Ježibaba in RUSALKA

Czech Philharmonic

“As Ježibaba, Jamie Barton relished her witchy duties and gave an unstinting performance with clarion tone especially at both ends of her voice."
–Opera Magazine

“The performance was dramatic, emotionally intense and sonically beautiful, including mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton who confirmed the old truth that a real actor needs only one square meter of space for great creation.”
–Divadelní Noviny

“The performance of Rusalka at the Dvořák Prague Festival employed a top cast [including] Metropolitan Opera mezzo Jamie Barton as Ježibaba. Her performance brought the Prague audience to great applause.”
–OperaPLUS

“Barton confirmed her reputation as a supreme singing actor, who gave her character a strong dramatic charge, a well-led voice and an admirable mastery of the language of the role.”
–Opera Journal (Czech)

“American Jamie Barton played the most on the Rudolfinum stage in the role of Ježibaba. She winked at the audience, teasing them with her disdainful glances of a superhuman being, and her infectious laughter from the stage shook those in the audience. To hear her in Rusalka is to succumb to her elemental femininity.”
–Harmonie

“The audience was also dazzled by Ježibaba, the American singer Jamie Barton, who was able to create a perfectly fully-formed dramatic character, not only singing, but also acting. She was able, even in a concert setting, to embody her character’s sarcastic mocking in her musical performance.”
–Novinky