This “powerhouse of a mezzo” (New York Times) won both the Song Prize and the overall prize at the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Competition in 2013, only the second double winner in the contest’s history. She was also named the recipient of the 2015 Richard Tucker Award, considered by many to be the Heisman Trophy for singers. Jamie Barton is only in her early 30s but has already scored leading roles in some of the most impressive and prestigious opera houses in the world, drawing high marks for her sumptuous voice. “She is 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.” (The Guardian)