Britt
Voice
Britt Hewitt is a New York City based soprano. Her work as a performer has been described as “poignant,” “brilliant,” (OperaWire), “vocal alchemy” (Parterre Box), and “charismatic” (New York Classical Review). A devoted experimentalist, she is often working with composers on new pieces, or writing herself. She holds a Bachelor of Music from The Juilliard School, and is a staff chamber choir singer at Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church. Hewitt is fortunate to have performed numerous roles, including Pamina in The Magic Flute, the Spirit in Dido and Aeneas, Miles in The Turn of the Screw, the Mother in Hansel and Gretel, Mother in Amahl and the Night Visitors, Chrissy in the musical Hair, Blanche de la Force in a devised work entitled There’s Blood Between Us, based on Dialogues of the Carmelites. She has created many roles as well, such as Dawn in Everything for Dawn, written for television, and Fatuus/Paulus in Gracchus. Hewitt has performed with many organizations across the world, including National Sawdust, Le Château de Versailles, Opera Holland Park, The American Opera Project, Opera Harmony, Artpark, The Stone, BeComEnsemble, and Experiments in Opera. She was the first vocalist to be a young artist at the historic Kneisel Hall Chamber Music Festival, which she attended in 2020 and 2021.
Hewitt is also an accomplished singer/songwriter, composer, and music producer. She also enjoys teacher her private voice students through West Amadeus Music Studio, where she works with beginners and professional vocalists alike. She teaches genres ranging from classical to pop to modern to folk and more.