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Ruth Ann Swenson (25 Aug 1959 - )

Female Person - United States soprano

Releases (3)

Official

Album

  1. Positively Golden ~ Colaratura Arias 16 Aug 1994
  2. i carry your heart 1996
  3. Endless Pleasure 1998

Recordings by (43)

  1. Linda di Chamounix: Atto I, Scena 3. Recitative and Cavatina: “Ah! tardi troppo...O luce di quest' anima” 6:08 (16 Aug 1994)
  2. Lucia di Lammermoor: Atto I, Scena 2. (no. 3b) Cavatina “Regnava nel silenzio” (Lucia, Alisa) … (no. 3c) “Quando, rapito in estasi” 7:17 (16 Aug 1994)
  3. I Puritani. Atto II. Aria “O rendetemi la speme...Que la voce... Vien, diletto” 9:24 (16 Aug 1994)
  4. La Sonnambula: Atto I. Scene and Cavatina: “A te diletta... Come per me sereno... Sovra il sen” 8:20 (16 Aug 1994)
  5. Romeo et Juliette : Acte I. Ariette: “Je veux vivre” 3:50 (16 Aug 1994)
  6. L'Africaine : Acte I. Romance: “Adieu, Mon doux rivage... Pour celle qui m'est chère” 5:24 (16 Aug 1994)
  7. Les Huguenots : Acte II. Aria: “O Beau pays de la Touraine!... À ce mot seul s'anime” 6:51 (16 Aug 1994)
  8. Dinorah : Acte II. Aria: “Ombre légère, qui suis mes pas” ( Shadow Song) 5:24 (16 Aug 1994)
  9. Je Veux Vivre 3:45 (1994)
  10. Speranze (Hopes) 3:48 (1996)
  11. Vaghe stelle (Wandering Stars) 3:34 (1996)
  12. Vaga luna che inargenti (Roaming Moon That Silvers...) 4:14 (1996)
  13. L'invito (The Invitation) 4:14 (1996)
  14. La promessa (The Promise) 4:24 (1996)
  15. La seduzione (The Seduction) 4:07 (1996)
  16. Stornello (Refrain) 2:06 (1996)
  17. Almen se non poss'io (At Least if I Cannot...) 3:12 (1996)
  18. Der hirt auf dem Felsen (The Shepherd on the Rock) 5:12 (1996)
  19. Si mes vers avalent des alles (If My Poems had Wings) 2:24 (1996)
  20. Con amores, la mi madre (With [Tender] Love, Mother) 1:53 (1996)
  21. Del cabello más sutil (Delicate Tresses) 1:44 (1996)
  22. L'heure exquise (The Exquisite Hour) 2:45 (1996)
  23. Chêre nuit (Precious Night) 5:33 (1996)
  24. Little Elegy 1:58 (1996)
  25. Aubade 2:02 (1996)
  26. The Bird 3:03 (1996)
  27. i carry your heart 2:42 (1996)
  28. Endless Pleasure (Handel: Semele) 3:27 (1998)
  29. Myself I shall adore (Handel: Semele) 7:01 (1998)
  30. O sleep, why does thou leave me? (Handel: Semele) 3:33 (1998)
  31. V'addoro, pupille, saette d'amore (Handel: Giulio Cesare) 4:55 (1998)
  32. Se pieta di me non senti (Handel: Giulio Cesare) 9:10 (1998)
  33. Da tempeste il legno infranto (Handel: Giulio Cesare) 6:35 (1998)
  34. Recit: Welcher Wechsel herrscht in meiner Seele (Mozart: Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail) 1:59 (1998)
  35. Aria: Traurigkeit (Mozart: Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail) 7:03 (1998)
  36. Martern aller Arten (Mozart: Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail) 9:43 (1998)
  37. Recit: Misera, dove son! (Mozart: Misera dove son, K. 369) 2:59 (1998)
  38. Aria: Ah! non son io che parlo (Mozart: Misera dove son, K. 369) 3:56 (1998)
  39. Recit: In un istante oh come s'accrebbe il mio timor! (Mozart: Lucio Silla) 2:47 (1998)
  40. Aria: Parto, m'affretto (Mozart: Lucio Silla) 4:44 (1998)
  41. Endless Pleasure 3:16 (1999)
  42. Gianni Schicchi: “O mio babbino caro” 2:31 (2000)
  43. Kisnet: Paradise 4:15 ()

On Recordings (40)

