Her mezzo soprano is a glorious instrument.... The Boston Globe

Margaret Lattimore

Grammy nominated mezzo-soprano Margaret Lattimore has been praised for "her “glorious instrument” and as an “undisputed star...who has it all – looks, intelligence, musicianship, personality, technique, and a voice of bewitching amber color."” (The Boston Globe) While she began her career singing the florid works Handel, Rossini and Mozart, Ms. Lattimore expanded her repertoire in recent seasons to include the works of Mahler, Verdi and Wagner making her one of the most versatile mezzo sopranos performing today. In January of 2011, The Houston Chronicle wrote of her performance in Verdi's Requiem “"Mezzo-soprano Margaret Lattimore's vocals were distinguished by her rare intensity, gleaming pure tone and strong dramatic instincts.”" A few weeks prior, Ms. Lattimore'’s Philadelphia Orchestra debut was praised by David Patrick Sterns of The Philadelphia Inquirer as having "“touched the soul of what she sang in Handel's high-rhetoric recitatives, which she sings better than most anybody.”"New music has been central to Margaret Lattimore's career and she has been honored to work with some the most gifted American composers in the 20th and 21st centuries including Jake Heggie, Ricky Ian Gordon, Nico Muhly, John Musto, Stephen Paulus, Daniel Kellogg and Lawrence Siegel. It was as a student at the Tanglewood Music Center that Ms. Lattimore first began to nurture her love and commitment to contemporary music and where she was fortunate to work with composer John Harbison. This auspicious meeting lead to an enduring artistic collaboration in which she starred as Jordan Baker in Mr. Harbison's The Great Gatsby at the Metropolitan Opera, sang his Four Psalms at Carnegie Hall and recorded his Due Libri from Motetti di Montale for Koch International leading to her 2006 Grammy nomination.Ms. Lattimore has appeared at the Mostly Mozart Festival, Chicago's Ravina Festival, the Covent Garden Festival, the Tanglewood Music Festival, New York's Morgan Library, the 92nd Street Y, Weill Recital Hall, the Windham Chamber Music Festival and The Library of Congress. She has been a guest artist with some of the North America’s most prestigious orchestras including The New York Philharmonic, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, The Orchestra of St. Luke’s, Saint Paul ChamberOrchestra, Minnesota Orchestra, Philharmonia Baroque, Boston Baroque, Indianapolis Symphony, the New World Symphony, Houston Symphony and the Hong Kong Philharmonic with conductors that include James Levine, Bernard Haitink, Kurt Masur, James Conlon, Louis Langrée, Hans Graf, Andrew Davis, Michael Tilson Thomas, Rafael Führbeck de Burgos, Steuart Bedford, Carlos Miguel Prieto, Sir David Wilcocks, Grant Llewellyn, Raymond Leopard and Nicholas McGeagan.After winning the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions at the age of 24, Margaret Lattimore became a member of the Metropolitan Opera Lindemann Young Artist Development Program. In October of that same year, she made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Dorotea in Stiffelio with Placido Domingo and later appeared the in the opera’s PBS Great Performances broadcast as well as that of Madama Butterfly. She would go on to sing many roles at the Met including Meg Page in Falstaff and Jordan Baker in The Great Gatsby both under the baton of the James Levine. She has also performed with New York City Opera, Washington Opera, Dallas Opera, Michigan Opera Theatre, Netherlands Opera, Florida Grand Opera, Central City Opera, San Diego Opera and Austin Lyric Opera, amongst others.Ms Lattimore's 2011-2012 season includes her debut in the world premiere of Nico Muhly's Dark Sisters with Opera Company of Philadelphia and Gotham Chamber Opera, Verdi Requiem at New York's Lincoln Center and with The Bach Festival Society, Brahms Alto Rhapsody and Beethoven Symphony #9 with Orquestra Sinfonica Nacional in Mexico City, Mozart Requiem with the Louisiana Symphony and the world premiere of Daniel Kellogg’'s Everlasting to Everlasting with the South Dakota Symphony.Ms. Lattimore's recent engagements include Messiah with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Verdi Requiem with the Houston Symphony and Temple University Chorus and Orchestra, Berenice with the American Symphony at Carnegie Hall, the Mozart Mass in C minor in Eugene Oregon, Brahms Alto Rhapsody and Brukner Te Deum with the Spoleto Festival in Charleston, SC, Lawrence Siegel's Kaddish with the Houston Symphony, Rossini's Stabat Mater with the San Antonio Symphony and Haydn's Paukenmesse with the Sinfonica Nacional de Mexico.Margaret Lattimore is a graduate of the Crane School of Music at the State University of New York at Potsdam where she met her voice teacher, Patricia Misslin. She is a winner of the Eleanor McCollum Award from the Houston Grand Opera Studio, a Jacobson Study Grant from the Richard Tucker Foundation and the prestigious Vienna Award from the George London Foundation. In addition to her very busy performing schedule she enjoys teaching master classes around the country and in her private studio. She resides with her husband and young son in New York.
