The San Francisco Opera House rang with especially loud cheers Sunday afternoon July 6 as a vigorous Napa Valley contingent watched their home-town girl, the internationally acclaimed soprano Ruth Ann ...
Soprano Ruth Ann Swenson has withdrawn from a New York City Opera production this fall to recuperate from treatments after surgery for breast cancer. Swenson was operated on in October and sang at the ...
SAN FRANCISCO — An impressive cast topped by Ruth Ann Swenson as a captivating Cleopatra turned Handel's "Giulio Cesare" into a vocal feast when it returned to San Francisco after an absence of 20 ...