Vocals

  1. Les Huguenots : Acte II. Aria: “O Beau pays de la Touraine!... À ce mot seul s'anime” 6:51 Ruth Ann Swenson (16 Aug 1994) soprano vocals
  2. L'Africaine : Acte I. Romance: “Adieu, Mon doux rivage... Pour celle qui m'est chère” 5:24 Ruth Ann Swenson (16 Aug 1994) soprano vocals
  3. La Sonnambula: Atto I. Scene and Cavatina: “A te diletta... Come per me sereno... Sovra il sen” 8:20 Ruth Ann Swenson (16 Aug 1994) soprano vocals
  4. Romeo et Juliette : Acte I. Ariette: “Je veux vivre” 3:50 Ruth Ann Swenson (16 Aug 1994) soprano vocals
  5. Dinorah : Acte II. Aria: “Ombre légère, qui suis mes pas” ( Shadow Song) 5:24 Ruth Ann Swenson (16 Aug 1994) soprano vocals
  6. I Puritani. Atto II. Aria “O rendetemi la speme...Que la voce... Vien, diletto” 9:24 Ruth Ann Swenson (16 Aug 1994) soprano vocals
  7. Lucia di Lammermoor: Atto I, Scena 2. (no. 3b) Cavatina “Regnava nel silenzio” (Lucia, Alisa) … (no. 3c) “Quando, rapito in estasi” 7:17 Ruth Ann Swenson (16 Aug 1994) soprano vocals
  8. Linda di Chamounix: Atto I, Scena 3. Recitative and Cavatina: “Ah! tardi troppo...O luce di quest' anima” 6:08 Ruth Ann Swenson (16 Aug 1994) soprano vocals
  9. Roméo et Juliette - Act 1, “Ah! Je veux vivre dans le rêve…” 4:00 Ruth Ann Swenson, Munich Radio Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin (Jul 1996) soprano vocals
  10. La bohème: Act II. "Beviam... Ch'io beva del tossico!" (Mimì, Rodolfo, Marcello, Schaunard, Colline, Coro, Alcindoro, Musetta) 3:16 Roberto Alagna, Enrico Fissore, Thomas Hampson, Simon Keenlyside, Samuel Ramey, Ruth Ann Swenson, Leontina Vaduva, Philharmonia Orchestra, Antonio Pappano (06 Sep 1996) soprano vocals
  11. La bohème: Act III. "Ohè, là, le guardie... Aprite!" (Coro, Doganiere, Musetta, Mimì, Sergente dei Doganieri) 5:18 Jeffrey Carl, Paul Parfitt, Ruth Ann Swenson, Leontina Vaduva, Philharmonia Orchestra, Antonio Pappano (06 Sep 1996) soprano vocals
  12. La bohème: Act IV. "Musetta!... C'e Mimì... c'e Mimì che mi segue" (Marcello, Musetta, Rodolfo, Schaunard, Mimì, Colline) 5:17 Roberto Alagna, Thomas Hampson, Simon Keenlyside, Samuel Ramey, Ruth Ann Swenson, Leontina Vaduva, Philharmonia Orchestra, Antonio Pappano (06 Sep 1996) soprano vocals
  13. La bohème: Act II. "Chi l'ha richiesto?... Vediam" (Colline, Schaunard, Rodolfo, Marcello, Coro, Ragazzi, Musetta) 2:19 Roberto Alagna, Thomas Hampson, Simon Keenlyside, Samuel Ramey, Ruth Ann Swenson, Philharmonia Orchestra, Antonio Pappano (06 Sep 1996) soprano vocals
  14. La bohème: Act II. "Quando men' vo" (Musetta, Marcello, Alcindoro, Mimì, Rodolfo, Schaunard, Colline) 4:40 Roberto Alagna, Enrico Fissore, Thomas Hampson, Simon Keenlyside, Samuel Ramey, Ruth Ann Swenson, Leontina Vaduva, Philharmonia Orchestra, Antonio Pappano (06 Sep 1996) soprano vocals
  15. La bohème: Act IV. "Oh Dio! Mimì!... Che avvien?" (Rodolfo, Schaunard, Mimì, Musetta, Marcello, Colline) 5:14 Roberto Alagna, Thomas Hampson, Simon Keenlyside, Samuel Ramey, Ruth Ann Swenson, Leontina Vaduva, Philharmonia Orchestra, Antonio Pappano (06 Sep 1996) soprano vocals
  16. La bohème: Act III. "Dunque è proprio finita?" (Rodolfo, Mimì, Marcello, Musetta) 5:36 Roberto Alagna, Thomas Hampson, Ruth Ann Swenson, Leontina Vaduva, Philharmonia Orchestra, Antonio Pappano (06 Sep 1996) soprano vocals
  17. Roméo et Juliette : Acte I. No. 3 Ariette « Je veux vivre dans le rêve » (Juliette) 3:57 Ruth Ann Swenson, Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Leonard Slatkin (1996) soprano vocals
  18. Roméo et Juliette : Acte I. No. 3a Récit « Le nom de cette belle enfant ? » (Roméo, Grégorio, Gertrude, Juliette) 0:35 Plácido Domingo, Erik Freulon, Ruth Ann Swenson, Sarah Walker, Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Leonard Slatkin (1996) soprano vocals
  19. Roméo et Juliette : Acte V. No. 22 Scène et duo « C’est là… Salut ! tombeau sombre et silencieux ! » (Roméo, Juliette) 16:55 Plácido Domingo, Ruth Ann Swenson, Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Leonard Slatkin (1996) soprano vocals
  20. Roméo et Juliette : Acte IV, scène 1. No. 15 Quatuor « Ah ! le ciel soit loué ! » (Gertrude, Juliette, Capulet, Frère Laurent) 5:48 Alastair Miles, Ruth Ann Swenson, Alain Vernhes, Sarah Walker, Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Leonard Slatkin (1996) soprano vocals
