Canadian mezzo-soprano Kimberly Barber is known for the expressive power, purity and refinement of her voice, her elegance of phrasing and musical gesture and the intelligence and intensity of her physical portrayals. Her eclectic and varied career combines not only the standard repertoire sung on some of the great opera house and concert stages of the world, but also contemporary and baroque works with smaller, experimental companies. Kimberly Barber's extraordinary artistic spirit defies categorization. Her operatic repertoire encompasses more than 35 roles, many of them from twentieth century or lesser-known works, and her concert repertoire stems from every genre.

 
Ms Barber's career has taken her to major opera houses throughout the world (Opéra de Paris, Lyric Opera of Chicago, New York City Opera, Seattle Opera, Opéra de Marseille, ENO, Canadian Opera, to name a few), where she is recognized for the verisimilitude of her portrayals of the trouser roles of Mozart, Handel, Rossini and Strauss.

Ms Barber's recent roles includes the title role of Marc Blitzstein's REGINA with Pacific Opera Victoria in April 2008, and this past April 2009 debuted as Ottavia in Monteverdi's L'INCORONAZIONE DI POPPEA with Toronto's Opera Atelier. She garnered great praise for her first Charlotte in Massenet's WERTHER with Vancouver Opera, and created the role of Jessica in the world premiere of John Estacio's FROBISHER for Calgary Opera.

In addition to her busy performing schedule, Kimberly Barber is increasingly in demand as a guest lecturer, panellist and pedagogue. Throughout the 1990's she periodically appeared as a guest teacher at the University of Toronto in the Piano-Vocal Master Class and gave career-development talks to the members of the COC.Kimberly Barber is currently an Associate Professor of Voice at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario where she also acts as Administrative Coordinator of the Voice and Opera Programs. Arcadia Academy of Music has recently had the privilege of having Kimberly adjudicate our 2009 Musicfest Vocal Category.

VOCAL MASTERCLASS - ALL LEVELS

Wednesday, October 28, 2009, 6:00 PM
Arcadia Home Office, 661 Chrislea Rd., Unit #7, Woodbridge, ON

To register, call Arcadia Woodbridge at 905-851-8631!