Susan Jiwey

Susan Jiwey is a British opera singer of Portuguese and Iraqi heritage.

Jiwey's recent operatic appearances include the title role in Theodora by Handel, Elettra in Mozart’s Idomeneo for Opéra de Baugé in France with whom she also sang Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni. She has sung Berta in The Barber of Seville with Grange Park Opera and Pimlico Opera, appearing as a Nevill Holt Young Artist.

She performs regularly as an oratorio soloist and made her St. John Smith's square solo debut singing Mozart's Requiem. Recent engagements include being soloist in the world première of Julian Scott’s Trafalgar 200 for the Trafalgar Nelson 200 celebrations in Trafalgar Square, attended by HRH Duke of Edinburgh and televised by the BBC.

In 2009 sang Leila in Les pêcheurs de perles for the University of Valladolid Opera Project and Arminda in La finta giardiniera for Opéra de Baugé.