Soprano AMY BURTON's musical life encompasses opera, chamber music, orchestral repertoire, recitals and cabaret. She has performed with the Metropolitan Opera in Fidelio, Rigoletto and L'Elisir d'Amore, and starred in over a dozen productions at New York City Opera, including Xerxes, Ariodante, Orlando, Platée, Le Nozze di Figaro (Susanna and the Countess), L'Heure Espagnole, Turn of the Screw, Orfeo, Carmen, Falstaff, Don Giovanni, and Die Zauberflöte. Other highlights of her career include the role of Elle in La Voix Humaine with Glimmerglass Opera, Jenny in Mahagonny for Opera Boston, Juliette in Roméo et Juliette with Zürich Opera, Adele in Die Fledermaus with Scottish Opera, and various operas and concerts in Switzerland, Scotland, England, Italy, France, Japan, Israel, Ireland and throughout the United States. A recipient of the 2006 Opera America Artist Advocate Award, Amy Burton has recorded for Angel/EMI, Albany, CRI, Harbinger, and Bridge Records. Other awards include the Silver Medal in the 1995 Marian Anderson International Vocal Competition, major prizes from the Gerda Lissner, George London and Sullivan Foundations and the 2005 Diva Award from New York City Opera. A champion of contemporary music, Ms. Burton has premiered pieces by John Musto, Paul Moravec, Lee Hoiby, John Harbison, Richard Festinger, Michael Cohen, Richard Danielpour, Richard Wilson, and has also performed the music of William Bolcom, John Corigliano, Aaron Jay Kernis, Ricky Ian Gordon and many others. Her love of French repertoire led her to create a one-woman show based on the life of French diva Yvonne Printemps. The show, now entitled, "Souvenir de Printemps" has been recorded with conductor Yves Abel at the piano and was released in 2005 to great acclaim. The show, which originated with L'Opéra Français de New York, will travel to Barcelona's Liceu Theater in March, 2009, with Ms. Burton's husband, John Musto at the keyboard. Future engagements include performances of John Corigliano's Mister Tambourine Man with the Greeley (CO) Philharmonic, Grand Rapids Symphony, and Grand Canyon Festival as well as recitals with Mr. Musto, appearances at the 2008 Bard Festival and with Trio Solisti in Paul Moravec's Vita Brevis. A graduate of Northwestern University, Ms. Burton lives in New York with John Musto and their son, Joshua. She has been on the voice faculty of Mannes College of Music since 2002. This is Amy Burton's second season at SongFest.