Bellini * La Sonnambula _ “Come per me sereno” _conclusion / Ruth Ann Swenson / Christian Badea, c.

Avery Fisher Hall, 1992
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.
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. Her Metropolitan Opera debut came in 1991, as Zerlina in Mozart's Don Giovanni. In 1993, she won the Richard Tucker Music Foundation Award.

[@laviejaguardiadeltango9201]

!!Que mujer!!Perfecta interpretación,una verdadera obra de arte!!. Gracias por deleitarnos con este género musical de esta manera !!especial!!.

[@fernandorivas7419]

¡¡¡Prodigiosa !!! Bravissima. Saludos desde Santiago de Chile. Dr.Fernando Rivas-Burattini. 🤝👏👏💐🙏✝️🇨🇱🇨🇱.

[@Campuscoll]

I was Rigoletto on tour with Ruth Ann which was a fantastic experience. Her husband, David, was Marullo. Mark Rucker was the other Rigoletto and Cheryl Parrish the other Gilda. It was a great tour with lots of happy memories except when Mark got sick and I had to do 5 performances in one week. 5 Rigoletto's in one week was almost a killer.

[@gettyO89]

We miss Ruth Ann don’t we? ❤