Barton doesn’t flinch at talking about those struggles [with ADHD] in public, for the same reason that she doesn’t shy away from talking about matters related to queerness and/or politics: “I’m just a big believer in trying to help others feel like they’re not alone,” said Barton, who joyfully waved a rainbow flag onstage while performing at the BBC’s widely broadcast Last Night of the Proms in 2019.
Read MoreThese days Jamie Barton’s glorious voice rings out from the world’s great opera stages. But while she crosses the globe for her career, she is still close with her family and community in the Northwest Georgia valley where she grew up.
Read MoreFrom the thunderous piano works of Chopin to the gargantuan symphonies of Mahler, classical music has no shortage of exhilarating moments that shake to the core. Classic(al) Rock is a playlist of works that, says Barton, “make you feel music from your roots up.”
Read MoreMezzo-soprano Jamie Barton chooses her perfect half hour of music for Pride Month including Ethel Smyth's Serenade conducted by Odaline de la Martinez, Handel's Ombra mai fu sung by Anthony Roth Costanzo and Bernstein's Serenade performed by Philippe Quint and Marin Alsop. Nicky Spence sings Ned Rorem's For Poulenc and we hear Poulenc's Gloria. There is is also music from Harold Arlen, Chopin and Saint-Saens.
Read MoreJamie Barton has been performing at Lyric Opera of Chicago, which she describes as a “home house,” for more than a decade, since her second season as a professional opera singer. It’s a stage that has seen her artistry and career grow profoundly. As she returns to Lyric and takes on Amneris for the second time, WFMT checked in with Jamie Barton on growing as an artist and the richness of Verdi.
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