Park Avenue Armory has announced the appointment of Deborah Warner as its Anita K. Hersh Artistic Director. Warner is a well-pknown director in theater, opera, and unexpected stagings for more than four decades. She launched her career in 1980 when she founded the Kick Theatre Company, staging works by Shakespeare, Brecht, and Büchner, which forged her reputation as a powerful {…}
(Credit: THEGINGERB3ARDMEN) The Park Avenue Armory has announced its 2026 season. Here are the vocal highlights of the season. Liv Redpath makes her New York recital debut with pianist Harry Rylance. The perform works by Debussy, Strauss, Grieg, and Poulenc Performance Dates: May 28 & 30, 2026 Carlo Vistoli and Giulio Zappa perform works by Purcell, Händel, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Donizetti, Bellini, {…}
Pene Pati is set to make his North American Solo recital debut at the Park Avenue Armory. The recital will take place on Sept. 24 and 26 and will feature works by Gabriel Fauré, Henri Duparc, Lili Boulanger, Roger Quilter, Benjamin Britten, and Richard Strauss. Ronny Muchael Greenberg will accompany at the piano. Pati is the first Samoan tenor to {…}
The Park Avenue Armory will broadcast its recital series this August in collaboration with WQXR. The first concert to be broadcast is “C’es ainsi que tu es,” a recital featuring Leah Hawkins and pianist Kevin Miller as they take on works by Jasmine Barnes, Ashbourne, Poulenc, Jorell Williams, Lili Boulanger, Joel Thompson, and Eden Abhez. Broadcast Date: August 9, 2025 Then {…}
Baritone Konstantin Krimmel is set to present a recital at Park Avenue Armory. Krimmel makes his North American recital debut with pianist Ammiel Bushakevitz in a program of lieder inspired by their recent album “Mythos.” The album includes music by Schubert and Loewe and a song cycle by Vaughan Williams. The baritone received his first musical training with the St. Georgs {…}
The Park Avenue Armory has announced its 2025 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. Konstantin Krimmel and Ammiel Bushakevitz lead a program of music by Schubert, Loewe, and Vaughan Williams. Performance Dates: Feb. 22 & 24, 2025 Erin Morley and Gerald Martin Moore lead a program of music by Schumann, Berg, Saint-Saëns, Rimsky-Korsakov, and Ricky Ian Gordon. {…}
The Park Avenue Armory has announced its fall 2024 recital series. The season opens with Beverly Sills Award-winning soprano Leah Hawkins with pianist Kevin Miller exploring her personal journey of self-acceptance and identity. They will perform works by Poulenc and Lili Boulanger as well as a collection of folk songs from various cultures. Performance Dates: Sept. 13 & 15, 2024 Tenor Karim {…}
Park Avenue Armory, in co-commission with Asia Society, will present the world premiere of “Shall We Gather at the River” on May 21, 2024. The showcase is a musical call to action against climate change that features Black American Spirituals and Bach Cantatas. The performance is staged by Peter Sellars and features performances by Oxford Bach Soloists, Choir of Trinity {…}
(Credit: Monika Ritterhaus) Jonas Kaufmann has been to New York over the past few years, mainly to do concert performances at Carnegie Hall. But the last time that the tenor was in New York to do a full-blown theatrical production was five years ago when he headlined a brief stint of performances of “La Fanciulla del West” at the Met {…}
It’s late September in New York and a major European director is staging a unique new work at a historic venue. And it stars Jonas Kaufmann, making his return to the Big Apple for the first time in two years. Described by director Claus Guth as a “highly emotional trip” in a recent interview with OperaWire, “Doppelgänger” is gracing the {…}
Julia Bullock is set to return to the Park Avenue Armory on Sept. 11 and 13, 2023. Bullock is set to perform alongside pianist John Arida in a recital that includes music by Franz Schubert, Hugo Wolf, Connie Converse, Luciano Berio, Gioachino Rossini, John Cage, Pat Castleton/Spencer Williams Cora “Lovie” Austin/Alberta Hunter, Cora “Lovie” Austin, Billie Holiday/Sonny White, Nina Simone/Weldon, Nina Simone, {…}