Donna Brown's voice
has been described as "shimmering," "luminous," "gem-like in its
brilliance," "crystal clear." She has graced the stages of Paris,
London, Tokyo, Berlin, Vienna, Rome, Sao Paulo, Caracas, Tel Aviv,
Toronto, Vancouver, Philadelphia, San Francisco, performing an
extensive repertoire, ranging from opera, oratorio, recital and chamber
music, to contemporary and even alternative music.
Ms. Brown has sung with the leading orchestras and
opera houses of the world, under such conductors as Sir John Eliot
Gardner, Helmuth Rilling, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Bernard Haitink, Kent
Nagano, Daniel Barenboim, Kurt Mazur, Carlo Maria Giulini, Jeffrey
Tate, William Christie. She has worked on the opera stage with
directors John Copley, Robert Wilson, Peter Brook, Jonathan Miller,
Pier Luigi Pizzi, Lotfi Mansouri, Steven Wadsworth ...
Ms. Brown has been hailed as a remarkable
interpreter of Art Song and has sung in over 150 recitals with such
pianists as Stephane Lemelin, Philippe Cassard, Roger Vignoles, Menahem
Pressler, Michel Dalberto, Maria Joao Pires, Jane Coop, Michael
McMahon, Bruce Ubukata, Stephen Ralls, Peter Tiefenback, Françoise
Tillard, Alain Planes, and Jean Marc Luisada.
A
visiting professor at the Yonsei University in Seoul, the Fondacion
Scola Cantorum, in Caracas, the Bachakedemie in Santiago de Compostela,
she currently teaches voice at the Conservatoire de Musique de
Montreal, and continues to sing in recitals and concerts throughout the
world.