

American mezzo-soprano Barbara Rearick has been lauded by Opera Newsfor her “tonal beauty” and Gramophone for her “charm and finesse.” Since her Carnegie Hall debut in Handel’s Messiah, she has performed internationally with such orchestras as the Houston, Indianapolis, Buffalo and Baltimore symphonies, and City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Her 2017-18 season currently includes soloist in Messiah with the United States Naval Academy and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with Symphony Orchestra Augusta.
Recent successes include Handel’s Messiah with the Wichita Symphony; de Falla’s El amor brujo and Copland’s Old American Songs with the Southwest Florida Symphony; performances with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in their MusicNow series; Verdi’s Requiem with the Fort Wayne Philharmonic and Huntsville Symphony; Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the Bozeman, Colorado, Syracuse, and Wichita symphonies; Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 with the Canterbury Choral Society; Mozart’s Coronation Mass at the Spoleto Festival USA; Messiah with the symphonies of Baltimore, Buffalo, Indianapolis, Memphis, Nashville, Orange County and Syracuse; Mozart’s Requiem with Symphoria (Syracuse, NY); Mendelssohn’s Elijah with the South Dakota Symphony; Bach’s Magnificatand St. Matthew Passion with Voices of Ascension; Bach’s St. John Passionwith the Bach Festival Society of Winter Park, and Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de Costa Rica; and Mahler’s Rückert Lieder at Princeton University. She has performed in Bach’s St. John Passion, under Kent Tritle in Musica Sacra at Lincoln Center, and at London’s Wigmore Hall, singing three songs written for her by Sir Richard Rodney Bennett, with the composer accompanying her at the piano.
An accomplished performer and champion of 20th-century music, Ms. Rearick sang the United States premiere of Nicholas Maw’s Nocturne with Leon Botstein and the American Symphony Orchestra at Bard College; collaborated with New York’s New Music Ensemble for the world premiere of Mary Wright’s Sunflower; and performed A Winter’s Journey, Douglas Cuomo’s setting of Wilhelm Müller’s text (from Schubert’s Winterreise). She sang in the world premiere of Douglas Cuomo’s opera, Arjuna’s Dilemma, at BAM’s Next Wave Fextival, She sang and recorded the roles of Miriam, Ruth, and the Witch of Endor in the world premiere of Kurt Weill’s The Eternal Road, with Rundfunk Sinfhonieorchester Berlin, under Gerard Schwarz. Frequent collaborations with the New York Chamber Ensemble include Ravel’s Trois poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé, Ravel’s Chansons madécasses, and Berlioz’s Les nuits d’été.
Barbara Rearick has appeared on BBC World Service Radio, New York City’s WQXR, and National Public Radio and has recorded for Naxos, Gateway Classics, and ASV. Born in Pennsylvania, she serves on the voice faculty at Princeton University and is a founding member of the Britten-Pears Ensemble, a chamber group specializing in rarely heard contemporary works.
After 15-year absence, Wichita Symphony Orchestra performs ‘Messiah’
“Mezzo-soprano Barbara Rearick shone in the alternately stately and impassioned ‘He Was Despised,’ the centerpiece of Handel’s tragic depiction of Christ’s Passion.”
– Guy Vollen, Wichita Eagle – Related Link
Orchestral
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Bach
Cantatas (Selection)
Christmas Oratorio
Magnificat
Mass in B Minor
St. John Passion
St. Matthew PassionBeethoven
Choral Fantasy
Mass in C Major
Symphony No. 9Berlioz
L’Enfance du Christ
Les Nuits d’ÉtéBritten
A Charm of Lullabies
Abraham and Isaac
Spring SymphonyBruckner
Te DeumCopland
Old American SongsDuruflé
RequiemFalla
El Amor BrujoHandel
Judas Maccabaeus
