Jan Horvath
Jan Horvath was a member of 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, Stardust and 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 the 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 and the late Skitch Henderson 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 fifteen years, Ms. Horvath has been a soprano soloist with BRAVO Broadway! and is featured on the CDs BRAVO Broadway, BRAVO Broadway II and THE THREE BROADWAY DIVAS . She has worked with such legendary talents as Marvin Hamlisch, Doc Severinsen, Erich Kunzel, Richard Hayman, Skitch Henderson and has appeared as a guest soloist with over one hundred orchestras including the Chicago Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, Israel Philharmonic (Tel Aviv), National Symphony Orchestra, The NY Pops, Minnesota Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, St. Louis Symphony, Atlanta Symphony, Syracuse Symphony, Seattle Symphony, Utah Symphony, Honolulu Symphony, Rochester Philharmonic, Brazilian Symphony Orchestra and Shanghai Radio Orchestra in China among many others. In May 2007, Ms. Horvath traveled to Hong Kong to perform with the Hong Kong Philharmonic and in July, she performed in an all Andrew Lloyd Webber concert in Palermo, Italy. In October 2007, Ms. Horvath performed with Pops concerts in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. In August of 2008 Ms. Horvath appeared in the Czech Republic at the International Music Festival in Cesky Krumlov. Ms. Horvath is a graduate of the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. She is currently featured on the recently released CD entitled The 3 Broadway Divas with fellow Divas Debbie Gravitte and Christiane Noll.
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 some of her songs go to Myspace.com/janhorvath).
As a composer she had the privilege of premiering her song "Immigrant's Anthem" with the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra in 2005. She has gone on to sing it with several other orchestras including The Rochester Philharmonic. Jan has also been featured on many other CDs including THE MUSICALITY OF ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER, CHICAGO AND ALL THAT JAZZ and SIMPLY MUSICALS.
Ms. Horvath is a graduate of the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music and currently resides in New York City 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)