Ruiten studied at the Music Conservatory in Alkmaar and the Conservatorium van Amsterdam, the Royal Conservatory of The Hague, Hochschule für Musik und Theater München, and at the Franz Schubert Institut in Baden bei Wien near Vienna.

Ruiten had been performing with leading orchestras and conductors on the concert stage for years, when in 2013 she jumped in as Ophélie Hamlet at La Monnaie to great acclaim.

[4] Ruiten returned to La Monnaie to sing Aspasia in Mitridate, re di Ponto, Giunia in Lucio Silla and as Foxie in The Cunning Little Vixen.

In 2014 she made her debut at the Salzburg Festival as Donna Anna in Don Giovanni.

Ruiten is a regular guest at the Staatsoper Stuttgart, where she sang roles such as Zerbinetta (Ariadne auf Naxos); Sophie (Der Rosenkavalier); Gilda (Rigoletto) and Pamina (Die Zauberflöte).