Erin Morley, Kate Lindsey, Nicholas Phan & Jonathon Adams to Perform at Lincoln Center’s ‘Summer for the City’

“Summer in the City” at Lincoln Center features free events with thousands of artists celebrating New York City. The program is full of dance, international pop, stage plays, and more. For this article, only classical vocal performances are listed. Things kick off in June with “Nehanda,” an opera conceived and created by Nora Chipaumire. Billed as a juridical opera, Chipaumire’s sonic {…}

Mar 13, 2023

Katherine Farley to Step Down as Lincoln Center Chair of Board

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts has announced that Katherine Farley will step down as Chair of the Board, and will be succeeded by Hearst CEO Steven R. Swartz. Farley has served as Chair of the Board since 2010, joining it in 2003. Before that, she was on the Boards of the New York Philharmonic from 1999 to 2005, Lincoln {…}

Mar 1, 2023

‘Overstory Overture’ – Tod Machover’s Upcoming Music Magic at Lincoln Center

Composer and Innovator Tod Machover breathes vitality and brightness out of his very being. Abundance and color spring from his first words. Alert and active, he spoke with me from his farm and studio in Massachusetts. He drove from his state-of-the-art Media Laboratory at M.I.T. in Cambridge, where he is the Director of the Opera of the Future group as {…}

Jan 22, 2023

Lincoln Center to Host Year-Long Celebration of Terence Blanchard

This March, Lincoln Center is set to do its first cross-campus exploration of an artist. Entitled “See Me As I Am: Lincoln Center’s Year-Long Celebration of Terence Blanchard,” the event will see seven organizations, including Film at Lincoln Center, Jazz at Lincoln Center, The Juilliard School, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, The Metropolitan Opera, New York Philharmonic, and The New York Public Library {…}

Dec 1, 2022

Lincoln Center to Stream Free Holiday Concert from Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center in Athens

Audiences at Lincoln Center will be able to stream a unique concert experience on Dec. 1, 2022. The showcase will feature the Christmas World of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center in Athens, including a lighting ceremony and concert, live streamed to a 50-foot digital wall in the main lobby of the new David Geffen Hall. The showcase will feature {…}

Nov 11, 2022

Lincoln Center Announces Additional Winter/Spring Performances for 2022-23 Season

Lincoln Center has announced additional programming for their winter and spring lineup of performances for the 2022-23 season. First up is a presentation of Terrance McKnight’s “Langston & Beethoven: Black & Proud,” which celebrates the famous poet’s birthday with a number of works by Beethoven, David Baker, and George Gershwin, set to Hughes’ poems. This collaboration with the New York {…}

Oct 20, 2022

Lincoln Center to Premiere AI Opera ‘Song of the Ambassadors’

Lincoln Center is set to premiere “Song of the Ambassadors” on Oct. 25. The opera is billed as an AI opera, as it will blend music, science, and technology. K Allado-McDowell, an artist, author, and speaker, is the person behind the concept of the work, which was written in collaboration with AI language model GPT-3. The opera’s music by Derrick {…}

Jul 14, 2022

Jeanine de Bique to Perform at Lincoln Center’s ‘Summer in the City’

Jeanine De Bique is set to appear alongside the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra as part of Lincoln Center’s “Summer in the City” program at the end of the month. The soprano will perform Barber’s “Knoxville: Summer of 1915” as well as arias from Mozart’s “Zaide” and “Don Giovanni.” The performance, slated for July 29 and 30, 2022, will include Beethoven’s {…}

Feb 6, 2022

Huang Ruo to Headline Lincoln Center’s ‘American Songbook’ Series

Lincoln Center has announced the return of performances to the David Rubenstein Atrium, including the “American Songbook: A World of Voices” series this April. Scheduled between April 14-30, the “American Songbook” series, while not featuring operatic works specifically, includes a vast array of performances by international singers and composers. Opera devotees will be particularly interested in the showcase scheduled for {…}

Oct 7, 2021

Lincoln Center Announces Passport to the Arts

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts has announced the Passport to the Arts Fall 2021 season. The pass will provide access to classes, performances, and custom-designed experiences for children, teens, and adults with disabilities and their families. Programs will include in-person viewings of “Cinderella” and “The Magic Flute” at the Metropolitan Opera as well as behind-the-scenes clips from Lerner & {…}

Aug 4, 2021

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Names Shanta Thake as Chief Artistic Officer

(Photo credit: Gregory Kramer) Shanta Thake will take the helm as Lincoln Center’s first Ehrenkranz Chief Artistic Officer, replacing Jane Moss who held the position of Artistic Director for 26 years before stepping down in 2020. The new position replaces that of Artistic Director. With Lincoln Center entering a new phase of artistic endeavors, Thake will oversee several high-visibility projects {…}