Five of a kind
Rare is the revival of Il trovatore that boasts five first-rate singers, and such an occasion should be treasured. And so, at the Met last Saturday, it was.
Jamie Barton
69 pieces since 2009 — in 21 roles, at 16 companies, most often at Metropolitan Opera.
69
pieces
21
roles
16
companies
18
years
By role
By company
Metropolitan Opera 14
San Francisco Opera 7
Washington National Opera 3
Lyric Opera of Chicago 2
Bayerische Staatsoper 1
Chicago Lyric Opera 1
Collegiate Chorale 1
Houston Grand Opera 1
LA Opera 1
New York Philharmonic 1
Opera Philadelphia 1
Palais Garnier 1
Philadelphia Orchestra 1
Richard Tucker Gala 1
Royal Albert Hall 1
Tanglewood Festival Chorus 1
14 pieces as Metropolitan Opera — stats above show all coverage for Jamie Barton.
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Pragmatism and ideology
It doesn’t get more classic than John Dexter‘s Dialogues des Carmélites.
Sweet and low: Orlinski’s Orfeo
My impression was of a very fine singer performing a role that was slightly too large for him.
Back to black
When was the last time the Metropolitan Opera mounted a new production that was musically outstanding yet the direction and/or design mostly sucked?
Drag me to hell
My first-ever Met Sunday opera brought the welcome return of Gluck’s sublime Orfeo ed Euridice in an enchanting afternoon that combined elegant conducting, joyous dancing and Jamie Barton’s extraordinary hero.
Oh my goddess!
Die Walküre crystallizes the cycle’s questions, ideas, and stakes.
Domino theory
The Metropolitan Opera delivers on the promise of Wagner’s Gesamtkunswerk in a revival of Robert Lepage’s Ring.
“Norma,” bis
Sir David McVicar’s inept and dreary new production of Bellini’s Norma proved to be more satisfying than it had been on opening night when it returned to the Met Friday evening thanks to its new leading ladies Angela Meade and Jamie Barton
For me and my Gaul
I first went bonkers for Bellini’s masterpiece during the previous century when the Met remounted it for Joan Sutherland.
Water, logged
So, how excited are you to read another piece about the Mary Zimmerman Rusalka?
Sleeping with the fishes
With a cast of stellar singers and uneven direction by Mary Zimmerman, Dvorák’s Rusalka debuts in a new production at the Metropolitan Opera.
Conversion narrative
Blood-and-guts singing is the reason to see Nabucco at the Metropolitan Opera this season.
Don’t axe me why
The Metropolitan Opera’s much vaunted so-called “Tudor Ring” of three royal operas by Donizetti got off to a bumpy start Saturday afternoon with a revival of Anna Bolena that stubbornly refused to cohere either musically or dramatically.
The year in Corwin
New York City isn’t a bad place to live, operatically-speaking.
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I’ll take the fall
The days are getting shorter, but you can keep the prattle going this fall’s Talk of the Town! You will, you can, you must join in the discussion about: Great mezzo soprano performances (October),
Gained in translation (November), Teleport me back to… (December).
