Verdi Requiem

Toronto Symphony Orchestra

The soloists were all first rate. Jamie Barton’s gleaming mezzo and exemplary legato was such a pleasure – no wonder she took Cardiff! Her Liber Scriptus, Quid sum miser, and Lux Eterna were all amazing…

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THE WORK AT HAND

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

The work had a profound emotional intelligence, matching and uniting music and text. Ms. Barton’s crystalline voice was an effortless, inevitable extension of herself…

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Fricka in DIE WALKÜRE

Houston Grand Opera

Peerless mezzo Jamie Barton [is the] unloved Fricka. Everything about the character is portrayed by that bathed-in-fire voice: Fricka's imperiousness, jealousy, and unyielding ego. It's there in every phrase…

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AN AIDS QUILT SONGBOOK

Sing for Hope

Barton’s rich voice, wondrous high notes and immaculate diction detail a hilarious — and at the same time horrifying — list of the drug’s side effects…

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Recital with Llyr Williams

The Queen's Hall

Barton wonderfully evokes the spirit of whatever she sings without having to 'act'; it is evident that the dreams and passions of those of whom she sings flow through her blood intertwined with the music. She is an honest and profound communicator, and one who touches the hearts as well as the ears of those who listen to her in a truly special way…

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Mahler's 3rd Symphony

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

Alsop chose wisely in mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton, who pleaded mournfully...but also had the clarion power to soar above the massive choral and instrumental forces in the fifth movement…

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Chamber Music at the Barns

Wolf Trap Barns

Barton is actually a timeless singer, because anyone who can produce a strong, effortless, rich, expressive sound with such reliability doesn’t deserve to be limited by labels...
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Adalgisa in NORMA

San Francisco Opera

Barton’s debut was in all respects a heroic and heartening affair. She introduced a voice of ruby hue, with an instinctive feel for the limpid Bellini phrase and an ample chest tone employed with discretion and taste...
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