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March 2, 2009 @ 7:30pm in Brookes Chapel
Jamie Barton, mezzo-soprano; Patrick Harvey, piano
Guest Artist Recital at Shorter College
Shorter College
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Opera Theatre of Saint Louis
Madame Butterfly, 2008 |
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"Mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton was a sensitive, supportive Suzuki who made every glance and gesture meaningful. Her voice is a gorgeous, mellow instrument. She and [Kelly] Kaduce blended perfectly in the Flower Duet."
- STLToday.com
"Both vocally and dramatically, Jamie Barton is an appealing Suzuki."
- The Dallas Morning News
"Mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton delivers another powerful performance as Cio-Cio-san’s loyal servant..."
- The Ladue News |
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Opera Theatre of Saint Louis
La Traviata, 2007 |
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“Gerdine Young Artists provided a richly varied ensemble of sharply drawn characters… rich-voiced Jamie Barton was the dutiful, no-nonsense Annina.”
- Opera News |
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Tanglewood Music Center
2007 |
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“Mezzo-soprano and [Tanglewood Music Center] fellow Jamie Barton gave an impressive performance of Olly Wilson’s 1976 Sometimes, for voice and tape, a haunting piece based on the spiritual “Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child.”
- ArtsBeat
“[Olly] Wilson’s work, a wide-ranging set of variations, expansions and fragmentations within a texture of swirling recorded voices and electronic sounds, was sung with gospel-powered fervor by Jamie Barton, a mezzo-soprano.”
- New York Times |
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Durufle Requiem
Bloomington, IN - 2007 |
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“The Requiem’s poignant “Pie Jesu” (“Gentle Lord Jesus, grant them eternal rest”) was sung with resonance and persuasion by Jamie Barton.”
- Herald Times
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Our Town
2006 world premiere |
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“Particularly noteworthy were Kevin Murphy as Dr. Gibbs, Jamie Barton as Mrs. Soames and Juliet Gilchrist as Mrs. Webb.”
- New York Times (February 27, 2006)
“The rest of the cast was uniformly accomplished, with standout work in two character roles — Juliet Gilchrist as Mrs. Webb, Emily’s mother, and Jamie Barton as Mrs. Soames, the town busybody.”
- Opera News (May 2006) |
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Indiana University Opera Theatre
La Cenerentola, 2004 |
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“Saturday evening's pair of stepsisters proved particularly absurd as played and sung by Georgina Joshi and Jamie Barton.”
- Herald Times |
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