Susanna Panzner

Born into an opera family, Susanna Panzner began studying classical ballet at the age of five at her hometown theatre in Bielefeld, followed by participation in the children’s choir and lessons in classical singing. After graduating from high school, she trained at the renowned Tanz-Gesang-Studio Theater an der Wien and has been a sought-after soloist ever since.
For nine years, she was a versatile member of the Dortmund Opera, where she played roles such as Evita Perón in “Evita” (Lloyd Webber), Victoria Grant in “Victor/Victoria” (Mancini), Irene Molloy in “Hello, Dolly!” (Herman), Eliza Doolittle in “My Fair Lady” (Loewe), and Venus in “Orpheus in the Underworld” (Offenbach). As a freelance artist, she appeared, among other roles, as Duchess Ludovica/Mrs. Wolff in “Elisabeth” (Levay), played Queen Anne and Milady de Winter in “The Three Musketeers” (Bolland), and portrayed Donna, Rosie, and Tanja in “Mamma Mia” (Andersson/Ulvaeus). At the Dresden State Operetta, she took on the roles of Lucy Harris in “Jekyll & Hyde” (Wildhorn) and Reeno Sweeney in “Anything Goes” (Porter). Susanna Panzner created the role of Doris in the world premiere of “Kein Pardon” (Hagemann/Zaufke) at the Capitol in Düsseldorf, as well as the role of Veronika in the world premiere of “Wüstenblume” (Fahrenkrog-Petersen) at the Theater St. Gallen.
Susanna Panzner recently appeared as Margarete White in “Carrie” (Gore) at the Theater Dortmund and played the dual role of Sister Sandrine/Marie Chauvel in the Showslot production of “The Da Vinci Code – Sacrilege” (Wagstaff/Abel). Starting in December 2026, she will once again appear as Inger Berggren in the hit production “As It Is in Heaven” (Kempe) at the Osnabrück Theater.
At the Deutsche Oper am Rhein, she will take on the role of Mrs. Higgins in “My Fair Lady” (Lerner/Loewe).