  21. Roméo et Juliette : Acte I. No. 5 Finale « Quelqu’un ! » (Roméo, Juliette, Tybalt, Pâris) 5:52 Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Paul Charles Clarke, Plácido Domingo, Christopher Maltman, Ruth Ann Swenson, Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Leonard Slatkin (1996) soprano vocals
  22. Roméo et Juliette : Acte IV, scène 2. No. 19 Finale « Ma fille, cède aux vœux » (Capulet, Juliette, Gertrude, Pâris, Chœur) 4:44 Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Christopher Maltman, Ruth Ann Swenson, Alain Vernhes, Sarah Walker, Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Leonard Slatkin (1996) soprano vocals
  23. Roméo et Juliette : Acte III, scène 1. No. 11 Trio et quatuor « Dieu qui fis l’homme à ton image ! » (Frère Laurent, Juliette, Roméo, Gertrude) 6:01 Plácido Domingo, Alastair Miles, Ruth Ann Swenson, Sarah Walker, Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Leonard Slatkin (1996) soprano vocals
  24. Roméo et Juliette : Acte IV, scène 1. No. 14 Duo « Va ! je t’ai pardonné” (Juliette, Roméo) 13:39 Plácido Domingo, Ruth Ann Swenson, Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Leonard Slatkin (1996) soprano vocals
  25. Roméo et Juliette : Acte II. No. 8 Scène et chœurs « Hélas ! moi, le haïr ! » (Juliette, Roméo, Grégorio, Les Valets, Gertrude, Chœur) 8:32 Plácido Domingo, Erik Freulon, Ruth Ann Swenson, Sarah Walker, Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Leonard Slatkin (1996) soprano vocals
  26. Roméo et Juliette : Acte II. No. 9 Duo « Ô nuit divine ! je t’implore » (Roméo, Juliette, Gertrude) 8:34 Plácido Domingo, Ruth Ann Swenson, Sarah Walker, Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Leonard Slatkin (1996) soprano vocals
  27. Roméo et Juliette : Acte IV, scène 1. No. 16 Scène « Mon père! tout m’accable!” (Juliette, Frère Laurent) 5:47 Alastair Miles, Ruth Ann Swenson, Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Leonard Slatkin (1996) soprano vocals
  28. Roméo et Juliette : Acte I. No. 1 Introduction « L’heure s’envole » (Tybalt, Pâris, Capulet, Juliette, Mercutio, Roméo, Chœur) 10:47 Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Paul Charles Clarke, Plácido Domingo, Christopher Maltman, Kurt Ollmann, Ruth Ann Swenson, Alain Vernhes, Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Leonard Slatkin (1996) soprano vocals
  29. Roméo et Juliette : Acte III, scène 1. No. 10 Entr’acte et scène « Mon père ! Dieu vous garde ! » (Roméo, Frère Laurent, Juliette) 6:24 Plácido Domingo, Alastair Miles, Ruth Ann Swenson, Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Leonard Slatkin (1996) soprano vocals
  30. La Bohème: Act 3 (from “Dunque è proprio finita” to end of act) ?:?? Roberto Alagna, Thomas Hampson, Ruth Ann Swenson, Leontina Vaduva, Philharmonia Orchestra, Antonio Pappano (1996) soprano vocals
  31. Roméo et Juliette : Acte I. No. 4 Madrigal « Ange adorable » (Roméo, Juliette) 4:29 Plácido Domingo, Ruth Ann Swenson, Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Leonard Slatkin (1996) soprano vocals
  32. Romeo et Juliette : Juliette's Waltz (« Je veux vivre ») 4:11 Ruth Ann Swenson, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine (1996) soprano vocals
  33. Roméo et Juliette : Acte IV, scène 1. No. 17 Scène et air « Dieu ! Quel frisson court dans mes veines ! » (Juliette) 5:45 Ruth Ann Swenson, Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Leonard Slatkin (1996) soprano vocals
  34. Stranger in Paradise 4:16 Ruth Ann Swenson, Jerry Hadley, London Symphony Orchestra, Paul Gemignani (1997) soprano vocals
  35. Endless Pleasure 3:16 Ruth Ann Swenson (1999) soprano vocals
  36. Gianni Schicchi: “O mio babbino caro” 2:31 Ruth Ann Swenson (2000) soprano vocals
  37. Pavane, Op. 50 6:47 Dennis James (2002) soprano vocals
  38. Manon Lescaut: “In quelle trine morbide” 2:50 Ruth Ann Swenson, London Symphony Orchestra, Julius Rudel (22 Sep 2003) soprano vocals
  39. Songs, op. 34: 14. Vocalise 4:37 Ruth Ann Swenson, Warren Jones (2010) soprano vocals
  40. Manon Lescaut, Act II: "In quelle trine morbide" 2:51 Ruth Ann Swenson, London Symphony Orchestra, Julius Rudel () soprano vocals

