voc, *1959 US, New York City
Singer of Classical
Ruth Ann Swenson (born August 25, 1959) 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.
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Title | Artist | Year | Type |
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L'Africaine (II) | Giacomo Meyerbeer / Shirley Verrett, Placido Domingo, Ruth Ann Swenson, Justino Diaz, San Francisco Opera Chorus And San Francisco Opera Orchestra, Maurizio Arena, Lotfi Mansouri, Brian Large | 2005 | Single |
L'Africaine (I) | Giacomo Meyerbeer / Shirley Verrett, Placido Domingo, Ruth Ann Swenson, Justino Diaz, San Francisco Opera Chorus And San Francisco Opera Orchestra, Maurizio Arena, Lotfi Mansouri, Brian Large | 2005 | Single |
Endless Pleasure (Handel & Mozart Arias) | Ruth Ann Swenson, Sir Charles Mackerras, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment | 1998 | Album |
I Carry Your Heart | Ruth Ann Swenson, Warren Jones | 1996 | Album |
La Bohème | Giacomo Puccini, London Voices, Philharmonia Orchestra, Antonio Pappano, Roberto Alagna, Leontina Vaduva, Thomas Hampson, Simon Keenlyside, Samuel Ramey, Ruth Ann Swenson | 1996 | Album |
Roméo Et Juliette | Charles Gounod - Placido Domingo, Ruth Ann Swenson, Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Chor Des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Leonard Slatkin | 1996 | Album |
Opera Gala | Placido Domingo, Ruth Ann Swenson, Thomas Hampson, Philharmonia Chorus & Philharmonia Orchestra, Eugene Kohn | 1996 | Album |
Positively Golden (Coloratura Arias) | Ruth Ann Swenson | 1994 | Album |
Kismet: A Musical Arabian Night | Samuel Ramey, The London Symphony Orchestra, Julia Migenes, Ruth Ann Swenson | 1991 | Album |