Susan Lewis Friedman

• Bellissima Opera--World Premiere of "FUTURE PERFECT"--role of Rosetta
• Nevada Opera--Gretel in School Tour, U/S Barbarina Mainstage
• Des Moines Metro Opera--Apprenticeship, "SUOR ANGELICA"--role of A Novice
• Broadway National Tour of CATS
• Ordained Cantor in Reform Movement of Judaism

Susan Lewis Friedman is a Cantor, which is the clergy person who oversees music and sings the prayers, in the Progressive Movement of Judaism. She currently serves Temple Jeremiah in Northfield, IL, since 2018. Most recently, she appeared in the World Premiere of FUTURE PERFECT with Bellissima Opera Company (Working-In-Concert Productions) in the role of Rosetta. She has also performed with acclaimed conductor Stephen Alltop in the Handel Oratorio, Mi Palpita El Cor with members of the Chicago Symphony, as part of the Northwestern University Concert Series. Prior to the cantorate, she has been seen on the stages of musical theater, regional opera, and in symphonic concerts throughout the U.S. She played leading roles in the Broadway National Tour of CATS, regional productions of THE PRODUCERS, BARNUM, SWINGTIME CANTEEN, and SWEENEY TODD, to name a few. She has sung roles with Des Moines Metro Opera, Nevada Opera, Phoenix Symphony, American Symphony Orchestra with Leon Botstein, and Brooklyn Philharmonic. She has performed with artists such as Betty Buckley, Alberto Mizrahi, George S. Irving, and has sung with composer/musician Anthony Newman. She can be heard on the recording of his world premiere opera, NICOLE AND THE TRIAL OF THE CENTURY. She is a composer/arranger of Jewish music and recently released an album of her original songs entitled Sing, Pray, Repeat! Susie collaborates with Pianist Paul Dykstra in a concert of music by composers of the Theresienstadt ghetto in the Holocaust, and they recently performed in a benefit for the Virginia Holocaust museum. She is a frequent collaborator with many cantors and her music has been heard on Jewish Rock Radio. She is married to the love of her life, Ross Friedman, who she met on a Mississippi riverboat cruise while working as an entertainer, and he the Chief Purser. Their greatest achievements are their beloved children, Abigail (10) and Zev (8).