Opera News
June 2013
Mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton, 31, a native of Rome, Georgia, was named on Sunday as the winner of the BBC's Cardiff Singer of the World Competition, a biennial prize carrying a £15,000 purse.
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Opera News
December 2010
Jamie Barton's full-lyric mezzo has a dusky yet brilliant tint that is occasionally reminiscent of Tatiana Troyanos. Mostly, Barton doesn't sound quite like anyone else, and a close look at her c.v. quickly makes it clear that she doesn't think quite like anyone else.
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April 2007
"You just cannot mistake Jamie's voice for any other singer. Everyone has a unique sound, but Jamie's timbre seems to extend a mile in every direction; dark and bright, soft and loud, serene and vivacious," Hart says. "The other enormous gift she has is something we call 'The Jamie Thing.' She can draw you into the music with amazing assurance. She also has a great sense of humor, and that infectious humor is appealing to audiences, even people who might be intimidated by a classically trained voice."
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