Julianne Baird (born December 10, 1952) is an American soubrette and early music soprano. She has appeared with the New York Philharmonic, Cleveland Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Theatre de la Monnaie, Bach Festival Leipzig amongst many. She has recorded with Christopher Hogwood, John Eliot Gardiner, Joshua Rifkin and sung on five of the world’s continents in both opera and Sacred Music. She has more than 100 recordings to her credit and is a well-traveled recitalist and soloist with major symphony orchestras. She is also a noted teacher of voice.

Biography Baird grew up in Kent, Ohio, graduating from Kent's Theodore Roosevelt High School in 1970. She studied voice and Musicology at the Eastman School of Music, earned a Diploma in Performance Practice from the Salzburg Mozarteum, and earned a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Musicology from Stanford University.

Baird has been a Distinguished professor at Rutgers University-Camden since 2000. She directs a Madrigal Ensemble and teaches a wide array of classes such as History of Opera, Renaissance and Baroque Music. She frequently teaches master classes and workshops throughout the United States. She published an annotated translation of the 18th-century treatise, Introduction to the Art of Singing by Johann Friedrich Agricola (Cambridge University Press, 1995).

As a performer, she is best known for her extensive discography and for performances of music by Johann Sebastian Bach (especially the B-minor Mass, the Magnificat, and a number of cantatas) and George Frideric Handel (especially Messiah). She has made premiere recordings of a number of Handel operas (including Deidamia, Siroe, Muzio Scevola, Sosarme, and Berenice). She has also sung works by Henry Purcell, John Dowland, Claudio Monteverdi, and Georg Philipp Telemann. Modern American composers whose music she has recorded include Lukas Foss and Steve Reich.

Recordings

Complete Operas YearComposerTitleConductor/OrchestraRolePublisherFormatOther notes1986HandelImeneoRudolph Palmer,Brewer Baroque OrchestraRosmeneVoxCD, DigitalFirst Recording1987MonteverdiL’OrfeoJohn Eliot Gardiner,Monteverdi Choir: The English Baroque SoloistsEuridiceArchivCD, Digital1990TelemannPimpinoneRudolph Palmer,Baroque Orchestra of St. LukeVespettaNewport ClassicCD, Digital1991HandelSiroeRudolph Palmer,Brewer Baroque OrchestraEmiraNewport ClassicCD, DigitalPremiere Recording1991HandelMuzio ScevolaRudolph Palmer,Brewer Baroque OrchestraCleliaNewport ClassicCD, DigitalPremiere Recording1993PergolesiLa Serva PadronaRudolph Palmer,Philomel Baroque OrchestraSerpinaOmega Record ClassicsCD, Digital1994HandelSosarmeJohannes Somary,Amor Artis OrchestraElmiraNewport ClassicCD, Digital1994PurcellDido and AeneasChristopher Hogwood,Academy of Ancient MusicSecond WomanDecca L’Oiseau-LyreCD, Digital1994HandelBereniceRudolph Palmer,Brewer Baroque OrchestraBereniceNewport ClassicCD, DigitalPremiere Recording1994PurcellDido and Aeneas; The Indian QueenChristopher Hogwood,Academy of Ancient MusicSecond WomanDecca:L’Oiseau-LyreCD, Digital1995HandelEzioRichard Auldon Clark,Manhattan Chamber OrchestraFulviaVoxCD, DigitalPremiere Recording1996HandelFaramondoRudolph Palmer,Brewer Baroque OrchestraClotildeVoxCD, DigitalPremiere Recording1997Lukas FossThe Jumping Frog of Calaveras CountyRichard Auldon Clark,Manhattan Chamber OrchestraMiss LuluNewport ClassicCD, Digital2001HandelDeidamiaRudolph Palmer,Brewer Baroque OrchestraDeidamiaAlbanyCDPremiere Recording2004GluckIl Parnaso ConfusoRudolph Palmer,The Queen’s Chamber BandMelpomeneAlbany RecordsCDPremiere Recording2005GluckLa CoronaRudolph Palmer,The Queen’s Chamber BandAtalantaAlbany RecordsCDFirst CD Recording2007PurcellDido and AeneasValentin Radu: Ama Deus Baroque EnsembleDidoLyrichordCDTitle Role

