Soprano Ruth Ann Swenson
to perform a benefit for
Sonoma Land Trust

Internationally acclaimed soprano Ruth Ann Swenson will sing a benefit for SLT at the home of Donald and Maureen Green in Santa Rosa on Sunday, September 20, at 3 pm. The afternoon will include wine and hors d’oeuvres before the concert followed by a post-performance reception with Ruth Ann Swenson. This will be a rare opportunity to experience the breathtaking vocal beauty of one of the world’s leading sopranos.

Ruth Ann Swenson has won critical acclaim for her performances in the world’s major opera houses, including the Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera, Opéra National de Paris, Royal Opera Covent Garden and Berlin State Opera, as well as in many other international opera houses and concert halls. She is praised as an artist with an instrument of uncommon warmth and beauty matched by dazzling technical abilities.

Ms. Swenson’s signature roles include Gilda in Rigoletto, the title role of Lucia di Lammermoor, Juliette in Roméo et Juliette, Adina in L’Elisir d’Amore, Elvira in I Puritani, Violetta in La Traviata, Mimi in La Bohème, and Cleopatra in Giulio Cesare.

In San Francisco, she has appeared in many major roles including Gilda, Juliette, Adina, Lucia, Violetta, Cleopatra, Ophélie in Hamlet, and the title roles of Manon and Semele. Her most recent appearances here have been as the Countess in Le Nozze di Figaro and as Ginevra in Handel’s Ariodante, at which time she received the San Francisco Opera Medal in honor of her 25th season with the company.

Proceeds from the benefit will support the Sonoma Land Trust’s Land Protection Fund which provides the resources to purchase key conservation properties. Tickets are $250 each and seating is limited. For ticket information, please contact Beverly Scottland at beverly@sonomalandtrust.org or (707) 526-6930, ext. 108.

Hear Ruth Ann Swenson sing in this PSA produced by KRCB Radio