Toronto Summer Music Festival
Read MoreThe moment she opened her mouth, my jaw (figuratively) dropped. What a voice…a true force of nature…
Glimmerglass Festival
Read MoreAs her voice leaps across the extremes of range and emotions, Barton remains solid as a rock…
Washington National Opera
Read MoreJamie Barton is enthralling as she sings so expressively meshing her emotions to each corresponding note with fluidity and ease ... One is held spellbound…
Oper Frankfurt
Barton got the biggest applause of the evening. Her big voice, expressivity and charisma gave great expression to Cornelia’s sadness...Read More
San Francisco Performances
Hearing American mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton in her San Francisco Performances recital Wednesday evening, at least one listener had to ask: Is there anything this artist can't sing?Read More
LA Opera
Read MoreThe kind of music-making one dreams of... Barton's voice exuded a buttery warmth and sumptuous tone…
Lincoln Center's David Geffen Hall
Read MoreBarton is a worthy winner of this prize—her mezzo soprano is rich and luscious. It definitely stands out among the hordes of slender lyric mezzos that populate the opera scene... Didon showed off an artist ready for the greatest mezzo roles…
Metropolitan Opera
Read MoreThe superb mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton’s sumptuous voice has utterly unforced carrying power. Ms. Barton’s Giovanna held her own, trading fiery phrases and bursts of skittish passagework, and was even more affecting during tender moments, when Ms. Barton demonstrated how to send a long-lined Donizetti phrase wafting through the house. At 33, she seems poised for greatness…