Janna Baty
I strive for creative excellence and authenticity in all aspects of my work. I believe teaching is the art of meeting students where they are and helping them discover the best in themselves.
Janna Baty
Described by The Boston Globe as having “a rich, viola-like tone” and singing with “a rapturous, luminous lyricism,” mezzo-soprano Janna Baty enjoys a versatile career performing with opera companies, orchestras, and at festivals around the world as a soloist, chamber musician, and recitalist.
At the Yale School of Music, Baty directs the undergraduate voice lessons program, and has often appeared in recitals as a soloist and in collaboration with other Yale School of Music faculty members. She has also been a featured performer at the Yale Summer School of Music/Norfolk Chamber Music Festival.
A specialist in contemporary music, Baty has worked alongside many celebrated composers on performances of their music. She is an alumna of Oberlin College and the Yale School of Music.
Performances
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Hamburgische Staatsoper, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Boston Lyric Opera, Orquesta Filarmónica de Bogota, Tanglewood Music Center, among many others.
Recordings
Folk Songs by Reza Vali, Grifflekin by Lukas Foss, Our American Cousin by Eric Sawyer, Mirabai Songs by John Harbison (in collaboration with the Boston Modern Orchestra Project), among many others.
