Susanne Rydén
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| Born |
Susanne Ingegerd Rydén 2 October 1962 Hjärtlanda, Jönköping County, Sweden |
| Nationality | Swedish |
| Occupation | Classical soprano |
| Years active | 1990–present |
| Website | www |
Susanne Ingegerd Rydén (born 2 October 1962) is a Swedish soprano who has been called "Sweden's most renowned singer". She specializes in early music and has performed across Europe and abroad.
Rydén was born in Hjärtlanda, Jönköping County, Sweden. She studied Renaissance to Classical music and singing with Berit Hallqvist at the ; with René Jacobs at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in Basel, Switzerland; and with Jessica Cash in London. In 1990, Ryden released her first solo album, Bella Madre de 'Fiori for Prophone' , which featured Italian music from the 1500s to the 1700s and was recorded in Peuuskyrkan, , Sweden. Rydén made her debut in 1991, and has focused on early music.
In 1995, she made her debut at the Drottningholm Palace Theatre with Soler's Una cosa rara which was conducted by Nicholas McGegan. In 1996, she toured worldwide with the European Union Baroque Orchestra under the direction of Roy Goodman. She performed a concert in Australia at the Perth International Arts Festival, sang Bach's Wedding cantata O holder Tag, erwünschte Zeit, BWV 210, with the Academy of Ancient Music in Italy and produced a recording with the Swedish trumpeter, Niklas Eklund, in 1997. Rydén's 1998 appearances included performances at the Regensburg festival Tage Alter Musik with Lars Ulrik Mortensen, L'Amfiparnaso by Orazio Vecchi with the Stockholm Baroque Soloists (a group she helped found), and the role of "Angelica" in Handel's Orlando conducted by Goodman at the NorrlandsOperan. During 1999, she sang with counter-tenor Mikael Bellini in three concerts at the Drottningholm Theatre with Roy Goodman; toured with Gustav Leonhardt giving concerts in Boston and New York; and performed the part of "Dido" in Purcell's Dido and Aeneas in St. Gallen, Switzerland.
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