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NEW YORK (AP) - International opera star Ruth Ann Swenson has been diagnosed with breast cancer, her publicist said Wednesday. The 43-year-old soprano, who has just completed singing the leading role of Marguerite in Gounod's "Faust" at the Metropolitan Opera, will undergo surgery Tuesday at Memorial Sloane-Kettering Cancer Center.
In a statement released by publicist Georgiana Francisco, Swenson said her prognosis was excellent "and I look forward to returning to the Met in the spring." Swenson performed in "Faust" on Tuesday night, which marked her last scheduled appearance in the role until she reprises it for two more performances at the Met on March 12 and 17, Francisco said. In April, also at the Met, Swenson is scheduled to sing the role of Cleopatra in Handel's "Giulio Caesare" with tenor David Daniels in the title role.
In January, Swenson is scheduled to sing the title role in the Dallas Opera's premiere production of Donizetti's "Maria Stuarda." Swenson received an honorary doctorate degree in April from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, where she has taught master classes, and starred as Countess Almaviva in the San Francisco Opera Company's new season production of Mozart's "Le Nozze di Figaro." Swenson has appeared on many of the great opera stages of the world, including the Opera National de Paris, the Royal Opera House at Covent Garden, the Berlin State Opera, the Grand Theatre de Geneve, the Hamburg State Opera, the Bavarian State Opera and the Chicago Lyric Opera.
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