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Opera News February 2012 Margaret Lattimore as Presendia in Nico Muhly's "Dark Sisters" is praised by Opera News for her "butterscotch-y mezzo".Brahms "Alto Rhapsody" with Orquesta Sinfonica Nacional with Maestro Carlos Miguel Prieto Review from El CuadilloWorld Premiere Nico Muhly's "Dark Sisters" 11/9/01Anthony Tommasini's review for The New York Times "The cast includes....... the mellow mezzo-soprano Margaret Lattimore as Presendia, achingly covetous of her husband's attentions...."Heidi Waleson's review for The Wall Street Journal"The excellent cast.... included the rich-toned mezzo Margaret Lattimore as the jealous Presendia..."Roni Reich's review for The New Jersey Star Ledger"It was smart to break up the womens despair with a comic scene where two of the wives squabbled while waiting to see who would be their husbands choice for the night, with mezzo-soprano Margaret Lattimore's sumptuously voiced Presendia....."David Patrick Stern's review for The Philadelphia Inquirer"Luckily, the singers know what to do. Easily led sheep though they be, the character portrayals all reflect different ways of filling a niche in a community where individuality can be fatal. They don't have simply voices, but faces, too, some beautiful, some plain. Caitlin Lynch is particularly magnetic, vocally and theatrically. The superb ensemble, which includes Eve Giglotti, Jennifer Check, Margaret Lattimore, and Jennifer Zetlan, is positioned poetically in the overall landscape of stage director Rebecca Taichman's stage pictures."Playbill photo Gallery of the Opening Night Gala Reception of Nico Muhly's "Dark Sisters"
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ScheduleFebruary 25 and 26 2012Daniel Kellogg World PremiereFrom Everlasting to EverlastingMezzo Soloist South Dakota Symphony Sioux Falls, SD http://www.sdsymphony.orgApril 19 and 20 2012Mozart RequiemAlto Soloist Louisiana Philharmonic New Orleans, Louisiana http://www.lpomusic.comApril 28 and 29, 2012Verdi RequiemMezzo Soloist Crane School of Music Spring Festival Hosmer Hall Potsdam College Potsdam, NYMay 1, 2012Verdi RequiemMezzo Soprano Soloist 125 Anniversary Celebration Crane School of Music Chorus and Orchestra Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln CenterNew York, NYJune 8, 10 and 13 2012Nico Muhly Dark SistersPresendia Opera Company of Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA http://www.operaphila.orgRECENT ENGAGEMENTS December 9-11 2011Brahms Alto Rhapsody Beethoven Symphony #9Alto Soloist Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional Mexico City, Mexico http://www.osn.bellasartes.gob.mx/November 9-19 2011Nico Muhly World Premiere Dark SistersPresendia Gotham Chamber Opera Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College http://www.darksistersopera.org/October 22-23, 2011Verdi RequiemMezzo Soloist Bach Festival Society Winter Park, Florida http://www.bachfestivalflorida.org/season/choralmasterworks/2011/06/verdis-requiem-2September 24 and 26, 2011Nico Muhly Dark SistersPreview PerformancesPresendia Gotham Chamber OperaDanny Kaye Playhousehttp://www.darksistersopera.org/August 2, 2011Vaughn Williams Serenade to MusicAlto Soloist Boston Symphony OrchestraTanglewood Music Festival Lenox, Ma http://www.bso.org/bso/mods/ perf_detail.jsp?pid=prod3880055May/June 2011Mozart Die ZauberfloteDritte Dame Spoleto Festival Charleston, SC http://www.spoletousa.org/home/June 6, 2011Brahms Alto Rhapsody Bruckner Te DeumAlto Soloist Spoleto Festival USA Charleston, SC http://www.spoletousa.org/home/February 26, 2011Mozart Grand Mass in C minorAlto soloist Eugene Concert Choir and Symphony Eugene, Oregon March 27, 2011Verdi RequiemMezzo SopranoTemple University Chorus and Orchestra Kimmel Hall Philadelphia, Pa http://www.temple.edu/boyer/enp/ schedule_of_events.htm#marDecember 19, 2010Handel MessiahAlto Soloist Philadelphia Orchestra (Debut) Philadelphia, PA http://www.philorch.org/December 3 and 4 2010Haydn PaukenmesseAlto Soloist Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional Mexico City, Mexico Official Website Orquestra Sifonica NacionalNovember 23, 2010Siegel KaddishAlto Soloist Houston Symphony Houston, Texas Houston Symphony - Concerts & TicketsOctober 22 and 23 2010Rossini Stabat MaterAlto Soloist San Antonio Symphony San Antonio, Texas San Antonio Symphony Official Website
