Soprano Ruth Hartt performs frequently in the Boston area, most recently at Boston's Jordan Hall as Elsie Maynard inYeomen of the Guard, for which she was hailed “the perfect G&S ingenue” (Lloyd Schwartz, The Boston Phoenix). She has appeared as Micaela in scenes with Boston University Opera Theater, and Fiordiligi and Donna Anna in scenes from Cosi fan tutte and Don Giovanni with Longwood Opera. She has been a featured soloist with the Boston Boys Chorus, the Concord Chorus, the Bostonians, and the Masterworks Chorale in such works as the Mozart Requiem, the Faure Requiem, and Haydn's Lord Nelson Mass.

Opera roles include Celidora in Mozart’s L’oca del Cairo as a PORTopera Young Artist, Clorinda in La Cenerentola with Opera del West, Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro and the title role of Suor Angelica. In February 2010, Ms. Hartt will sing the role of Lauretta in Gianni Schicchi with Boston University Opera Theater.

A native of Maine, Ms. Hartt was a first place winner at the Maine NATS Song & Aria Competition in 2008, and was a finalist in the 2009 Peter Elvins Competition. She was awarded first place in the graduate division at the Boston regional Classical Singer Competition in January 2010. Ms. Hartt is pursuing a master’s degree in vocal performance at Boston University, where she studies with Penelope Bitzas. She is soprano soloist at Boston's historic Old North Church.