Dido and Aeneas Dido and Aeneas

From the Grand Théâtre de Genève, a production of the Purcell opera with Emmanuelle Haïm (Direction), Franck Chartier (Mise en scène), Marie-Claude Chappuis (Mezzo-soprano) : Dido / Sorceress; Emöke Barath (Soprano) : Belinda / First Witch; Marie Lys (Soprano) : Second Woman/| Second Witch; Jarrett Ott (Baryton) : Aeneas.

O happy pair! O happy pair!

Congratulations to baritone Jarrett Ott and artistic administrator Adam Franklin, wedded Saturday by none other than Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg.

I will remember you I will remember you

Whether full-bodied and rich or comic and actorly, the baritone voice contains multitudes.

Day one Day one

I wasn’t going to say anything… until this just happened to me.

Come out, come out, wherever you are! Come out, come out, wherever you are!

Happy National Coming Out Day!

Rubble man Rubble man

Jarrett Ott performs the Kenneth Fuchs monodrama Falling Man tonight at the at the National 9/11 Memorial and Museum.

Inside Ott Inside Ott

Happy 29th birthday baritone Jarrett Ott.

Say it with music Say it with music

Capriccio was a great pleasure on Friday night, March 4. This was a co-production of Opera Philadelphia and The Curtis Institute, presented in the intimate Pearlman Theater at the Kimmel Center.

When this cruel war is over When this cruel war is over

Jarrett Ott is a star. That is the only surprise takeaway from the well-intended snore, Cold Mountain.

Ott and proud Ott and proud

“Baritone Jarrett Ott (bottom) in Philadelphia, with current boyfriend Adam Franklin (top)…”