Soprano Eden Bartholomew is passionate about the range of expression and collaboration in vocal performance, though she is most at home when interpreting literature and music through art song. Eden also greatly enjoys dramatic interpretation in opera: past operatic performances include Le nozze di Figaro (Susanna), Svadba (Danica) by Ana Sokolović, L’incoronazione di Poppea (Poppea), L’Orfeo (Musica), Die Zauberflöte (Papagena), and Speed Dating Tonight! by Michael Ching. 

Eden is a versatile singer, performing music ranging from Purcell, Monteverdi, Britten, and Bonds, to working with living composers on new works. This November, she is delighted to play Mozart in Stephen Stucky’s cheeky work, The Classical Style: An Opera (of Sorts) with Peabody Opera in Friedberg Hall. She recently performed composer Hayden Iskander’s 2021 work, The Haunted Palace, and premiered his vocal quartet Spirits of the Dead this fall. 

As an active concert and choral singer, she has been featured as a soloist in works such as Mozart’s Vespers (K.339), Vivaldi’s Magnificat, Handel’s Messiah, and Zelenka’s Magnificat in D. She was also featured as a Voice of Joan of Arc in Voices of Light by Richard Einhorn at the Bardavon Opera House with the Vassar College Choir. Eden is a core member of the Emmanuel Choir at Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Baltimore. 

Eden is currently pursuing a Master of Music degree in Voice at the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins where she studies with Professor Elizabeth Futral. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Vassar College where she majored in Music and studied with Drew Minter. At Vassar, she won the Competition for Soloists and the Lucia V. Torian ‘69 Award (2021, 2022). More recent competitions include the Sylvia Green Competition for orchestrated art song (second place) and the Art Song Competition (third place) at the Peabody Institute. When not singing, Eden can be found mountain biking, journaling, or watercolor painting.