Jamie Barton

A Grammy nomination for Intelligence!?! My whole heart is doing cartwheels. 🤩🤩🤩 Creating this role was the honor of a lifetime, and I’m so proud of the story we told together at HGO. Huge love to Jake, Gene, Jawole, Kwamé, and this absolute dream cast – and my deep gratitude for the real-life women whose courage sparked this opera.

📸 Stacey Bode

It’s the day of the show, y’all!! 😁 We open Il Trittico tonight at Houston Grand Opera and this is a special one… not only are we doing a FULL Trittico in the original order Puccini wrote it in (Il Tabarro/Suor Angelica/Gianni Schicchi), but this is my role debut in ALL 3 OPERAS! 😱 That’s right, folks… 3 role debuts in one night! WHEW!! 😅 (And according to ChatGPT, only 3 other mezzos have done all 3 roles at one time… now that’s one heck of a hat trick!)��

“In bocca al lupo🐺” to all of my colleagues, both on stage and behind the scenes… this is a fabulous production, and an absolute privilege to be a part of. Let’s get this baby OPEN!!

Photos in order:
1. Suor Angelica - with Corinne Winters (who’s making her house debut and also doing the 3 role soprano hat trick in this Trittico!) and yours truly as Principessa 👑
2. Il Tabarro - with Corinne Winters as Giorgetta et moi as Frugola 😸
3. Gianni Schicchi - with Meryl Dominguez as Nella and Emily Triegle as Ciesca (and Andrea Silvestrelli in the back as Simone!) 👭🏻

📸 credit: Lynn Lane Photography