| Maria Jette |
Maria Jette has appeared with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, New York Chamber Symphony, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra and Minnesota Orchestra: the Symphonies of Houston, Austin, San Antonio, Grand Rapids, Kansas City, Charlotte, Santa Rosa and Buffalo; Vocalessence (formerly the Plymouth Music Series), the Handel Choir of Baltimore, Choral Arts Society of Philadelphia, and Los Angeles Master Chorale; and with original instrument ensembles Portland Baroque Orchestra and The Lyra Concert. She has been a regular guest at the Oregon Bach, Victoria Bach and San Luis Obispo Mozart Festivals, the Oregon Festival of American Music, and on Public Radio International's A Prairie Home Companion. With conductor Helmuth Rilling, she has sung Bach, Mozart and Monteverdi in Germany, Spain, Japan, and Canada, as well as in Minneapolis, New York, Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles.
Her 45+ operatic roles range from Monteverdi's Poppea and Handel's Cleopatra through Mozart's Pamina, Countess and Fiordiligi; and with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, she starred as the Mrs. in the May 2002 premiere of Garrison Keillor's “opera,” Mr. and Mrs. Olson. She has performed her own production of Seuss/Kapilow's Green Eggs & Ham for more than 25,000 kids around the USA.
Ms. Jette's discography includes two recordings on the Centaur label: a selection of Benjamin Britten's Folksongs of the British Isles and Mélodies of Gabriel Fauré, both with harpist Judith Kogan; Il Passione by Simon Mayr, performed and recorded (for Guild Records) with the Georgian Chamber Orchestra (Ingolstadt, Germany) under the direction of Franz Hauk. She has been featured on several recordings with Philip Brunelle and VocalEssence), including the world premiere recording (Virgin Classics) of Britten's "American" opera, Paul Bunyan; and the newly-released Mozart's Requiem (Avie) with Andreas Delfs, the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra and St. Olaf Choir.
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