Jamie Barton

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Jamie Barton (born October 17, 1981 in Rome , Georgia ) is an American mezzo-soprano .

Life

Jamie Barton studied singing at Shorter College in Rome and at Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. In the summer of 2007 she began her career with the role of Annina in Verdi 's La traviata at the Opera Theater of Saint Louis. In 2009 she made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera in Verdi's Macbeth . She is the winner of the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Competition and the Richard Tucker Award.

In 2019 she was the soloist of the Last night of the Proms . Barton has appeared several times in Germany - primarily in Munich - and is known to a wider audience as a soloist in broadcasts of the " Metropolitan Opera Live in HD" series

reception

The Guardian states that Barton has "an unshakable steadfastness of tone and a nobility of expression that is not so much an invitation to comparison with its contemporaries, but rather with greats from the mid-20th century such as Kirsten Flagstad and Karin Branzell ." Musical Toronto wrote of Barton's singing in Verdi's Requiem with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra: "Jamie Barton's brilliant mezzo and exemplary legato were such a delight - no wonder Cardiff took it! Your Liber Scriptus, Quid sum miser and Lux ​​Eterna were all amazing . "

Recordings (selection)

  • All Who Wander - songs by Gustav Mahler , Antonín Dvořák and Jean Sibelius ; Jamie Barton (mezzo-soprano); Brian Zeger (piano). Label: Delos Music. Published November 2016 (Germany January 2017).
  • Holiday Harmonies: Songs of Christmas - Jamie Barton (Mezzo); Maureen McKay (mezzo); Stacey Shames (harp); Essential Voices USA (choir). Label: Sono Luminus. Published October 2015 (Germany November 2015).
  • Pauline Viardot-Garcia: Le Dernier Sorcier - Jamie Barton (mezzo), Trudie Styler (narrator), Eric Owens (bass-baritone), Camille Zamora, Adriana Zabala, Manhattan Girls Chorus. Label: Bridge. Released November 2019

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ https://richardtucker.org/awards/the-richard-tucker-award/ accessed on February 27, 2020
  2. ↑ 'Queer girl with a nose ring' rocks the Last Night of the Proms , BBC September 15, 2019, accessed September 25, 2019
  3. ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/jun/24/classicalmusicandopera-opera of June 24, 2013, accessed on February 27, 2020
  4. ↑ https://www.ludwig-van.com/toronto/2015/05/22/scrutiny-tso-stars-align-for-verdi-requiem-with-sir-andrew-davis/ from May 22, 2015, accessed on February 27, 2020
personal data
SURNAME Barton, Jamie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American mezzo-soprano
DATE OF BIRTH 17th October 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH Rome, Georgia , United States