Isaac was a great favourite at the Opéra-Comique: she sang Susanna in the 1882, 1886 and 1892 revivals of Le Nozze di Figaro.

She returned to Salzburg various times to sing Susanna, Zerlina, and Despina, Mozart roles which she also sang at several other opera houses during that period.

But Joan Gibbons, who was to sing Susanna, Figaro's betrothed, is pregnant, and discovered that costumes that fit during rehearsals two weeks ago no longer did.

According to Rosemary Joshua, the Welsh soprano who sang Susanna in this year's stage revival of Figaro, "he understands what can be done technically and he's very demanding.

She has since sung Susanna in Munich and Berlin, and she will make her Vienna State Opera debut with it in November.

Sari Gruber will sing Susanna, and Eduardo Chama will be her resourceful Figaro.

In the mid-1930s, Evers also sang Susanna in The Marriage of Figaro.

Heidi Grant sings Susanna with a limited resonance; it fills this performing space, but just barely.

Last time in April 2006 she sang Susanna at the Metropolitan.

Renee Fleming took over the role of the Countess, in which she made her Met debut three years ago, and Marie McLaughlin sang Susanna.