Singer & Leader in EL RELICARIO DE LOS ANIMALES

Long Beach Opera

“Ensemble was superb… But the heart and soul of the LBO’s performance was mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton (the designated Vocalist in Oliveros’ score). As Mother Earth, she stood at the mandala’s raised center, leading the call-and-response proceedings by voice, meditational cue, and charismatic expressiveness.”
–Classical Voice North America

“…The most radical performance ever to begin an audacious season included a performance by a noted mezzo-soprano, Jamie Barton, that already sets a high standard for operatic performance of the young year. The sounds, those seductively embracing and those frightfully howling in the wind, became an acknowledged life in all its strangeness, the animal kingdom as counselor to our uncertainties, indulgences and differences.”
–Los Angeles Times