Jamie Barton, mezzo-soprano & Jake Heggie, piano – Virtual Concert
Wednesday, May 12, 7:30PM—
Saturday, June 12, 10:00PM
This concert was originally scheduled for Sunday, February 7th at 3:00pm CST.
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How to Watch
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About the Artists
Critically acclaimed by virtually every major outlet covering classical music, American mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton is increasingly recognized for how she uses her powerful instrument both on and offstage. Winner of the Beverly Sills Artist Award and Richard Tucker Award, the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Competition, the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions and a Grammy nominee, Ms. Barton has been described by The Guardian as “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.” Ms. Barton’s debut solo album, All Who Wander, featuring songs by Mahler, Dvorak, and Sibelius, was also shortlisted by the International Classical Music Awards and Gramophone Classical Music Awards.
Barton is a champion for lifting up women and other marginalized communities, through her own platforms as well as her volunteer work with Turn The Spotlight, an organization working to identify, nurture, and empower leaders among women and people of color – and in turn, to illuminate the path to a more equitable future in the arts. Don’t miss the International Artist Series debut from one of the great voices of our time.
Jake Heggie is the composer of the operas Dead Man Walking, Moby-Dick, It’s A Wonderful Life, If I Were You, Great Scott, Three Decembers and Two Remain, among others. He has also composed nearly 300 songs, as well as chamber, choral and orchestral works. The operas – most created with Gene Scheer or the late Terrence McNally – have been produced on five continents. Dead Man Walking (McNally) has been recorded twice and in 2019 received its 70th international production, making it the most-performed American opera of our time. New York’s Metropolitan Opera recently announced that it will produce Dead Man Walking in a bold new production by director Ivo van Hove, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Moby-Dick (Scheer) was telecast throughout the United States as part of Great Performances’ 40th Season and released on DVD (EuroArts). Great Scott was a 2019 Grammy Award nominee for Best New Composition, Classical. The composer was awarded the Eddie Medora King prize from the UT Austin Butler School of Music and the Champion Award from the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus. A Guggenheim Fellow, Heggie has served as a mentor for the Washington National Opera’s American Opera Initiative and is a frequent guest artist at universities, conservatories and festivals throughout the USA and Canada. INTONATIONS: Songs from the Violins of Hope (Scheer) recently received a premiere and live recording. Upcoming are Songs for Murdered Sisters, a song cycle to new poems by Margaret Atwood, and Intelligence (Scheer), a new opera for the Houston Grand Opera
Program Credits
“Music” from The Breaking Waves
Music by Jake Heggie
Poetry by Sister Helen Prejean, CSJ
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What I Miss the Most
Music by Jake Heggie
Poems by Joyce DiDonato, Patti Lupone, Sister Helen Prejean, CSJ, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and Kathleen Kelly
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Iconic Legacies: First Ladies at the Smithsonian
Music by Jake Heggie
Text by Gene Scheer
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