The Frick Collection Concert Season 2025-26 Review: Handelian Heroes

(Photo: Cris Sunwoo © The Frick Collection) The Frick Collection’s new Stephen A. Schwarzman Auditorium concert season 2025-26 featured the much anticipated debut of Les Talens Lyriques ensemble led by Christophe Rousset and world-renowned countertenor Key’mon W. Murrah on May 22, 2026. This final concert was well worth the wait and might just be my favorite collaboration of the year. {…}

The Frick Collection Concert Season 2025-26 Review: Sonnambula, Ensemble-in-Residence; Davóne Tines, Bass-Baritone

(Photo: Lawrence Sumulong) The Frick Collection Concert season 2025-26 Ensemble-in-Residence, Sonnambula, debuted on Sunday, November 2, 2025 in collaboration with pioneering bass-baritone Davóne Tines. Tines made his Met Opera debut last year in John Adams’s “El Niño” and released his first studio album through Nonesuch Records, “DAVÓNE TINES & THE TRUTH’S ‘ROBESON,’” which premiered at NYC’s Little Island in 2024. His {…}