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Home › News & Events › Events › Tucson Desert Song Festival Presents: Jamie Barton, mezzo-soprano with pianist Kathleen Kelly

Tucson Desert Song Festival Presents: Jamie Barton, mezzo-soprano with pianist Kathleen Kelly

Guest Artists Thursday March 5, 2026 - 7:00p.m. to 8:30p.m.

Venue: Holsclaw Hall, 1017 N. Olive Rd.

Arizona Opera presents Jamie Barton, celebrated mezzo-soprano and “opera’s nose-studded rock star” (New York Times), in recital. Critically acclaimed by virtually every major outlet covering classical music, Barton was named 2020 “Personality of the Year” at the BBC Music Magazine Awards and received the Opera Magazine Reader’s Award at the 2021 International Opera Awards. Additionally, she is the winner of the Beverly Sills Artist Award, Richard Tucker Award, and BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Competition, and her album Unexpected Shadows earned a GRAMMY nomination in 2022 for Best Classical Solo Vocal Album.

Joining Barton at the piano is distinguished pianist, conductor, and coach Kathleen Kelly. Kelly began her career at San Francisco Opera before beginning a long association with the Metropolitan Opera. Following tenures as Head of Music at Houston Grand Opera and Music Director of Berkshire Opera, she was appointed Director of Musical Studies at the Vienna State Opera, the first woman and first American in that position. Since returning to the United States in 2015, Kelly has maintained a vibrant conducting schedule.


Tickets: $49.50 / $29.30 (Students)

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