Ruth Welting [SEP] voice type
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"
- Gwendolyn Jones (1968)
- Jessye Norman (1968)
- Nancy Shade (1968)
- Ruth Welting (1968)
- Loretta Ziskin (1968)
- Elaine Cormany (1969)
- Gilda Cruz-Romo (1969)
- James Johnson (1969)
- Eugenie Chopin Watson (1969)
- Frederica von Stade (1969)
National winners 1970s.
- Jeannine Altmeyer (1970)
- Barbara Pearson (1971)
- Christine Weidinger (1972)
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