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Ruth Ann Swenson

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Ruth Ann Swenson (born August 25, 1959) is an American soprano who is renowned for her coloratura roles. [1]

50 relations: Academy of Vocal Arts, Ariadne auf Naxos, Ariodante, Bavarian State Opera, Berlin State Opera, Breast cancer, Bronxville, New York, Chemotherapy, Coloratura soprano, Commack, New York, Così fan tutte, Covent Garden, Dallas Opera, David Gockley, Don Giovanni, Faust (opera), George Frideric Handel, Grand Théâtre de Genève, Hamburg State Opera, I Capuleti e i Montecchi, I puritani, Joe Volpe, L'elisir d'amore, La bohème, La traviata, Long Island, Lucia di Lammermoor, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Marilyn Horne, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Metropolitan Opera, Orlando (opera), Paris Opera, Peter Gelb, Richard Tucker Music Foundation, Rigoletto, Rod Gilfry, Rodelinda (opera), Roméo et Juliette, Royal Opera House, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, San Francisco Opera, Susan Graham, The Barber of Seville, The Marriage of Figaro, The Merry Widow, The Tales of Hoffmann, Turandot, West Hartford, Connecticut, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Academy of Vocal Arts

The Academy of Vocal Arts (AVA) is a school dedicated to providing free higher education to aspiring opera singers.

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Ariadne auf Naxos

(Ariadne on Naxos), Op. 60, is an opera by Richard Strauss with a German libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal.

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Ariodante

Ariodante (HWV 33) is an opera seria in three acts by George Frideric Handel.

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Bavarian State Opera

The Bavarian State Opera (German) is an opera company based in Munich, Germany.

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Berlin State Opera

The Berlin State Opera (Staatsoper Unter den Linden) is a German opera company based in Berlin.

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Breast cancer

Breast cancer is cancer that develops from breast tissue.

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Bronxville, New York

Bronxville is a village in Westchester County, New York, located about north of midtown Manhattan.

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Chemotherapy

Chemotherapy (often abbreviated to chemo and sometimes CTX or CTx) is a type of cancer treatment that uses one or more anti-cancer drugs (chemotherapeutic agents) as part of a standardized chemotherapy regimen.

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Coloratura soprano

A coloratura soprano is a type of operatic soprano voice that specializes in music that is distinguished by agile runs, leaps and trills.

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Commack, New York

Commack (is a census designated place (CDP) that roughly corresponds to the hamlet by the same name in the towns of Huntington and Smithtown in Suffolk County, New York, United States, on Long Island. The CDP's population was 36,124 at the 2010 census.

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Così fan tutte

(Thus Do They All, or The School for Lovers), K. 588, is an Italian-language opera buffa in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart first performed on 26 January 1790 at the Burgtheater in Vienna, Austria.

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Covent Garden

Covent Garden is a district in Greater London, on the eastern fringes of the West End, between Charing Cross Road and Drury Lane.

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Dallas Opera

The Dallas Opera is an American opera company located in Dallas, Texas.

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David Gockley

David Gockley (born July 13, 1943, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American opera company administrator.

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Don Giovanni

Don Giovanni (K. 527; complete title: Il dissoluto punito, ossia il Don Giovanni, literally The Rake Punished, namely Don Giovanni or The Libertine Punished) is an opera in two acts with music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte.

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Faust (opera)

Faust is a grand opera in five acts by Charles Gounod to a French libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré from Carré's play Faust et Marguerite, in turn loosely based on Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust, Part One.

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George Frideric Handel

George Frideric (or Frederick) Handel (born italic; 23 February 1685 (O.S.) – 14 April 1759) was a German, later British, Baroque composer who spent the bulk of his career in London, becoming well-known for his operas, oratorios, anthems, and organ concertos.

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Grand Théâtre de Genève

Grand Théâtre de Genève is an opera house in Geneva, Switzerland.

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Hamburg State Opera

The Hamburg State Opera (in German: Hamburgische Staatsoper) is a Germany opera company based in Hamburg.

