BIO
BIO
JAN HORVATH was a member of the original Broadway company of Hal Prince's "THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA" and performed the roles of both Christine and Carlotta. Other Broadway credits include "THE THREEPENNY OPERA" starring Sting, "SWEET CHARITY" directed by Bob Fosse, "OLIVER!" and "STARDUST". In the National Touring Company of "CATS", Jan played the leading role of Grizabella.
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 in "THE 3 BROADWAY DIVAS" concert. Regionally, Jan has performed a variety of roles including Eva Peron in "EVITA", Aldonza in "MAN OF LA MANCHA", Nellie Forbush in "SOUTH PACIFIC", Chairy Barnum in "BARNUM", and Cathy in "THE LAST FIVE YEARS". She also sang on the soundtrack for the animated film "ANASTASIA" for Twentieth Century Fox.
To view her theatrical resume go to the BROADWAY page.
As a concert soloist, Jan has worked with many legendary conductors including Keith Lockhart, Marvin Hamlisch, Doc Severinsen, Erich Kunzel, Skitch Henderson, Richard Hayman, and has performed with well over 120 orchestras including the Chicago Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, Israel Philharmonic (Tel Aviv), National Symphony Orchestra, The NY Pops, Calgary Philharmonic, Seattle Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, St. Louis Symphony, Atlanta Symphony, Syracuse Symphony, Seattle Symphony, Utah Symphony, Honolulu Symphony, Rochester Philharmonic, Brazilian Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra del Teatro Massimo in Palermo, the Shanghai Radio Orchestra, Hong Kong Philharmonic, and the International Music Festival in Cesky Krumlov.
For a full listing of all the orchestras, go to the CONCERTS page.
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". For more info go to :
http://BRAVOBROADWAY.com/bravobroadway/index.html
Other broadway CDS include "THE MUSICALITY OF ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER", "CHICAGO AND ALL THAT JAZZ" and "SIMPLY MUSICALS".
In February 2008 Jan released her first solo CD as a singer/songwriter entitled NEVER TOO LATE. The CD is an eclectic mix of musical styles and sentiments. She has sung several of her own compositions with various orchestras and had the privilege of premiering her song "Immigrant's Anthem" with the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra in 2005.
For more information go to the COMPOSER page.
For the past 12 years Jan has been teaching private voice, vocal technique classes and master classes. She is on staff at CAP21 teaching the NYU Tisch Musical Theater students. For more information on her private studio and various master class offerings, go to the TEACHER page.
As a writer, Jan's "works in progress" include the children's book/song/video "ON FRAGILE WING", and the book "JAN"S COMMANDS". 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. RinoLiCausi.com
For more info go to the CONTACT page.