Jamie Barton, mezzo-soprano

Upcoming

July 8, 2010 - 8:30pm

Jamie Barton, mezzo-soprano; Davis Hart, piano

Indiana University Jacobs School of Music

Ford Hall

Dec. 21m, 24, 28m, 29m, 30m; Jan. 1, 3m, 6

Second Lady

The Magic Flute (english)

The Metropolitan Opera

March 27 and 29, 2011

Jamie Barton, mezzo-soprano; Patrick Harvey, piano

Artist Series of Sarasota

Asolo Theater

April 29, May 1, 4, 7, 10 - 2011

Dryad

Ariadne auf Naxos

Houston Grand Opera

Opera Performance Experience

Dryad	Ariadne auf Naxos	Houston Grand Opera	2011
Second Lady	The Magic Flute (english)	The Metropolitan Opera	2011
Marcellina	The Marriage of Figaro	Opera Theatre of Saint Louis	2010
Second Lady	Die Zauberflöte	Metropolitan Opera	2010
Emilia	Otello	Canadian Opera Company	2010
Second Lady	Die Zauberflöte	Metropolitan Opera	2009
Penelope	Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria	Wolf Trap Opera	2009
Mary Norton	Brief Encounter (an Andre Previn world premiere)	Houston Grand Opera	2009
Giovanna	Rigoletto	Houston Grand Opera	2009
Third Lady	Die Zauberflöte	Houston Grand Opera	2008
Ursule	Beatrice and Benedict (in English, 2nd cast)	Houston Grand Opera	2008
The Witch	Hansel and Gretel	Aspen Music Festival	2008
Suzuki	Madame Butterfly	Opera Theatre of St. Louis	2008
La Marquise (cover)	La Fille du Regiment	Houston Grand Opera	2007
Betsy (cover)	Anna Karenina (world premiere)	Opera Theatre of Saint Louis	2007
Katisha (cover)	The Mikado	Opera Theatre of Saint Louis	2007
Annina	La Traviata	Opera Theatre of Saint Louis	2007
The Witch	Hansel and Gretel	Indiana University Opera Theater	2006
Mrs. Rochester (cover)	Jane Eyre (American premiere)	Opera Theatre of Saint Louis	2006
Olga Olsen (cover)	Street Scene	Opera Theatre of Saint Louis	2006
Mrs. Soames	Our Town (world premiere)	Indiana University Opera Theater	2006
Little Buttercup	HMS Pinafore	Indiana University Opera Theater	2005
Tisbe	La Cenerentola	Indiana University Opera Theater	2004
Prince Orlofsky	Die Fledermaus	Shorter College	2003

Concert Performance Experience

Artist Series of Sarasota	Asolo Theater	2011
Great Singers III: Evenings of Song	Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall	2010
A Neopolitan New Year	Ars Lyrica	2009
Jamie Barton, mezzo-soprano & Kathleen Kelly, pianist	Vocal Arts Society	2009
Opening Prayer and Jeremiah Symphony, by Leonard Bernstein	Colorado Symphony	2009
Bernstein's Arias and Barcarolles	Aspen Music Festival	2009
Jamie Barton, mezzo-soprano; Ryan McKinny, bass-baritone; Richard Bado, piano	Aspen Music Festival	2009
The Song Continues...2009	The Marilyn Horne Foundation	2009
The Refuge	Houston Grand Opera	2007
"On Wings of Song" recital series	Marilyn Horne Foundation	2007
Durufle Requiem		2007
King David (Honegger)		2006
Alexander's Feast (Handel)		2006
Bach Cantata 198	Kammerbach	2006
Mozart Requiem		2000

Recordings

The Refuge (Christopher Theofanidis/Leah Lax)
Houston Grand Opera – Patrick Summers, conductor
© 2008 Albany Records U.S.

Summer Programs

Opera Theatre of St. Louis (2006, 2007)
Tanglewood Music Center (2006, 2007)
Aspen Music Festival (2008)
Wolf Trap Opera (2009)

Competitions and Awards

National Winner – Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions (2007)
3rd place – Houston Grand Opera’s Eleanor McCollum Competition for Young Singers (2007)
1st place – National Society of Arts and Letters voice competition (2005)
2nd place – Music Teachers National Association competition at national level (2004)

Training and Education

Masters Degree, voice performance – Indiana University (August 2004 – present)
Bachelors Degree, voice performance – Shorter College (August 2000 – May 2004)

Further Training: Houston Grand Opera Studio (August 2007 - May 2009)

Conductors – William Fred Scott, Stephen Lord, George Manahan, Joseph Illick, Timothy Long, Evan Rogister, Kazem Abdullah, James Levine, David Effron, Imre Pallo, Robert Wood, William Jon Gray, John Poole, Patrick Summers, Steven Sloane

Roles Studied

Britten	The Rape of Lucretia	Lucretia (in study)
Handel	Giulio Cesare	Cornelia (in study)
Handel	Semele	Juno (in study)
Wagner	Das Rheingold	Flosshilde (performed with double piano)

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