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Hear Catherine Swanson in the virtuoso aria from Verdi's Il trovatore
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"Arpa gentil" has reached over 4,000 listeners online
We're excited about so much interest at youtube and vimeo!
You can also watch our lastest music video with Ravel's "Five Greek Folksongs" here

Art Song Recitals with Catherine Swanson
Catherine Swanson will be singing new and returning programmes in the coming season:
By a Lady: A Musical Soirée with Jane Austen
The Shepherd on the Rock: Romantic Songs for Soprano, Clarinet and Piano
Ave Maria: Marian Songs for Soprano and Organ
Arpa gentil: Art Songs and Arias for Soprano and Harp
For more information please contact info@catherineswanson.com

Catherine Swanson at Nationaltheater Mannheim, in the Liederhalle and Stuttgart Cathedral
Catherine Swanson returns in October to Mannheim's Nationaltheater, this time for their production of Janacek's "Jenufa". In the Spring she'll make her debut in the Mozart Hall of Stuttgart's renowned Liederhalle singing songs of Maurice Ravel. She sings further concerts with her Duo "Arpa gentil" and as Soprano Soloist with the Stuttgarter Oratorienchor in their programm "Une musique du ciel" in the St. Eberhard Cathedral.

Song and Aria Recital "Arpa gentil" at the Stuttgart State Opera
On March 24th, Catherine Swanson sang the premiere of her new song and aria recital "Arpa gentil" with the harpist Frederike Wagner to a sold-out house at the Stuttgart State Opera. Videoclips "Arpa Gentil"

Advent and Christmas in the Baroque city of Ludwigsburg
Following her maternity leave in 2009, Catherine Swanson performed during Advent and Christmas in the Baroque city of Ludwigsburg: A solo concert with the title "Ave Maria - Marianische Gesänge" with pieces by Mendelssohn, Mozart, Schubert, Saint-Saens, Puccini and Verdi on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception (December 8th) and, on December 25th, as soprano soloist in Mozart's "Sparrow Mass".

New Webpage "LIED"
Catherine Swanson is increasingly in demand as a recitalist of Art Songs. You can read more about her current programs, as well as detailed press reviews on the new webpage entitled "LIED". Several new and interesting recitals are coming up in 2009-2010, including "Vergiftet sind meine Lieder - Heinrich Heine in Word and Song", with works by Liszt, Mendelssohn, Wolf, Schumann and Brahms. To the Webpage "Lied"

3 new CD Recordings featuring Catherine Swanson in 2008
After the releases of G.P.Telemann's "St. John's Passion 1745" and J.N.Hummel's "The Passage through the Red Sea", a third Live-CD recording featuring Catherine Swanson as Soprano-Soloist has been produced in 2008: "Miriam's Song of Victory" by Franz Schubert and Ludwig van Beethoven's "Fantasy Op. 80" under the direction of Dr. Beat Raaflaub with Collegium Musicum Basel.

Catherine Swanson returns to the Stuttgart State Opera
The Stuttgart State Opera has invited Catherine Swanson to return and sing in their production of Janacek's "Jenufa", directed by Callixto Bieto.

PRESS REVIEWS
"Accurate, supple, and with great dynamic flexibility describes the performance of Catherine Swanson, whose clear, luminous soprano has become more voluminous and expressive. In the higher registers she fascinates with controlled dramatic augmentation... The large audience was delighted by Catherine Swanson’s magnificent coloratura in the final three compositions -- a perfect and heartily applauded musical lark."
Basler Zeitung

"Catherine Swanson's soprano has a particular charm, being equipped with an individual colour and beautiful, natural timbre... a voice carried by much warmth and fullness, which has an extremely pleasant, gorgeously introverted tone."
Westfalen Blatt

"...Her technique is brilliant, her intonation immaculate. Whether she interprets a forlorn Verdi aria, songs of Robert Schumann or the virtuoso songs of Richard Strauss, one always feels caught up in the maelstrom of her expressiveness..."
Südkurier

"The voice of Catherine Swanson is well-placed, impressive in its wonderful vocal quality and perfect intonation. The listeners were extremely enthusiastic about the programme selection and high standard of interpretation, expressing their gratitude with long rounds of applause."
Ludwigsburger Tageblatt

"The soprano, this magnificent instrument, amalgamated her own part in somnambulistic certainty with the tones of the orchestra, but found enough opportunity to demonstrate independence. A pleasant, expressive and carrying voice restored this Telemann to soaring flight."
Letter to the editor, Stuttgart

"Of the soloists shone... the soprano Catherine Swanson. She exercised the art of shaping the finely composed effects. "
Stuttgarter Zeitung