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Ruth Ann Swenson, the Glossary

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

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Academy of Vocal Arts alumni
Richard Tucker Award winners

Academy of Vocal Arts

The Academy of Vocal Arts (AVA) is a private, post-baccalaureate opera school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Ariadne auf Naxos

(Ariadne on Naxos), Op. 60, is a 1912 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 is a German opera company based in Munich.

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The Staatsoper Unter den Linden (State Opera under the Lime Trees), also known as the Berlin State Opera (Staatsoper Berlin), is a listed building on Unter den Linden boulevard in the historic center of Berlin, Germany.

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Breast cancer

Breast cancer is a cancer that develops from breast tissue.

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Bronxville, New York

Bronxville is a village in Westchester County, New York, United States, located approximately north of Midtown Manhattan.

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Chemotherapy

Chemotherapy (often abbreviated chemo, sometimes CTX and CTx) is the type of cancer treatment that uses one or more anti-cancer drugs (chemotherapeutic agents or alkylating agents) in a standard 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 hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the towns of Huntington and Smithtown in Suffolk County, on Long Island, in New York.

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Così fan tutte

(Women are like that, or The School for Lovers), K. 588, is an opera buffa in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

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Covent Garden

Covent Garden is a district in London, on the eastern fringes of the West End, between St Martin's Lane 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; Vienna (1788) title: Il dissoluto punito, ossia il Don Giovanni, literally The Rake Punished, or Don Giovanni) is an opera in two acts with music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to an Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte.

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Faust (opera)

Faust is an 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 (baptised italic,; 23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759) was a German-British Baroque composer well known for his operas, oratorios, anthems, concerti grossi, 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: Staatsoper Hamburg) is a German 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 1835 opera by Vincenzo Bellini.

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James Levine's 25th Anniversary Metropolitan Opera Gala

James Levine's 25th Anniversary Metropolitan Opera Gala was a concert lasting (including intermissions) approximately eight hours, that the Metropolitan Opera staged in 1996 in honour of its then principal conductor and artistic director.

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Joseph Volpe (opera manager)

Joseph Volpe (born July 2, 1940) is an American opera manager and arts management consultant.

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L'elisir d'amore

L'elisir d'amore (The Elixir of Love) is a melodramma giocoso (comic melodrama, opera buffa) 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 quadri, tableaux or "images", rather than atti (acts).

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La traviata

La traviata (The Fallen Woman) 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 populous island east of Manhattan in southeastern New York state, constituting a significant share of the New York metropolitan area in both population and land area.

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Lucia di Lammermoor

Lucia di Lammermoor is a dramma tragico (tragic opera) in three acts by Italian composer 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 Berneice Horne (born January 16, 1934) is an American mezzo-soprano opera singer. Ruth Ann Swenson and Marilyn Horne are 20th-century American women opera singers.

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Marilyn Horne: Divas in Song

Marilyn Horne: Divas in Song: A 60th Birthday Celebration is a 77-minute live album of art and popular songs performed by Olafur Bjarnason, Montserrat Caballé, Helen Donath, Renée Fleming, Samuel Ramey, Frederica von Stade, Ruth Ann Swenson and Marilyn Horne herself, with piano accompaniment by Manuel Burgueras, Klaus Donath, Warren Jones, Martin Katz and James Levine.

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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 Manhattan in New York City.

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Metropolitan Opera

The Metropolitan Opera (commonly known as the Met) is an American opera company based in New York City, currently resident at the Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center, situated on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.

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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 is the primary opera and ballet 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 operatic 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 (English: 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 a historic 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 a private music conservatory in San Francisco, California, United States.

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San Francisco Opera

The San Francisco Opera (SFO) is an American opera company founded in 1923 by Gaetano Merola (1881–1953) based in San Francisco, California.

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San Francisco Opera Center

The San Francisco Opera Center (SFOC) is the San Francisco Opera's professional training center for opera singers.

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Soprano

A soprano is a type of classical female singing voice and has the highest vocal range of all voice types.

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Susan Graham

Susan Graham (born July 23, 1960) is an American mezzo-soprano. Ruth Ann Swenson and Susan Graham are 20th-century American women opera singers and 21st-century American women opera singers.

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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 composed 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 a commedia per musica (opera buffa) 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 to a libretto in Italian by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni.

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University of Hartford Hartt School

The Hartt School is the performing arts conservatory of the University of Hartford, a private university in West Hartford, Connecticut.

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West Hartford, Connecticut

West Hartford is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States, west of downtown Hartford.

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 17565 December 1791) was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period.

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References

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

, The Tales of Hoffmann, Turandot, University of Hartford Hartt School, West Hartford, Connecticut, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

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Academy of Vocal Arts alumni

Richard Tucker Award winners

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