The Gerda Lissner Foundation is set to present a free concert at Carnegie Hall.

The showcase, scheduled for May 2, 2024, is entitled “An Evening of Lieder / Song, Opera, Operetta, and Zarzuela.” It kicks off at 6:30 p.m. at Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall and will feature the top winners from the 2024 International Vocal Competition and the 2023 Lieder / Song Vocal Competition. These artists include Aryeh Nssbaum Cohen, Yegtaek Yang, Therese Carmack, Karoline Podlak, Tatev Baroyan, and Matthew Cairns.

Also in attendance will be Anthony Roth Costanzo who will make a special guest appearance and will receive the Gerda LIssner Foundation Achievement Award.

“Mr. Costanzo embodies the kind of meteoric success story that we wish for all our Gerda Lissner Foundation prize winners,” said Gerda Lissner Foundation President Michael A. Fornabaio in an official press statement. “With exceptional talent and a unique creative vision, his broad-reaching career as an award-winning countertenor (‘Akhnaten’/Philip Glass, ‘Rinaldo’/Handel, ‘Bel Canto’/Jimmy López), film actor (Merchant/Ivory’s ‘A Soldier’s Daughter Never Cries’), and producer/curator for projects with organizations such as the NY Philharmonic, BBC Proms, St. Ann’s Warehouse, and MasterVoices is helping redefine the future for today’s young artists. We are grateful that he is taking the time to join us amidst his busy schedule rehearsing for Gluck’s ‘Orfeo ed Euridice’ at the Metropolitan Opera (May 16-June 8), and we are delighted to present him with The Gerda Lissner Foundation Achievement Award.”

Radio and television host, producer, and writer Midge Woolsey will host the event.