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"The most ravishing tone came from mezzo Margaret Lattimore, who sang with her familiar musicality and with a large, deep, and opulent sound. Hers was the only tragic aria of the opera, and with it she stopped time.”"The Boston Globe“"Margaret Lattimore's Dorabella is, in a generation of fabled Dorabellas, one of the most admirable, poignant and musically eloquent."” Los Angeles Times"Margaret Lattimore, touched the soul of what she sang in Handel's high-rhetoric recitatives, which she sings better than most anybody."Philadelphia Inquirer"The principal bright spot was the remarkable performance of Margaret Lattimore, as Octavian. Combining exceptional vocalism with natural acting and superb theatrical instincts the young mezzo was terrific, pulling off a difficult role without striking a single false note. The singer suggests a young Frederica von Stade in her dazzling smile, fulsome voice and charismatic stage presence. Lattimore inhabited Octavian completely, rendering the restless impetuosity of the Marschallin's teenage lover, pulling off the gender switch masquerade as Mariandel in flat tones that remained humorous without being overdone, and in general giving this wayward production its finest moments.”Opera News"Margaret Lattimore definitely has it...With a rich mezzo voice, superb coloratura agility, charismatic stage presence and dramatic flair, Lattimore appears poised on the threshold of a major vocal career.”Sun-Sentinel"Mezzo-soprano Margaret Lattimore's vocals were distinguished by her rare intensity, gleamingly pure tone and strong dramatic instincts."Houston Chronicle"It didn't seem fair that Margaret Lattimore, a young mezzo-soprano from the original cast could come onstage to deliver a show-stealing aria, in the role of Stephano...But everything about her was superb, from the subtlety of her vocal inflections to her bright, powerful, focused delivery. She was the highlight of the evening.”The Washington Post“Sister Helen is the opera's charismatic center, on stage for nearly the entire two acts. And Margaret Lattimore positively blazed with intensity in the role, her lovely timbre full of emotion."Austin American Statesman“Mezzo soprano Margaret Lattimore was simply a spectacular Rosina. She's tall, pretty and witty and she sings like an angel. Her scale is even from the lowest to the highest notes, with out the changes and gearshifts that characterize so many mezzo voices. She races through trills and roulades with perfect accuracy, while remembering that comedic and dramatic nuance count just as much vocal fireworks hearing her cut through the welter of sound without a hint of physical effort brought back fond memories of Joan Sutherland at the old MET house on Broadway at 39th street.”Star Ledger"Although the Opera is entitled Vanessa, the most beautiful music in it is given to Erika, played here by the silken-voiced Margaret Lattimore. Her aria, 'Must the Winter Come so Soon' was the vocal highlight of the evening.”Opera Japonica "Margaret Lattimore was the best of the three singers who have so far taken on the part of the golfer Jordan Baker. Lattimore's vibrant voice rang out, and her characterization was a scary mixture of hot-blooded giddiness and icy calculation.”The Boston Globe“"I place my bet on Margaret Lattimore, a mezzo-soprano who sang the rondo-finale of Rossini's La Cenerentola with a beautifully textured, burned caramel voice, an unclouded two and-a-half-octave range, an agile technique, an infectious musical sparkle, all of which single her out as a very special talent. Remember the name.”"New York Magazine

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