Janice Felty

Janice Felty is an American mezzo-soprano singer .

Felty was best known as an interpreter of contemporary music. She sang world premieres and recordings of compositions by John Adams , Philip Glass , John Harbisons , Lee Hoibys , Tod Machovers , Judith Weirs and Ellen Taaffe Zwilichs . She worked at the American Repertory Theater at the world premiere of Philipp Glass' Ophée and Sound of a Voice , appeared in his The White Raven and sang the title role in his opera La belle et la bête . She was the Swiss grandmother in John Adams ' The Death of Klinghoffer , directed by Peter Sellars , worked on Francesca Zambello's production of Kurt Weill's Street Scene , presented at the Houston Grand Opera and filmed at the Theater des Westens , and in the performance of John Harbisons Motetti di Montale with.

She also appeared in Johann Sebastian Bach's Magnificat and Easter Oratorio with the Ensemble Santa Fe Pro Musica , in his Matthäuspasion with the Smithsonian Chamber Players and in cantatas with the Seattle Symphony Orchestra . In Peter Sellars' adaptation of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Così fan tutte , she played the role of Dorabella.

In the field of classical modernism, she took on the role of Baba the Turk in Igor Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress and appeared in Arnold Schoenberg's Pierrot lunaire with the New York Philomusica Chamber Ensemble and Leonard Bernstein's Songfest at the Oregon Festival of American Music . She has worked with orchestras such as the National Symphony Orchestra , the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra and the Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra and has made guest appearances at the Théâtre de la Monnaie , the Teatro San Carlo , the San Francisco Opera , the Santa Fe Opera and the Washington Opera .

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