Barton’s starting point with choosing art songs is the words. ‘The music is a beautiful tool, but the words are the most important. Absolutely,’ she says. ‘It’s one of the areas of this career where you really do have a hand in programming. I love looking into the audience and seeing them connect with the music.’
Read MoreNot only has Jamie Barton set the opera world alight with her magnificent voice, but the mezzo has used her stardom to promote tolerance and equal rights.
Read MoreThose operas and others vanished with the final eight weeks of the Met’s season. So we asked some of the singers who had been waiting years to perform them to give us some musical phrases that they — and we — lost. Here are their voices.
Read MoreFollowing her iconic performance at the 2019 Last Night of the Proms, singer Jamie Barton is celebrated for her advocacy for diversity and representation as well as her superb appearances onstage.
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