William Guanbo
Su

Bass

William Guanbo Su

Bass

Bass William Guanbo Su creates visceral and captivating art on the operatic, theatrical, and concert stages.Current Studio Artist at The Houston Grand Opera, since 2019. Winner of 2019 Metropolitan Opera National Council Audition. Master of Music, The Juilliard School.Bachelor of Music, Manhattan School of Music.

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La Calumnia - Rossini

Guanbo Su - Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra

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Wenn mein Schatz Hochzeit macht, Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen No.1

O, Wie will ich triumphieren

Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Mozart

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Quand la flamme de l'amour

Jolie fille de Perth, Bizet

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O Isis und Osiris

The Magic Flute, Mozart

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Career Highlights/Education

Houston Grand Opera

Studio Artist, 2021

The Juilliard School

Master of Music, 2019

Management

Sempre Artists, New York, NY

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Schedule

Recent Highlights

Salome

First Nazarene

Houston Grand Opera

Susannah

Olin Blitch

Opera Theatre of Saint Louis

La bohème

Colline

Boston Lyric Opera

Il barbiere di Siviglia

Don Basilio

Austin Opera

Die Zauberflöte

Speaker

The Metropolitan Opera

Die Zauberflöte

Sarastro

Aspen Music Festival and School

Tosca

Cesare Angelotti

Austin Opera

Studio Recital

Performer

Houston Grand Opera

Rodelinda

Garibaldo

Aspen Music Festival and School

Rigoletto

Sparafucile

Houston Grand Opera

Carmen

Zuniga

Houston Grand Opera

Biography

William Guanbo Su is a current Studio Artist at The Houston Grand Opera, since 2019. Mr. Su has been a Gerdine Young Artist at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis and an opera fellow at the Aspen Music Festival. Roles include Pluton in Rameau’s Hippolyte et Aricie, Don Basilio in The Barber of Seville and Seneca in Monteverdi’s Coronation of Poppea. He participated in Renée Fleming’s Song Studio workshop at Carnegie Hall, and have studied German lieder at the Franz Schubert Institute in Vienna under the guidance of Elly Ameling, Helmut Deutsch, and Julius Drake. In addition, Mr. Su continues his commitment to the concert repertoire. He made his Carnegie Hall debut with Bass soloist in Bach’s Christmas Oratorio and returned to the same stage with Handel’s Messiah one year after. William Guanbo Su was a Grand Final Winner at 2019 Metropolitan Opera National Council Audition, he has also won First Prize in the 2017 Liederkranz Foundation Song/Lieder Competition, and Third Prize in 2018 Gerda Lissner Opera Competition. He was also the second prize winner at the Eleanor McCollum Competition at Houston Grand Opera in 2019. He has appeared with such opera companies as Houston Grand Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis and The Chinese National Centre of the Performing Arts. Mr. Su holds a Master of Music degree from The Juilliard School and Bachelor of Music Degree from Manhattan School of Music, New York.

Press Quotes

"The vocal standout was William Guanbo Su as Colline. Rarely has the little overcoat aria been better sung. This is a truly stellar voice."

— EDGE Media Network

"a bass of true quality, who carries a robust, colorful and ringing sound, displayed his musical taste, honest execution of Handelian ornaments and bel canto filigree, and a solid voice."

— New York Times