Jamie Barton Lands Dual Magazine Covers • Fall 2023
New York, New York
Opera News
Strength, Power & Kindness
“A big, juicy, blood-and-guts mezzo is a rare treasure. Attach it to a thoughtful, progressive, utterly uninhibited and deeply committed artist, and you have the unique phenomenon that is Jamie Barton.
Barton’s voice smacks you in the ear with its round, fresh, healthy sound and the confident way in which she wields it. The timbre is luscious, ripe and sensual, with a deep, striking chest register, and the dramatic approach is forthright and emotionally unsparing. It’s a package eminently suitable to the great classics of the Italian repertory.
But Barton is full of surprises.”
Photo by Ball & Albanese
London, United Kingdom
Photo by BreeAnne Clowdus
Opera Now
The Raw and Real Mezzo
“Five minutes into my conversation with Jamie Barton and I have somehow forgotten that the open, effervescent woman I’m speaking to is one of the world’s most celebrated mezzo-sopranos. Our conversation has moved jovially between homesickness for her cat, River, to how she finds being in London and her new safe-haven – the cat cafe near to her sublet.
Her open-heartedness is, equally, unsurprising. I’ve followed Barton’s social media for many years, often comforted, elated, amused and connected by the unapologetic world she shares with her audience. I almost sense I know her already.”