Person Open DS/UK/6051 Jenkins-Robertsson; Ruth (fl 2013-); British soprano Jenkins-Robertsson Ruth fl 2013- British soprano Female (cisgender) Ruth Jenkins

Ruth Jenkins grew up in Newcastle upon Tyne and graduated in Land Economy from the University of Cambridge. She was taught by David Lowe and sang with Jesus College Chapel Choir under Dan Hyde, with whom she recorded the NAXOS Charles Wood St. Mark Passion. She gave several principle performances with the Cambridge University Opera Society. Ruth studied with Lillian Watson and Audrey Hyland on the Opera Course at the Royal Academy of Music. She was a Bach Kohn Scholar for the RAM/Kohn Foundation Bach Cantata Series and a member of Song Circle, through which she made her debuts at King’s Place and the Wigmore Hall. She has won the Pavarotti Prize, the Dame Eva Turner Operatic Award and the Jackdaw Vocal Awards. She was also a prize winner in the Clonter Opera Prize and the AESS Courtney Kenny English Song Competition, and was a finalist in both the Richard Lewis Competition and the Nancy Nuttall Early Music Prize. She has undertaken masterclasses with Sir Thomas Allen, Yvonne Kenny, Angelika Kirchschlager, Robert Tear, Barbara Bonney, Dame Ann Murray and Patricia Mahon. International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes RAHSkeyte 6/3/2013 RAHAKirkbride 12/6/2022 abb32590-00e0-4d7c-b239-9e223afbf254