Houston Matters
October 2023
Amid the U.S. Civil War, as men took to the battlefield, two women set out to help the war effort from home… behind enemy lines in the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia.
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Houston Matters
Houstonia Magazine
October 2023
“In opera, women so often have been relegated to the muse, the love interest, the beauty, those sorts of things,” Barton says. “In this one, not only are both of the women, Elizabeth Van Lew and Mary Jane Bowser, absolutely, by definition, heroes, they are strong.”
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KPRC
October 2023
Houston Life’s Melanie Camp went backstage at rehearsals and spoke with soprano Janai Bruger who plays Mary Jane and mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton plays who plays Elizabeth about what it means to be part of this HGO-commissioned opera.
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Opera News
October 2023
Mezzo Jamie Barton brings her unique gifts to a new Jake Heggie opera at Houston Grand Opera.
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Opera Now
August 2023
Mezzo Jamie Barton shares her connection to characters through trauma, bringing pride to the 2019 BBC Proms and the impact of ADHD.
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