Recital Series
Justin Austin & Howard Watkins
Justin Austin Baritone
Howard Watkins Piano
May 24, 2022
Board of Officers Room
Praised in Opera News as “a gentle actor and elegant musician,” Justin Austin brings his “mellifluous baritone” (The Wall Street Journal) to the Armory. Austin has worked with international opera companies such as Washington National Opera, The Metropolitan Opera, and Bayerische Staatsoper. Alongside Juilliard pianist, Howard Watkins, he will perform an intimate program in the Board of Officers Room featuring a series of art songs by Ricky Ian Gordon set to the poems of Langston Hughes as well as works by American composers including Aaron Copland, Leonard Bernstein, Kurt Weill, Damien Sneed, and more.
Performances
Tuesday, May 24, 2022 at 7:30pm
Program
Includes works by Ricky Ian Gordon, Margaret Bonds, Robert Owens, Aaron Copland, Leonard Bernstein, William Bolcom, Kurt Weill, Hall Johnson, Shawn Okpebholo, Duke Ellington, and Damien Sneed
“[Austin is] vocally impressive, verbally elegant, and duly seductive.”
Opera News
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Support
The Recital Series is supported in part by The Reed Foundation and the Howard & Sarah D. Solomon Foundation.
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