Originally from Menomonie, Wisconsin Ann has been living and working
in New York City since 1994. Equally at home on the operatic or
musical theater stage, Ann is also an accomplished recital and oratorio
artist and has collaborated with
Rebel Baroque Orchestra,
Union Avenue
Opera in St. Louis, Venice Baroque Orchestra and Trinity Church Wall
Street. Critically acclaimed performances include
Susanna in
Le Nozze di Figaro in which she was reviewed as the definitive
Susanna, Musetta in
La Bohéme,
Despina in
Cosí fan Tutte and
Rosina in Rossini's
Il Barbiere di Siviglia. Of her performance as the title role in Carlisle Floyd's
Susannah
one reviewer exclaimed, "Ann Hoyt is blessed with a magnificent voice, with superb control in
all ranges, from the softest whisper to the strongest fortissimo. This,
together with her beauty and natural charm and ease on stage, make it
very likely that Miss Hoyt will go far indeed. Miss Hoyt is grace incarnate. Her song to the stars, "Ain't
it a Pretty Night", is sung like an angel."
Other roles include
Venus in John Blow's
Venus and Adonis and
Dido in Purcell’s
Dido and Aeneas. One St. Louis reviewer said " Ann Hoyt as
Dido,
adds another to her list of triumphs on the Union Avenue stage. Her
voice, silvery and clear, is perfect for this role." In George
Antheil's
Venus in Africa, Opera News called Ms. Hoyt's
Venus
"vocally, visually and dramatically stunning". Ann has also performed numerous concerts at the historic
Mabel Tainter Center for the Arts. She can be heard
on both the Naxos and Hänssler record labels and has been on the voice
faculty of NYC’s
92nd Street Y School of Music for more than 9 years.