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I Capuleti e i Montecchi

I Capuleti e i Montecchi (The Capulets and the Montagues) is an Italian opera (Tragedia lirica) in two acts by Vincenzo Bellini.

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I puritani

(The Puritans) is an opera in by Vincenzo Bellini.

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Joe Volpe

Giuseppe Joseph "Joe" Volpe,, (born September 21, 1947) is a Canadian politician.

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L'elisir d'amore

L'elisir d'amore (The Elixir of Love) is a comic opera (melodramma giocoso) in two acts by the Italian composer Gaetano Donizetti.

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La bohème

La bohème is an opera in four acts,Puccini called the divisions quadro, a tableau or "image", rather than atto (act).

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La traviata

La traviata (The Fallen Woman)Meadows, p. 582 is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi set to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave.

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Long Island

Long Island is a densely populated island off the East Coast of the United States, beginning at New York Harbor just 0.35 miles (0.56 km) from Manhattan Island and extending eastward into the Atlantic Ocean.

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Lucia di Lammermoor

Lucia di Lammermoor is a dramma tragico (tragic opera) in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti.

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Lyric Opera of Chicago

Lyric Opera of Chicago is one of the leading opera companies in the United States.

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Marilyn Horne

Marilyn Horne (born January 16, 1934) is an American mezzo-soprano opera singer.

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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK or MSKCC) is a cancer treatment and research institution in New York City, founded in 1884 as the New York Cancer Hospital.

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Metropolitan Opera

The Metropolitan Opera is an opera company based in New York City, resident at the Metropolitan Opera House at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.

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Orlando (opera)

Orlando (HWV 31) is an opera seria in three acts by George Frideric Handel written for the King's Theatre in London in 1733.

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Paris Opera

The Paris Opera (French) is the primary opera company of France.

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Peter Gelb

Peter Gelb (born 1953) is an American arts administrator.

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Richard Tucker Music Foundation

The Richard Tucker Music Foundation, founded in 1975, carries the name of Richard Tucker.

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Rigoletto

Rigoletto is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi.

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Rod Gilfry

Rodney Gilfry is a leading American opera baritone.

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Rodelinda (opera)

Rodelinda, regina de' Longobardi (HWV 19) is an opera seria in three acts composed for the first Royal Academy of Music by George Frideric Handel.

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Roméo et Juliette

Roméo et Juliette (Romeo and Juliet) is an opera in five acts by Charles Gounod to a French libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré, based on Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare.

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Royal Opera House

The Royal Opera House (ROH) is an opera house and major performing arts venue in Covent Garden, central London.

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San Francisco Conservatory of Music

The San Francisco Conservatory of Music (SFCM) is an elite music school with an enrollment of about 400 undergraduate and graduate students, located at 50 Oak Street, San Francisco, California.

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San Francisco Opera

San Francisco Opera (SFO) is an American opera company, based in San Francisco, California.

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Susan Graham

Susan Graham (born July 23, 1960, Roswell, New Mexico) is an American mezzo-soprano.

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The Barber of Seville

The Barber of Seville, or The Useless Precaution (Il barbiere di Siviglia, ossia L'inutile precauzione) is an opera buffa in two acts by Gioachino Rossini with an Italian libretto by Cesare Sterbini.

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The Marriage of Figaro

The Marriage of Figaro (Le nozze di Figaro), K. 492, is an opera buffa (comic opera) in four acts composed in 1786 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, with an Italian libretto written by Lorenzo Da Ponte.

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The Merry Widow

The Merry Widow (Die lustige Witwe) is an operetta by the Austro-Hungarian composer Franz Lehár.

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The Tales of Hoffmann

The Tales of Hoffmann (French) is an by Jacques Offenbach.

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Turandot

Turandot (see below) is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini, completed by Franco Alfano, and set to a libretto in Italian by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni.

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West Hartford, Connecticut

West Hartford is an affluent suburb in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States, west of downtown Hartford.

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791), baptised as Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, was a prolific and influential composer of the classical era.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Ann_Swenson

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