MessiahHaydn
Harmoniemesse
Lord Nelson Mass
Paukenmesse
St. Cecilia Mass
St. Nicholas Mass
TheresienmesseMahler
Das Lied von der Erde
Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
Rückert-Lieder
Symphony No. 2
Symphony No. 3
Symphony No. 8Maw
Nocturne (US Premiere)Mendelssohn
Elijah
Grosse Festmusik zum DürerfestMozart
Coronation Mass
Mass in C Minor
RequiemProkofiev
The Ugly DucklingSchubert
Mass in B-flat MajorVaughan Williams
Serenade to MusicVerdi
RequiemVivaldi
Gloria
Stabat MaterWallach
Toward a Time of Renewal (World Premiere)
Opera
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Britten
Albert Herring (Nancy)
The Rape of Lucretia (Lucretia)Bizet
Carmen (Mercédès)Debussy
Pelléas et Mélisande (Geneviève)Humperdinck
Hänsel und Gretel (Hansel)Menotti
The Medium (Mrs. Nolan)Mozart
Die Zauberflöte (Third Lady)Puccini
Madama Butterfly (Suzuki)Stravinsky
Le Rossignol (Cook)Verdi
Falstaff (Meg Page)
Rigoletto (Maddalena)Weill
The Seven Deadly Sins
The Eternal Road (Miriam, Ruth, Sarah, Witch of Endor)Wolf-Ferrari
Le Donne Curiose (Beatrice)
Chamber
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Berlioz
Les Nuits d’ÉtéBennett
Gershwin ArrangementsBrahms
Two Songs for Viola and Voice, Op. 91
Neue LiebesliederBritten
Abraham and IsaacChausson
Chanson PerpétuelleCopland
As it Fell Upon a DayFalla
Siete Canciones Populares EspañolasHindemith
Die Junge MagdJolivet
Suite Liturgique
Trois PoèmesLloyd
People your Dreams (World Premiere)Mahler
Lieder eines fahrenden GesellenMartin
Quatre Sonnets à CassandreMaw
Roman CanticleRavel
Chansons Madécasses
Trois Poèmes de Stéphane MallarméRespighi
Il TramontoStravinsky
Three Songs from William ShakespeareWestergaard
To the Dark Lady (World Premiere)Wright
Sunflower (World Premiere)
Orchestral
Bach
Cantatas (Selection)
Christmas Oratorio
Magnificat
Mass in B Minor
St. John Passion
St. Matthew PassionBeethoven
Choral Fantasy
Mass in C Major
Symphony No. 9Berlioz
L’Enfance du Christ
Les Nuits d’ÉtéBritten
A Charm of Lullabies
Abraham and Isaac
Spring SymphonyBruckner
Te DeumCopland
Old American SongsDuruflé
RequiemFalla
El Amor BrujoHandel
Judas Maccabaeus
MessiahHaydn
Harmoniemesse
Lord Nelson Mass
Paukenmesse
St. Cecilia Mass
St. Nicholas Mass
TheresienmesseMahler
Das Lied von der Erde
Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
Rückert-Lieder
Symphony No. 2
Symphony No. 3
Symphony No. 8Maw
Nocturne (US Premiere)Mendelssohn
Elijah
Grosse Festmusik zum DürerfestMozart
Coronation Mass
Mass in C Minor
RequiemProkofiev
The Ugly DucklingSchubert
Mass in B-flat MajorVaughan Williams
Serenade to MusicVerdi
RequiemVivaldi
Gloria
Stabat MaterWallach
Toward a Time of Renewal (World Premiere)
Opera
Britten
Albert Herring (Nancy)
The Rape of Lucretia (Lucretia)Bizet
Carmen (Mercédès)Debussy
Pelléas et Mélisande (Geneviève)Humperdinck
Hänsel und Gretel (Hansel)Menotti
The Medium (Mrs. Nolan)Mozart
Die Zauberflöte (Third Lady)Puccini
Madama Butterfly (Suzuki)Stravinsky
Le Rossignol (Cook)Verdi
Falstaff (Meg Page)
Rigoletto (Maddalena)Weill
The Seven Deadly Sins
The Eternal Road (Miriam, Ruth, Sarah, Witch of Endor)Wolf-Ferrari
Le Donne Curiose (Beatrice)
Chamber
Berlioz
Les Nuits d’ÉtéBennett
Gershwin ArrangementsBrahms
Two Songs for Viola and Voice, Op. 91
Neue LiebesliederBritten
Abraham and IsaacChausson
Chanson PerpétuelleCopland
As it Fell Upon a DayFalla
Siete Canciones Populares EspañolasHindemith
Die Junge MagdJolivet
Suite Liturgique
Trois PoèmesLloyd
People your Dreams (World Premiere)Mahler
Lieder eines fahrenden GesellenMartin
Quatre Sonnets à CassandreMaw
Roman CanticleRavel
Chansons Madécasses
Trois Poèmes de Stéphane MallarméRespighi
Il TramontoStravinsky
Three Songs from William ShakespeareWestergaard
To the Dark Lady (World Premiere)Wright
Sunflower (World Premiere)
Audio
Britten: Phaedra (selections)

