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Ruth Welting

Singer details:

Voice: Soprano
Nationality: American
Year of Birth: 1948
Year of Death: 1999

About Ruth Welting:

Ruth Welting (May 1, 1948 – December 16, 1999) was an American operatic soprano who had an active international career from the early 1970s through the mid-1990s. A specialist in the coloratura soprano repertoire, she was particularly associated with the Metropolitan Opera where she performed regularly from 1976 until her retirement from performance in 1994. Endowed with a powerful coloratura voice, she is remembered as one of a few sopranos capable of singing the Mad Scene ("Il dolce suono") from Lucia di Lammermoor in the original F major key.

Born in Memphis, Tennessee, Welting was the youngest of four sisters. Her older sister, Patricia Welting (1938-1986), was also a soprano who performed roles at the Metropolitan Opera during the late 1960s. Ruth began studying the piano at the age of 3. While a student at Messick High School she won the Ignacy Jan Paderewski Gold Medal from the National Guild of Piano teachers. After graduating from Messick in 1966, she spent three years studying piano on full scholarship at the University of Memphis where she also sang leading roles in student opera productions. She also spent a summer during these years studying voice with Pablo Casals.

After her junior year at Memphis State, Welting left the school to become a student at the American Opera Center at the Juilliard School. After only a few months in the program, she toured with the Juilliard Opera to Italy where she performed at the Spoleto Festival USA. What was initially intended to be a short trip, turned into a long term venture. She remained in Italy, dropped out of Juilliard, and spent the next three years studying voice with Luigi Ricci in Rome. She later studied voice privately with Daniel Ferro in New York City and Jeanne Reiss in Paris. In 1968 she won the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, and debuted there in 1976 as Zerbinetta in Richard Strauss's Ariadne auf Naxos. Her official operatic debut came as Blonde in Mozart's Die Entführung aus dem Serail.

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Nr.Title scenePopularityOperaComposerActTypeVoicesLang.Roles
1Les oiseaux dans la charmille (Doll Song) Popularity:

Opera: Contes d'Hoffmann, LesComposer: OffenbachAct: 1

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: French

Roles: Olympia
2Spargi d'amaro pianto Popularity:

Opera: Lucia di LammermoorComposer: DonizettiAct: 3.09

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Lucia
3Salut a la France Popularity:

Opera: Fille du régiment, LaComposer: DonizettiAct: 2

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: French

Roles: Marie
4Ardon gli incensi Popularity:

Opera: Lucia di LammermoorComposer: DonizettiAct: 3.06-1

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Lucia
5Mir ist die Ehre widerfahren Popularity:

Opera: Rosenkavalier, DerComposer: StraussAct: 2

Type: ariaVoice: mezzoLanguage: German

Roles: Octavian
6Chacun le sait Popularity:

Opera: Fille du régiment, LaComposer: DonizettiAct: 1

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: French

Roles: Marie
7Quando rapito in estasi Popularity:

Opera: Lucia di LammermoorComposer: DonizettiAct: 1.08-2

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Lucia
8Ich bin die erste Sängerin Popularity:

Opera: SchauspieldirektorComposer: MozartAct: 1.07

Type: trioVoice: S S TLanguage: German

Roles: Madame Herz/Silberklang/Vogelsang
9Non si da follia maggiore Popularity:

Opera: Turco in Italia, IlComposer: RossiniAct: 1.08

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Fiorilla
10Rataplan Popularity:

Opera: Fille du régiment, LaComposer: DonizettiAct: 1.12

Type: choirVoice: n/aLanguage: French

Roles:
11Ist ein Traum kann nicht wirklich sein Popularity:

Opera: Rosenkavalier, DerComposer: StraussAct: 3

Type: duetVoice: S MzLanguage: German

Roles: Sophie/Octavian
12Au bruit de la guerre Popularity:

Opera: Fille du régiment, LaComposer: DonizettiAct: 1

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: French

Roles: Marie
13Doch Halt, Wo Bleiben Die Kinder? Popularity:

Opera: Hänsel und GretelComposer: HumperdinckAct: 1.06-2

Type: duetVoice: Br MzLanguage: German

Roles: Peter/Gertrud
14Lakmé Lakmé c'est toi Popularity:

Opera: LakméComposer: DelibesAct: 2.12-1

Type: duetVoice: T SLanguage: French

Roles: Gérald/Lakmé
15Squallida veste e bruna Popularity:

Opera: Turco in Italia, IlComposer: RossiniAct: 2

Type: Voice: Mz B BrLanguage: Italian

Roles:
16Per piacere alla signora Popularity:

Opera: Turco in Italia, IlComposer: RossiniAct: 1.19

Type: duetVoice: S BLanguage: Italian

Roles: Fiorilla/Don Geronio
17Il faut partir Popularity:

Opera: Fille du régiment, LaComposer: DonizettiAct: 1.15

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: French

Roles: Marie
18Da schlägt die Abschiedsstunde Popularity:

Opera: SchauspieldirektorComposer: MozartAct: 1.03

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: German

Roles: Madame Herz
19Par le rang et par l'opulence Popularity:

Opera: Fille du régiment, LaComposer: DonizettiAct: 2.05-1

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: French

Roles: Marie
20Je connais un pauvre enfant Popularity:

Opera: MignonComposer: ThomasAct:

Type: ariaVoice: mezzo or sopranoLanguage: French

Roles: Mignon
21Si mi e forza partir Popularity:

Opera: Turco in Italia, IlComposer: RossiniAct: 2.13

Type: recitativeVoice: S B BrLanguage: Italian

Roles: Fiorilla/Don Geronio/Prosdocimo
22Legeres hirondelles Popularity:

Opera: MignonComposer: ThomasAct: 1

Type: duetVoice: Mz/S BLanguage: French

Roles: Mignon/Lothario
23Der kleine Sandmann bin ich Popularity:

Opera: Hänsel und GretelComposer: HumperdinckAct: 2.03

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: German

Roles: Sandman
24Jeder Künstler strebt nach Ehre Popularity:

Opera: SchauspieldirektorComposer: MozartAct: 1.09

Type: trioVoice: S T SLanguage: German

Roles: Silberklang/Vogelsang/Madame Herz
25Erlöst befreit Popularity:

Opera: Hänsel und GretelComposer: HumperdinckAct: 3.11-2

Type: recitativeVoice: S MzLanguage: German

Roles: Gretel/Hansel
26Vater! Mutter! Popularity:

Opera: Hänsel und GretelComposer: HumperdinckAct: 3.13-1

Type: quartet,finaleVoice: Mz S Br MzLanguage: German

Roles: Hansel/Gretel/Peter/Gertrud
27Alerte alerte Philine Popularity:

Opera: MignonComposer: ThomasAct: 2.01

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: French

Roles: Philine
28Plus de soucis Mignon Popularity:

Opera: MignonComposer: ThomasAct: 2

Type: trioVoice: Mz/S T SLanguage: French

Roles: Mignon/Wilhelm/Philine
29Hab mir's gelobt ihn lieb zu haben Popularity:

Opera: Rosenkavalier, DerComposer: StraussAct: 3

Type: trioVoice: S Mz SLanguage: German

Roles: Marschallin/Octavian/Sophie
30Der kleine Taumann heiss ich Popularity:

Opera: Hänsel und GretelComposer: HumperdinckAct: 3.01

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: German

Roles: Dewman
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