Biography

Jamie Barton is increasingly recognized for how she uses her powerful instrument offstage—lifting up women, queer people, and other marginalized communities. Her lively social media presence serves as a hub for conversations about body positivity, social justice issues, and LGBTQ+ rights. In recognition of her performance at the Last Night of the Proms, Barton was named 2020 Personality of the Year at the BBC Music Magazine Awards. She is also the winner of the Beverly Sills Artist Award, Richard Tucker Award, both Main and Song Prizes at the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Competition, and the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. Her solo albums include All Who Wander, which received the 2018 BBC Music Magazine Vocal Award, and Unexpected Shadows, nominated for a 2022 Grammy Award for Best Classical Solo Vocal Album. She made her San Francisco Symphony debut in 2021’s Holiday Gaiety program.

This season, Barton made a dual role and company debut as Baba the Turk in The Rake’s Progress at Paris Opera and sang Azucena in the Metropolitan Opera’s Il trovatore. She also debuted as Nettie Fowler in Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel with Boston Lyric Opera before appearing as Amneris in Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s Aïda. She opened the Danish Radio Symphony season in Das Lied von der Erde and returned to the BBC Proms for Mahler’s Rückert-Lieder with BBC Symphony.