Janice Baird Email & Phone Number

Janice Baird is today one of the leading dramatic sopranos worldwide. Internationally praised as an extremely gifted and intelligent singing actress, Miss Baird´s combination of vocal prowess and sensitive as well as expressive acting makes the attractive New York born artist one of the most powerful und intensely charismatic performers on the operatic stage.She performed at opera houses such as Deutsche Oper Berlin, Berliner Staatsoper, Teatro Colón Buenos Aires, Semperoper Dresden, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Grand Théâtre Genève, Staatsoper Hamburg, Palacio de Bellas Artes Mexico, Metropolitan Opera New York, Salzburger Festspiele, New National Theatre Tokyo, Teatro La Fenice Venezia, Wiener Staatsoper and Opernhaus Zürich. She worked with conductors like: Marc Albrecht, Christoph von Dohnany, Daniele Gatti, Michael Gielen, Bernhard Haitink, , Armin Jordan, Philippe Jordan, James Levine, Fabio Luisi, Franz Welser-Möst, Kent Nagano, Donald Runnicles, Peter Schneider, Jeffrey Tate, Sebastian Weigle and Simone Young - in productions directed by among others Robert Carsen, Claus Guth, Nicolas Joel, Peter Konwitschny, Martin Kusej, Nikolaus Lehnhoff, Giancarlo del Monaco, David Pountney and Bob Wilson.She has recently performed with great success ELEKTRA at Salzburger Festspiele, Catania and Berlin; FÄRBERIN at Opernhaus Zürich; TURANDOT and MINNIE with Teatro dell’Opera Roma and Teatro La Maestranza Sevilla; BRÜNNHILDE at Opernhaus Zürich, Seattle Opera & Deutsche Oper Berlin; MARIE/Wozzeck at Teatro dell’Opera Roma, SALOME at Florence and ISOLDE at Düsseldorf, Zürich and the Metropolitan Opera New York.Her next performances will be ELEKTRA with Staatsoper Wien, Oper Leipzig und BRÜNNHILDE in Der Ring des Nibelungen at D.O. Berlin and Opera National de Paris. an American who was raised and studied both in Europe and America, Ms. Baird speaks German, English, Italian, French and Spanish and currently lives in Berlin, Germany and in Andalucia, Spain.Specialties: Opera singer, singing teacher, teaching acting for opera singers. I also speak 5 languages (English, German, Spanish, Italian & French). Love to exercise and I ride horses very well.

Listed skills include Drama, Ensemble, Contemporary Music, Arts Administration, and 18 others.