RUTH BORMANN

Soprano

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Minneapolis, Minnesota 55419 USA

Email: abqc9f@r.postjobfree.com

EDUCATION

Master of Music, Voice, Yale School of Music, New Haven, 1981

Bachelor of Arts in Music, cum laude, Yale University, New Haven, 1979

Minor: Archeology

Banff Centre School of Fine Arts, Alberta, Canada, 1982-84

Opera Festival, Musical Theatre Program, Art Song Academy

Yale Summer School of Music and Art at Norfolk, Connecticut, 1982

Tanglewood Festival Vocal Seminar, Massachusetts, 1981

Goldovsky Opera Workshop, SMU, Massachusetts, 1979

Minnesota Opera Workshop, Minnesota, 1978

PERFORMANCE

Opera

Vienna State Opera, Austria 1995-1997

Hindemith Die Tochter Cardillac

Salzburger Festspiele, Austria 1995

Verdi Desdemona (rehearsal) - Othello

Landestheater, Linz, Austria 1992-2006

Verdi Elvira Ernani

Violetta La Traviata

Desdemona Othello

Mozart Vitellia La clemenza di Tito

Fiordiligi Cosi fan tutte

Countess The Marriage of Figaro

Donna Anna Don Giovanni

Elettra Idomeneo

Pamina The Magic Flute

First Lady The Magic Flute

Bizet Leila The Pearl Fishers

Micaela Carmen

Offenbach Olympia The Tales of Hoffmann

Antonia The Tales of Hoffmann

Giulietta The Tales of Hoffmann

Puccini Suor Angelica Suor Angelica

Nicolai Frau Fluth The Merry Wives of Windsor

Hindemith Die Tochter Cardillac

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Rimsky-Korssakow Queen of Schemacha The Queen of Schemacha

Matthus Countess Die Weise von Liebe Cornets

Prokofjew Fata Morgana The Love of Three Oranges

Stravinsky Anne Truelove The Rake s Progress

Weber Agathe Der Freischuetz

Glass Commander The Voyage

Krenek Maria The Dictator

Orff Lesbia Catulli Carmina

Johnson Primadonna assoluta The Riemann Opera

Luzernertheater, Switzerland 1998

Mozart Vitellia La Clemenza di Tito

Bregenz Theater fuer Vorarlberg, Austria 1991

Verdi Violetta La Traviata

Stadttheater Bremerhaven, Germany 1992

Kalman Fedora The Circus Princess

Stadttheater St. Poelten, Austria 1991-1992

Kalman Fedora The Circus Princess

Ash Lawn Highland Festival, Virginia 1989

Rossini Fiorilla Il Turco in Italia

Mozart Despina Cosi fan tutte

Cavalli Nerillo Ormindo

Opera Theatre of St. Louis, Missouri 1985

Sullivan Angelina Trial By Jury

Banff Opera Festival, Alberta 1984

Britten Helena A Midsummer Night s Dream

Yale School of Music, Connecticut 1980-1981

Mozart Countess The Marriage of Figaro

Britten Miss Jessell The Turn of the Screw

MUSICALS

Broadway Minskoff Theater 1987-1988

Sousa/Kapp Eleanor-understudy/Ensemble Teddy & Alice

Guber & Gross International Tour, USA and Japan 1990

Hammerstein Mrs. E.-Hill-u.study/Ensemble My Fair Lady

Lincoln Center Tour, USA 1989-90

Porter Mrs. Harcourt-u.study/Ensemble Anything Goes

Guber & Gross International Tour, USA and Japan 1988

Lerner Sister Margaretta The Sound of Music

Paper Mill Playhouse, New Jersey 1987

Herbert Ensemble Naughty Marietta

Darien Dinner Theater, Connecticut 1985 1986

Webber Aristocrat - Evita

Candlewood Playhouse, Connecticut 1985

Herman Irene Molloy Hello Dolly

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Banff Music Theatre Ensemble Tour, Canada 1983-1984