Credited as (28)

  1. Ruth Ann Swenson
  2. Puccini; Alagna, Vaduva, Hampson, Swenson, Keenlyside, Ramey, Philharmonia Orchestra, London Voices, Pappano
  3. Giacomo Puccini; Roberto Alagna, Leontina Vaduva, Thomas Hampson, Ruth Ann Swenson, Simon Keenlyside, Samuel Ramey, Philharmonia Orchestra, London Voices, Antonio Pappano
  4. Ruth Ann Swenson, Jerry Hadley, London Symphony Orchestra, Paul Gemignani
  5. Puccini; Roberto Alagna, Leontina Vaduva, Ruth Ann Swenson, Thomas Hampson, London Voices, Philharmonia Orchestra, Antonio Pappano
  6. Ruth Ann Swenson, London Symphony Orchestra, Julius Rudel
  7. Ruth Ann Swenson, Warren Jones
  8. Giacomo Puccini, Roberto Alagna, Leontina Vaduva, Thomas Hampson, Simon Keenlyside, Samuel Ramey, Ruth Ann Swenson, Enrico Fissore, Philharmonia Orchestra & London Voices
  9. Ruth Ann Swenson & Leonard Slatkin
  10. Roberto Alagna, Enrico Fissore, Thomas Hampson, Simon Keenlyside, Samuel Ramey, Ruth Ann Swenson, Leontina Vaduva, Philharmonia Orchestra, Antonio Pappano
  11. Jeffrey Carl, Paul Parfitt, Ruth Ann Swenson, Leontina Vaduva, Philharmonia Orchestra, Antonio Pappano
  12. Roberto Alagna, Thomas Hampson, Simon Keenlyside, Samuel Ramey, Ruth Ann Swenson, Philharmonia Orchestra, Antonio Pappano
  13. Roberto Alagna, Thomas Hampson, Ruth Ann Swenson, Leontina Vaduva, Philharmonia Orchestra, Antonio Pappano
  14. Roberto Alagna, Thomas Hampson, Simon Keenlyside, Samuel Ramey, Ruth Ann Swenson, Leontina Vaduva, Philharmonia Orchestra, Antonio Pappano
  15. Ruth Ann Swenson, Munich Radio Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin
  16. Ruth Ann Swenson, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine
  17. Charles Gounod; Plácido Domingo, Ruth Ann Swenson, Miles, Ollmann, Graham, Vernhes, Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Leonard Slatkin
  18. Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Paul Charles Clarke, Plácido Domingo, Christopher Maltman, Kurt Ollmann, Ruth Ann Swenson, Alain Vernhes, Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Leonard Slatkin
  19. Ruth Ann Swenson, Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Leonard Slatkin
  20. Plácido Domingo, Erik Freulon, Ruth Ann Swenson, Sarah Walker, Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Leonard Slatkin
  21. Plácido Domingo, Ruth Ann Swenson, Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Leonard Slatkin
  22. Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Paul Charles Clarke, Plácido Domingo, Christopher Maltman, Ruth Ann Swenson, Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Leonard Slatkin
  23. Plácido Domingo, Ruth Ann Swenson, Sarah Walker, Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Leonard Slatkin
  24. Plácido Domingo, Alastair Miles, Ruth Ann Swenson, Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Leonard Slatkin
  25. Plácido Domingo, Alastair Miles, Ruth Ann Swenson, Sarah Walker, Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Leonard Slatkin
  26. Alastair Miles, Ruth Ann Swenson, Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Leonard Slatkin
  27. Alastair Miles, Ruth Ann Swenson, Alain Vernhes, Sarah Walker, Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Leonard Slatkin
  28. Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Christopher Maltman, Ruth Ann Swenson, Alain Vernhes, Sarah Walker, Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Leonard Slatkin

Links (8)

Other Databases

  1. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr94041150
  2. http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6gr98n0
  3. https://d-nb.info/gnd/134742923
  4. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb139746900

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/985654

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0001406068

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/74045247

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3298054