Mahler: Lieder eines Fahrenden Gesellen – Wenn Mein Schatz Hochzeit Macht

Bach: Cantata, BWV 53 – Schlage Doch

Jaffe: The Life of Mary Shelley – We Are Never Alone

Debussy: Chanson de Bilitis – La Chevelure

Kern: All the Things You Are

Mozart: La Clemenza di Tito – Parto, Parto

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Short Biography
American mezzo-soprano Barbara Rearick has been lauded by Opera News for her “tonal beauty” and Gramophone for her “charm and finesse.” Since her Carnegie Hall debut in Handel’s Messiah, she has performed internationally with such orchestras as the Houston, Indianapolis, Buffalo and Baltimore symphonies, and City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Her 2017-18 season currently includes soloist in Messiah with the United States Naval Academy and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with Symphony Orchestra Augusta. Recent successes include Handel’s Messiah with the Wichita Symphony; de Falla’s El amor brujo and Copland’s Old American Songs with the Southwest Florida Symphony; performances with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in their MusicNow series; Verdi’s Requiem with the Fort Wayne Philharmonic and Huntsville Symphony; Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the Bozeman, Colorado, Syracuse, and Wichita symphonies; Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 with the Canterbury Choral Society; Mozart’s Coronation Mass at the Spoleto Festival USA; Messiah with the symphonies of Baltimore, Buffalo, Indianapolis, Memphis, Nashville, Orange County and Syracuse; Mozart’s Requiem with Symphoria (Syracuse, NY); Mendelssohn’s Elijah with the South Dakota Symphony; Bach’s Magnificatand St. Matthew Passion with Voices of Ascension; Bach’s St. John Passion with the Bach Festival Society of Winter Park, and Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de Costa Rica; and Mahler’s Rückert Lieder at Princeton University. |
Full Biography
American mezzo-soprano Barbara Rearick has been lauded by Opera Newsfor her “tonal beauty” and Gramophone for her “charm and finesse.” Since her Carnegie Hall debut in Handel’s Messiah, she has performed internationally with such orchestras as the Houston, Indianapolis, Buffalo and Baltimore symphonies, and City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Her 2017-18 season currently includes soloist in Messiah with the United States Naval Academy and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with Symphony Orchestra Augusta.
Recent successes include Handel’s Messiah with the Wichita Symphony; de Falla’s El amor brujo and Copland’s Old American Songs with the Southwest Florida Symphony; performances with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in their MusicNow series; Verdi’s Requiem with the Fort Wayne Philharmonic and Huntsville Symphony; Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the Bozeman, Colorado, Syracuse, and Wichita symphonies; Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 with the Canterbury Choral Society; Mozart’s Coronation Mass at the Spoleto Festival USA; Messiah with the symphonies of Baltimore, Buffalo, Indianapolis, Memphis, Nashville, Orange County and Syracuse; Mozart’s Requiem with Symphoria (Syracuse, NY); Mendelssohn’s Elijah with the South Dakota Symphony; Bach’s Magnificatand St. Matthew Passion with Voices of Ascension; Bach’s St. John Passionwith the Bach Festival Society of Winter Park, and Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de Costa Rica; and Mahler’s Rückert Lieder at Princeton University. She has performed in Bach’s St. John Passion, under Kent Tritle in Musica Sacra at Lincoln Center, and at London’s Wigmore Hall, singing three songs written for her by Sir Richard Rodney Bennett, with the composer accompanying her at the piano.
An accomplished performer and champion of 20th-century music, Ms. Rearick sang the United States premiere of Nicholas Maw’s Nocturne with Leon Botstein and the American Symphony Orchestra at Bard College; collaborated with New York’s New Music Ensemble for the world premiere of Mary Wright’s Sunflower; and performed A Winter’s Journey, Douglas Cuomo’s setting of Wilhelm Müller’s text (from Schubert’s Winterreise). She sang in the world premiere of Douglas Cuomo’s opera, Arjuna’s Dilemma, at BAM’s Next Wave Fextival, She sang and recorded the roles of Miriam, Ruth, and the Witch of Endor in the world premiere of Kurt Weill’s The Eternal Road, with Rundfunk Sinfhonieorchester Berlin, under Gerard Schwarz. Frequent collaborations with the New York Chamber Ensemble include Ravel’s Trois poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé, Ravel’s Chansons madécasses, and Berlioz’s Les nuits d’été.
Barbara Rearick has appeared on BBC World Service Radio, New York City’s WQXR, and National Public Radio and has recorded for Naxos, Gateway Classics, and ASV. Born in Pennsylvania, she serves on the voice faculty at Princeton University and is a founding member of the Britten-Pears Ensemble, a chamber group specializing in rarely heard contemporary works.