Schwartz, Taylor Teacher, Millworker Working

CONCERTS AND RECITALS

Beethoven Ninth Symphomy, Linzer Singak.-Bruckner Orchestra - 2006

Verdi Requiem, Linzer Singakademie 2005

Mozart Requiem, Stift Wilhering, Linz - 2004

Rossini Messe Solennelle, Linzer Singakademie - 2003

Beethoven C Minor Mass, Stift Wilhering, Linz - 2002

American Songs Recital, ORF Radio, Linz, Austria 1998

The Great Romantic Scenes of Opera and Broadway - The Friends of the State

Opera, Adelaide - 1997

People Will Say We re in Love American songs and duets Landestheater,

Linz, Austria - 1997

Wagner Parsifal (Blumenmaedchen), Bruckner Orchestra, Linz 1995

Wagner Die Walkuere (Ortlinde), Bruckner Orchestra, Linz - 1994

Bruckner F Minor Mass, Requiem Bruckner Orchestra, Linz - 1993

Bach Cantate 51 Bruckner Orchestra - 1993

Cage Songbooks Banff Centre - 1983

Villa-Lobos Bachianas Brasileiras, Banff Centre 1984

Britten Les Illuminations, Calgary Philharmonic, Banff 1984

Cage Songbooks Banff Centre - 1983

Schumann Frauenliebe und Leben, Yale in Norfolk - 1982

Mozart Exultate, Jubilate, Yale School of Music 1981

Berg Seven Early Songs, Tanglewood Festival - 1981

Bach Cantate 212, Yale School of Music 1980

Stokes Apollonia s Circus (Apollonia), Minnesota Composers Forum - 1980

Recitals with piano, Yale School of Music -1979-1981

Milhaud - Chansons de Ronsard, Poulenc - Fiancaille pour Rire,

Songs by Landini, Bellini, Faure, Schubert, Schumann, R. Strauss, Berg,

Berio, Barber

TEACHING

Augsburg College, Minnesota 2007

Seminar Series on Audition Techniques

Minnesota Music Teachers Convention 2007

Lecture on Audition Techniques

Private Voice Students, Minneapolis - Current

Private Voice Students, Linz 1992-2006

Theatre an der Wien Studio, Vienna, Voice Teacher, 1991-1992

Banff Centre of the Arts, Continuing Education, Voice Teacher, 1983-1984

St. Paul Academy, Minnesota, Voice Teacher, 1979

Private Voice Students, New Haven, Connecticut 1978-1981

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RECORDINGS

Landestheater, Linz, Austria 2006 (Available on Amazon.com)

Philip Glass Commander The Voyage

PRIZES

Jerome Foundation Grant Winner, Minnesota, 1990

Minnesota State Arts Board Grant Winner, 1990

Metropolitan Opera Regional Finalist, 1985

Yale School of Music Lucy G. Moses Fellowship, 1980

Yale School of Music Marshall Bartholomew Scholarship, 1979

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Actors Equity (AEA)

Associated Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA)

Music Teachers National Association (MTNA)

Minnesota Music Teachers Association (MMTA)

College Music Society (CMS)

VOICE INSTRUCTORS

Joan Heller, Phyllis Curtin, Marlena Malas, Amanda Thane, Irena Gavrilovici,

Uta Schwabe

CONDUCTORS

Claudio Abbado, Seiji Ozawa, Dennis Russell Davies, Jun Maerkl, Martin

Sieghart, Tibor Pazmany, Johannes Wetzler, Daniel Carlberg, Jochem

Hochstenbach, Ingo Ingensand, Max Renne Marc Reibel,

STAGE DIRECTORS

Colin Graham, Peter Wolsdorf, Beverly Blankenship, Jamie Hammerstein, Jerry

Zaks, Beverly Blankenship, Philipp Himmelmann, Michael Bawtree, Reto

Nickler, Robert Tannenbaum

VOCAL COACHES

Martin Isepp, Martin Katz, Margo Garrett, Ronald Schneider, Uwe Theimer, Scott

Lawton, Michael Mills

OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE

Banff Centre Art Song Academy, Coordinator, 1985

Scheduled 18 participants and five faculty for master classes, lessons and

coachings, organized recitals, wrote program notes and compiled a final

report from participant critiques.

REFERENCES

Michael Kluegl, Intendant, Stadttheater Hannover

Tibor Pazmany, Conductor, Landestheater Linz

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Johannes Wetzler, Conductor, Landestheater Linz and Linzer Singakademie

Michael Cook, studienleiter and conductor, Stadttheater Mannheim

Joan Heller, Head of Voice Department, Southern Methodist University

Randall Davidson, Fine Arts Manager and composer, Augsburg College

Michael Pinkerton, Director, Theatre an der Wien Studio

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