"In the
Beginning"
by Jake Heggie, from Of Gods
and Cats
Live from The Front Row (KUHF,
Houston NPR) - 1/7/2009
"Des Antonius von Padua
Fischpredict"
(St. Anthony's Sermon to the
Fish)
by Gustav Mahler, from Des
Knaben Wunderhorn
Live from The Front Row (KUHF,
Houston NPR) - 1/7/2009
"Uzh gasli fkomnah takh ogni"
(The Lights in the Room Were
Dim)
by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Live from The Front Row (KUHF,
Houston NPR) - 1/7/2009
"Give him ths orchid"
by Benjamin Britten from THE
RAPE OF LUCRETIA
Jamie Barton, mezzo-soprano;
Keith Weber, piano
Recit and Aria:
"Iris, hence away!"
by Handel from SEMELE
Jamie Barton, mezzo-soprano;
Keith Weber, piano
"Summer in Ohio"
by Jason Robert Brown from THE
LAST 5 YEARS
Jamie Barton, mezzo-soprano;
Joseph Li, piano (Recorded for
KUHF in Houston, TX)
"Something
wonderful"
From THE KING AND I, sung as an
encore at the opening recital
for the Marilyn Horne
Foundation's ON WINGS OF SONG
recital series - October 7,
2007. (Jamie Barton,
mezzo-soprano; Kathleen Kelly,
piano)
"Big
Sister Says, 1967 (A Honky-Tonk)"
By
Libby Larsen, sung at the
opening recital for the Marilyn
Horne Foundation's ON WINGS OF
SONG recital series - October 7,
2007 (Jamie Barton,
mezzo-soprano; Kathleen Kelly,
piano)
As Penelope in Il ritorno
d'Ulisse in patria at
Wolf Trap Opera
All
photos by Carol Pratt except
first, by Eric Melear
Road Trip!recital
with Steven Blier
With
baritone Daniel Billings and
tenor Dominic Armstrong.. Photos
by Kim Witman
Vocal Colors
recital at Wolf Trap Opera
With
Jeremy Frank is the pianist.
Photos by Kim Witman
Hansel and Gretel (Indiana University Opera
Theatre)
La Cenerentola (Indiana
University Opera Theatre)
HMS Pinafore (Indiana
University Opera Theatre)
Our Town [world premiere
performance, composer - Ned
Rorem] (Indiana University Opera
Theatre)
With Frederica von Stade at the
premiere of Jake Heggie's LAST
ACTS
With Evelyn Lear
With
Mary Ann Hart/Maestro Marco
Armiliato after the Met Opera National
Council Awards Competition
With James Levine
Recent Press
Opera Theatre of St. Louis
The Marriage of Figaro
"Mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton was terrific as Marcellina, hilariously dominating her scenes and singing with a big, beautiful voice."
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch
"...bass Matthew Lau and mezzo Jamie Barton make a wonderfully comic pair of connivers as Dr. Bartolo and Marcellina."
- KDHX.org
Great Singers III: Evenings of Song
Carnegie Hall, NYC
"Ms. Barton’s voice is exceptional—dark or bright, tender or powerful as she chooses—and her singing, from start to finish, displayed the kind of healthy, uncomplicated technical delivery that is equally rare in both young and seasoned artists. She has no detectable vocal quirks, mannerisms or crutches. Attacks are clean, unfussy and she can make a note bloom in any part of her range. She possesses a caliber of voice that doesn’t come along very often in the course of one’s lifetime and I, for one, hope to have the pleasure of hearing her for a long time to come."
- Operaticus.com
" Barton is a warm, smiling, effervescent presence with a uniquely colored instrument that seems to live on the higher edge of mezzo. She has a quick, bright vibrato that is often soprano-like, but she can also tap into dusky, French-horn-like tones. It's a quirky, fascinating voice, and for me, at least, Barton was at her most persuasive and distinctive on the second half of the program, in Libby Larsen's Love After 1950 and one cabaret song each by Satie, Schönberg and Bolcom. Barton's voice really came to life here; she was more consistent technically, and she delivered the songs with unerring style and self-aware humor."
- Opera News
Full articles may be viewed by clicking on the following links:
Operaticus Opera News
Canadian Opera Company
Otello
"Having Jamie Barton perform Emilia is an example of luxury casting. When she finally does have her moment - in the final act when she reveals Iago’s subterfuge with the handkerchief - it really counts for something."
- ConcertoNet.com
