moss, April 28, 1946) is an American opera singer who made her career singing leading soprano roles in Europe. She appeared in numerous theaters in Germany, and throughout Europe, and is best known in dramatic soprano roles.
After beginning her career in 1977 in Germany, Salms-Moss joined the Städtische Bühnen in Regensburg, where she performed from 1986 to 1999 while continuing to accept contracts elsewhere in Germany and throughout Europe. Her roles have ranged from Mozart to Puccini, Verdi, Strauss, Janáček, Rimsky-Korsakov, Debussy and Berg. Her concert programs included works especially in the French and Russian repertoire.
Biography
Early life and education
Salms-Moss was born on April 28, 1946, in Brooklyn, New York, the daughter of Louis B. Moss, a manufacturer, and Dorris Teicher Moss, a homemaker. Her mother's family stemmed from near Lviv, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and her father's family came from Odessa and the surrounding countryside. Both sides of the family are Ukrainian Jewish. She grew up on Long Island and graduated from Great Neck South High School in 1963. In 1967, she earned her B.A. from Brown University, where she majored in French literature.
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