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Anne Midgette

MUSIC REVIEW

This bright mezzo needs some seasoning

The young mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton positions herself as a barrel of laughs. She clearly loves to be onstage, and to be cute. When she was among the winners of the Met Auditions in 2007, she sang the Witch's aria from "Hansel and Gretel," an unusual but very character-ful choice -- not unlike...

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National Opera poised for deep staff, programming cuts (Post, December 1, 2009)

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Muti coaxes pleasing glow from N.Y. Philharmonic (Post, November 23, 2009)

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Music Review: Lang Lang and the NSO, trying to look beyond Beethoven's sunny phrases (Post, November 16, 2009)

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