Susanna MacRae graduated from the Royal College of Music, London, where she studied with Jeffrey Stewart (Vocal Studies) and Nigel Clayton (Piano). She enjoys a busy performance schedule throughout the U.K. and Europe, often appearing on the oratorio and operatic stage. 

Susanna is the Managing Director of Liberata Collective CIC, a Community Interest Company supporting cultural education and the performing arts. The company creates visually striking productions rooted in historically informed performance practices and theatrical storytelling, and is currently touring Antonia: Behind the Myth of Marie Antoinette.

Their first production, Handel’s Orlando, was staged entirely in Baroque Gesture, and marked a rare full-scale use of Baroque Gesture on the U.K. operatic stage. Susanna performed the role of Dorinda; “MacRae brings Dorinda alive, her voice once again matching Handel's notes with perfect poise” - The Stage. Orlando premiered at Buxton International Festival and Lichfield Festival in July 2023 to sold-out audiences and critical acclaim before touring to Stour Early Music Festival and Beaumaris Festival in 2024. Mozart’s La Clemenza di Tito, in which Susanna performed Servilia, was mounted in the same system for Beaumaris Festival in 2025.

Other recent solo highlights include touring her curated song recital 'Words of Women' with pianist Claire Habbershaw, which launched at Jersey Festival of Words and was subsequently performed at several literary festivals across England and Scotland. In 2023, Susanna created the role of German Child in Noah Max’s critically acclaimed opera A Child in Striped Pyjamas (“Finely sung” (The Telegraph),  “Stratospheric notation…admirably executed” (Evening Standard), performed Anne in Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress for Aylesbury Opera, and enjoyed a busy summer at Longborough Festival Opera.