Wolf Trap Barns
Barton is actually a timeless singer, because anyone who can produce a strong, effortless, rich, expressive sound with such reliability doesn’t deserve to be limited by labels...Read More
San Francisco Opera
Barton’s debut was in all respects a heroic and heartening affair. She introduced a voice of ruby hue, with an instinctive feel for the limpid Bellini phrase and an ample chest tone employed with discretion and taste...Read More
Metropolitan Opera
Ms. Barton is a dynamo of a singer, wielding a large, deeply colored voice that never sounds heavy or ponderous...Read More
Carnegie Hall
Barton controlled a jaw-dropping, wine-dark contralto sound with sovereign suavity...Read More
Pace University Recital Series
Her tone was remarkably consistent — as warm and full yet flexible and breathable as cashmere — from the piercing top to the simmering bottom of her range...Read More
Metropolitan Opera
As for Barton, she is a fresh wonder of the opera world, possessing a voice of preternatural beauty and power...Read More
Read MoreShe is a great artist, no question, with an imperturbable steadiness of tone, and a nobility of utterance that invites comparison not so much with her contemporaries as with mid-20th century greats such as Kirsten Flagstad…
Opera Memphis
Singers like Barton put such soul and character into the music, that one opens up to unfamiliar opera just a little bit more...Read More