Ruth Ann Swenson
Born: 25th August 1959, Bronxville, New York, USA
Nationality: American
Ruth Ann Swenson is an American soprano who is renowned for her coloratura roles.
Born in Bronxville, New York and raised in Commack, New York on Long Island, Swenson studied at the Academy of Vocal Arts in Philadelphia and briefly at Hartt College of Music in West Hartford, Connecticut. In the early 1980s she joined the Merola Program at the San Francisco Opera and toured the country as Gilda in Western Opera Theater's Rigoletto.
She made her San Francisco Opera debut in 1983, as Despina in Mozart's Così fan tutte. But her breakthrough role was Dorinda the shepherdess in Handel's Orlando opposite mezzo Marilyn Horne.
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Roberto Alagna: All'Opera | Complete Opera Recordings on Warner Classics
Roberto Alagna (tenor), Angela Gheorghiu (soprano), Inva Mula (soprano), Thomas Hampson (baritone), Roberto Scaltriti (baritone), Nicola Alaimo (baritone), Opéra National de Lyon (opera company), Natalie Dessay (soprano), Ludovic Tézier (baritone), José van Dam (bass-baritone), Simon Keenlyside (baritone), Patricia Petibon (soprano), Earle Patriarco, Orchestre Symphonique et Chœurs de la Monnaie, Aleksandra Kurzak (soprano), Opera Orchestra of New York, Sumi Jo (soprano), Leontina Vaduva (soprano), Catherine Dubosc, Ruth Ann Swenson (soprano), Samuel Ramey (bass), William Matteuzzi (tenor), Ruggero Raimondi (bass), Royal Opera House Covent Garden (opera company), Karita Mattila (soprano), Waltraud Meier (mezzo-soprano), Eric Halfvarson (bass), Larissa Diadkova (mezzo-soprano), Ildebrando D'Arcangelo (bass-baritone), Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, London Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris, Michel Plasson, Evelino Pidò, Antonio Pappano, Alberto Veronesi, Kent Nagano
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Puccini: La Bohème
Roberto Alagna (Rodolfo), Leontina Vaduva (Mimi), Thomas Hampson (Marcello), Simon Keenlyside (Schaunard), Samuel Ramey (Colline), Ruth Ann Swenson (Musetta), Enrico Fissore (Benoit/Alcindoro) London Voices, Boys from The London Oratory School & Philharmonia Orchestra, Antonio Pappano
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Building A Library, February 2025, Recommended Recording
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Divas in Song at Carnegie Hall, New York City, December 8, 1991
Renée Fleming (soprano), Warren Jones (piano), Frederica von Stade (mezzo-soprano), Martin Katz (piano), Montserrat Caballé (soprano), Manuel Burgueras (piano), Marilyn Horne (mezzo-soprano), Ruth Ann Swenson (soprano), Samuel Ramey (bass), Helen Donath (soprano), Olafur Bjarnason (tenor), Klaus Donath (piano), James Levine (piano)
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Great Moments at Carnegie Hall (highlights) | Selected highlights from 125 years of performance history
Ronald Turini (piano), Arthur Rubinstein (piano), Jorge Bolet (piano), Van Cliburn (piano), Evgeny Kissin (piano), Vladimir Horowitz (piano), Rudolf Serkin (piano), Sviatoslav Richter (piano), Arcadi Volodos (piano), Leontyne Price (soprano), David Garvey (piano), Yehudi Menuhin (violin), Isaac Stern (violin), Jussi Björling (tenor), Frederick Schauwecker (piano), Shirley Verrett (mezzo-soprano), Charles Wadsworth (piano), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Kathleen Battle (soprano), Frederica von Stade (mezzo-soprano), Helen Donath (soprano), Klaus Donath (piano), Ruth Ann Swenson (soprano), Warren Jones (piano), Midori Gotō (violin), Robert McDonald (piano), Renée Fleming (vocal), Marilyn Horne (mezzo-soprano), Martin Katz (piano), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Sergio Assad (guitar), Odair Assad (guitar), Paquito D'Rivera (clarinet), Samuel Ramey (bass), James Levine (piano), New York Philharmonic, Symphony of the Air, NBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Of St. Luke's, American Boychoir, Leonard Bernstein, Kiril Kondrashin, Arturo Toscanini, André Previn
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