J.S. Bach Cantatas, Passions and Masses-Complete Works YearTitleConductor/OrchestraPublisherFormatOther notes1982B minor Mass BWV 232Joshua Rifkin: The Bach EnsembleNonesuchCD, Digital(OVPP)LP and Audio Cassette1982Magnificat BWV 243Joshua Rifkin: The Bach EnsemblePro Arte RecordsCD, Digital(OVPP)Audio Cassette1986St. John Passion BWV 245Anthony Newman,Brandenburg CollegiumNewport ClassicCD, DigitalAudio Cassette1987Cantatas BWV 140 BWV 51, "Jauchzet Gott"Joshua Rifkin: The Bach EnsembleÉditions de l'Oiseau-LyreCD, Digital(OVPP)Audio Cassette1988Cantatas BWV 202, BWV 209Joshua Rifkin: The Bach EnsembleÉditions de l'Oiseau-LyreSolo CantatasCD, DigitalSoprano Cantatas1989BWV 8, BWV 78, BWV 99Joshua Rifkin: The Bach EnsembleÉditions de l'Oiseau-LyreCD, Digital(OVPP)Audio cassette1990BWV 147, BWV 80, BWV 8, BWV 140 BWV 51, BWV 78Joshua Rifkin: The Bach EnsembleÉditions de l'Oiseau-LyreCD, Digital (OVPP)1990St. John Passion BWV 245Kenneth Slowik,Smithsonian Chamber Players and Smithsonian Chamber ChorusSmithsonian RecordingsCD, Digital1992Trauerode, BWV 8, BWV 156, BWV 198Jeffrey Thomas,American Bach SoloistsKoch IntlCD, DigitalVolume 21992Solo Cantatas BWV 51, BWV 54, BWV 55, BWV 82Jeffrey Thomas, American Bach SoloistsKoch IntlCD, Digital1995"Cantatas from Mühlhausen and Weimar", BWV 12, BWV 18, BWV 61Jeffrey Thomas,American Bach SoloistsKoch IntlCD, DigitalVolume 51996Magnificat BWV 243Valentin Radu: Ama Deus Baroque EnsembleVox ClassicsCD, Digital1996B minor Mass BWV 232Valentin Radu: Ama Deus Baroque EnsembleVox ClassicsCD, Digital19976 Favourite CantatasJoshua Rifkin: The Bach EnsembleL’Oiseau-LyreCD (OVPP)1998Actus TragicusJoshua Rifkin: The Bach EnsembleDeccaCD (OVPP)Select Cantatas1998Sacred CantatasJoshua Rifkin: The Bach EnsembleNaxosDigital (OVPP)Online, Digital Library2011101 BachJoshua Rifkin: The Bach EnsembleDeccaDigital (OVPP)6 CD set

Oratorios YearComposerTitleConductor/OrchestraRolePublisherFormatOther notes1988HandelAcis and GalateaJohannes Somary,Amor Artis OrchestraGalateaNewport ClassicCD, DigitalCassette, Digital1991HandelJoshuaRudolph Palmer,Brewer Baroque OrchestraAchsahNewport ClassicCD, Digital1993ScarlattiIshmaelRudolph Palmer,Brewer Baroque OrchestraIsmaeleNewport ClassicCD, DigitalPremiere Recording1991HandelDixit DominusJames Litton,American Boy ChoirMusical HeritageCD, DigitalPremiere Recording1996HandelAcis and GalateaValentin Radu: Ama Deus Baroque EnsembleGalateaVoxCD, Digital1997VivaldiMagnificat, GloriaValentin Radu: Ama Deus Baroque EnsembleNewport ClassicCD, Digital1997HandelAlexander BalusRudolph Palmer,Philomel Baroque OrchestraCleopatraNewport ClassicCD, Digital1994HandelGloria, Handel in RomeRudolph Palmer, The Queen’s Chamber BandLyrichordCD, Digital2020PurcellExcerpts from the fairy queen; Odes and elegies for Queen MaryFrederick Renz, Ensemble for Early MusicSoprano, SoloistNaxosCD, Digital, Audio, Cassette

Recitals