JANNA BATY, mezzo-soprano

Janna Baty’s recent engagements include appearances with Boston Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Daejeon Philharmonic (South Korea), Hamburgische Staatsoper, L’Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Tallahassee Symphony, Tuscaloosa Symphony, Longwood Symphony, Hartford Symphony, the Orquesta Filarmónica de Bogotá (Colombia), Opera Theatre of St. Louis, Eugene Opera, Opera North, and Boston Lyric Opera. She has sung under James Levine, Seiji Ozawa, Michel Plasson, Carl Davis, Robert Spano, Steuart Bedford, Stephen Lord, Stefan Asbury, Christopher Lyndon Gee, Dean Williamson, Gil Rose, David Hoose, Shinik Hahm, and Edward Cumming. She has performed at the Aldeburgh and Britten Festivals in England, The Varna Festival in Bulgaria, the Semanas Musicales de Frutillar Festival in Chile, and the Tanglewood and Norfolk festivals in the U.S. Ms. Baty has worked alongside many composers, including John Harbison, Bernard Rands, Yehudi Wyner, Sydney Hodkinson, Peter Child, Reza Vali, and Fred Lerdahl on performances of their music. Her discography includes the critically lauded "Vali: Flute Concert/Deylaman/Folk Songs" (sung in Persian); Lukas Foss’ opera "Grifflekin" (as the Mother); and Eric Sawyer’s new opera "Our American Cousin", all with Boston Modern Orchestra Project. Two additional recordings with BMOP (including Harbison’s "Mirabai Songs", and another disc of Vali’s music for voice and orchestra) are slated for upcoming release.  Ms. Baty was until recently on the voice faculty of the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and is currently on the faculty of the Yale School of Music.