Past Events

  • Recital Series

    Jeanine De Bique & Warren Jones

    February 12, 2024 - February 14, 2024

    Trinidadian soprano Jeanine De Bique has gained international recognition for her dramatic presence, artistic versatility, and endless wealth of color and nuance. One of today’s most sought-after sopranos on the opera, festival, and concert stage, she has dazzled European audiences at the Opéra National de Paris, Dutch National Opera, Salzburg Festival, and Féstival d’Aix-en-Provence. She makes a rare New York appearance with a global program of French melodies, American art songs, and folk songs from the Caribbean.

  • Recital Series

    Matthew Polenzani & Ken Noda

    May 20, 2024 - May 22, 2024

    American Matthew Polenzani is one of the most gifted and distinguished lyric tenors of his generation. His elegant musicianship, innate sense of style, and dramatic commitment find him at the largest and most prestigious operatic, concert, and recital venues in the world. He comes to the Armory with a program of lieder and art songs that offer audiences the chance to get to know the beauty of his sound, the musicality of his legato, the suppleness of his phrasing, and the clarity of his diction in one of the only spaces that could provide such a personal encounter—the Board of Officers Room.

  • Recital Series

    Leah Hawkins & Kevin Miller

    September 13, 2024 - September 15, 2024

    Having first dazzled Armory audiences with her participation in the Lindemann Young Artist recital in 2019, soprano Leah Hawkins has gone on to perform career-defining roles on some of the world’s leading opera stages including the Metropolitan Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Dutch National Opera, and Opéra National de Paris. She returns to the Armory recital stage to showcase her global journey with a collection of folk songs and proverbs from various cultural and religious traditions, from American and Yiddish to Jamaican, Swahili, and others. The program features works by composers and arrangers including Jasmine Barnes, Jorell Williams, Lili Boulanger, Francis Poulenc, and Peter Ashbourne.

  • Recital Series

    Karim Sulayman & Sean Shibe

    October 8, 2024 - October 10, 2024

    Garnering international attention as a sophisticated and versatile artist, Lebanese-American tenor Karim Sulayman is consistently praised for his sensitive and intelligent musicianship, riveting stage presence, and beautiful voice while regularly performing on the world’s greatest stages. The Grammy Award winner has also earned acclaim for his inventive programming, which is on full display in a varied program of works examining the relationship of East and West performed with guitarist Sean Shibe. Featuring wide ranging works from Monteverdi, Britten, and Purcell to Takemitsu, Layale Chaker, and traditional Sephardic songs, this intimate recital inspects the artists own ethnic identities through songs that at once were seen to exotify but through playful juxtaposition subvert that narrative into one of celebration.

  • Recital Series

    Barbara Hannigan & Bertrand Chamayou

    December 12, 2024

    Soprano and conductor Barbara Hannigan is no stranger to captivating Armory audiences and critics alike, making her US recital debut in 2017 with a residency looking at the legacy of the Second Viennese School and the works of trailblazer Erik Satie, and returning in 2019 with artfully curated programs including the New York premiere of John Zorn’s Jumalattaret and Schoenberg’s String Quartet No.2 performed with the Emerson String Quartet. The Canadian musician makes her highly anticipated return to the Recital Series at the Armory with another dazzling program including an encore performance of Zorn’s captivating song cycle that beautifully spotlights her unparalleled dramatic sensibility, virtuosity, and artistry that has rarely been seen before on the contemporary music landscape.