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

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