Jan Horvath
Jan Horvath is a veteran of five Broadway shows including the original Broadway company of The Phantom of the Opera, with whom she performed the roles of both Christine and Carlotta. Other Broadway credits include The Threepenny Opera starring Sting, Sweet Charity directed by Bob Fosse, and the revival of Oliver! In addition to her Broadway credits, Ms. Horvath sang the leading role of Grizabella in the National Touring Company of Cats.
Off-Broadway credits include the Mother in Yoko Ono's New York Rock (original cast recording on Capital Records), Svetlana in Tim Rice's revised version of Chess, and Jacques Brel Is.... Internationally, she starred as Queen Isabella in the world premiere of Encounter 500 at La Sistina in Rome, Italy, and was featured in The Bernstein Mass at the Vatican as part of the Jubilee Celebration. She made her Carnegie Hall debut singing in Bernstein's Mass in 2002 and also appeared there with The New York Pops in The 3 Broadway Divas concert. Regionally, Ms. Horvath has performed a variety of roles including Eva Peron in Evita, Aldonza in Man of La Mancha, Nellie Forbush in South Pacific, and Cathy in The Last Five Years. She also sang on the soundtrack for the animated film Anastasia. For the past sixteen years, Ms. Horvath has been a soprano soloist with BRAVO Broadway! and has worked with such legendary talents as Keith Lockhart, Marvin Hamlisch, Doc Severinsen, Erich Kunzel, Richard Hayman, Skitch Henderson and Marin Alsop. She has appeared as a guest soloist with over 130 orchestras including the Chicago Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, Israel Philharmonic (Tel Aviv), National Symphony Orchestra, The NY Pops, The Boston Pops, Minnesota Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, St. Louis Symphony, Atlanta Symphony, Syracuse Symphony, Seattle Symphony, Utah Symphony, Rochester Philharmonic, Brazilian Symphony Orchestra, Calgary Philharmonic, Shanghai Radio Orchestra, Hong Kong Philharmonic, International Music Festival in Cesky Krumlov in the Czech Republic and Philharmonica Orchestra Teatro Massimo di Palermo, Italy. For a complete listing, visit her website - JanHorvath.com.
In February 2008 Jan released her first solo CD as a singer/songwriter entitled NEVER TOO LATE. The critically acclaimed CD is an eclectic mix of musical styles and sentiments. (To hear her songs go to http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/horvathjan). Her song "Barren Field" was featured in the play The Orphan Train, and she had the privilege of premiering her song "Immigrant's Anthem" with the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra in 2005. She has gone on to sing her compositions with several other orchestras including The Rochester Philharmonic. Jan has also been featured on many other CDs, including BRAVO Broadway, BRAVO Broadway II, THE THREE BROADWAY DIVAS, THE MUSICALITY OF ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER, CHICAGO AND ALL THAT JAZZ and SIMPLY MUSICALS.
Ms. Horvath teaches voice at NYU for the CAP21 musical theater students and also runs a private voice studio in New York City. She is a proud graduate of the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music and shares her life with Italian-born painter/artist/poet, Rino Li Causi.
Links
To learn more about Jan, go to JanHorvath.com or MySpace.com/janhorvath
Sound clips
All That Jazz (MP3 format)
Don't Cry For Me Argentina (MP3 format)