Susanne Rydén

Susanne Ingegerd Rydén (born 2 October 1962) is a Swedish soprano who has been called "Sweden's most renowned singer specialising in early and classical music".

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 Petruskyrkan, Stocksund, Sweden.

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 [de] 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.

[2] In 2005, she played the role of "Meleagro" in Handel's Atalanta with the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra in Berkeley[5] and in 2006, she appeared as Titania in Purcell's Fairy Queen performed at the Festwochen Herrenhausen.