Schedule

Upcoming

Performances

August 16, 2025
Bard Music Festival
Annandale-on-Hudson, NY

The Epic Power of Tradition

Bohuslav Martinů

Soprano

Ariane (Aria) The Epic of Gilgamesh, H351 (1955)

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Past

Performances

June 15, 2025
Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, National Mall
Washington, D.C.

Opera italiana

Opera Italiana is in the Air

Soprano

June 12, 2025
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI

Singing down

Guest Artist

June 1, 2025
The Apollo Orchestra
Washington, D.C.

Apolloconcert

Soprano

David Chan, conductor 

May 23-29, 2025
The Philadelphia Orchestra
Philadelphia, PA

B9philly

Ludwig van Beethoven

Soprano

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor 

April 12, 13 & 19, 2025
Arizona Opera
Phoenix & Tucson, AZ

Aida

Giuseppe Verdi

Aida

February 8-16, 2025
Minnesota Opera
St. Paul, MN

the snowy day

Joel Thompson

Mama

December 19, 2024
89 Reade
New York, NY

89 reade recital series

Soprano

Hera Hyesang Park, soprano Gabriella Reyes, soprano Lachlan Glen, piano

November 17, 2024
Metropolitan Opera
New York, NY

Il Trovatore

Giuseppe Verdi

Leonora

September 24, 2024
The Greene Space at WNYC & WQXR
New York, NY

AN EVENING WITH YALE OPERA

Soprano

Arias, songs, duets and ensembles sung by current students and alumni of Yale Opera. Gerald Martin Moore, piano.

September 19-21, 2024 (canceled)
San Francisco Symphony
San Francisco, CA

MESSA DA REQUIEM

Giuseppe Verdi

Soprano

Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

September 13 & 15, 2024
Park Avenue Armory
New York, NY

recital

Kevin Miller, piano

C’est ainsi que tu es (That is how you are): This recital is a glimpse into my ongoing journey of finding, accepting and living as my truest self. Works by Jasmine Barnes, Francis Poulenc, Lili Boulanger, Jorell Williams, Joel Thompson & Peter Ashbourne.

June 18 & 20, 2024
Metropolitan Opera
New York, NY

summer recital series

SummerStage, Central Park / Brooklyn Bridge Park

Mario Chang, tenor Michael Sumuel, bass-baritone Dimitri Dover, piano

June 7 & 9, 2024
The Philadelphia Orchestra
Philadelphia, PA

La bohème

Giacomo Puccini

Musetta

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor

May 3-19, 2024
Dutch National Opera
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Il tabarro

Giacomo Puccini

Giorgetta

February 24-March 9, 2024
Seattle Opera
Seattle, WA

x: the life and times of malcolm x

Anthony Davis

Louise Little/Betty Shabazz

January 25, 2024
Carnegie Hall
New York, NY

requiem, Op. 89

Antonín Dvořák

Soprano

American Symphony Orchestra

November 3-December 2, 2023
Metropolitan Opera
New York, NY

x: the life and times of malcolm x

Anthony Davis

Louise Little/Betty Shabazz

September 27, 29 & 30, 2023
Metropolitan Opera
New York, NY

messa da requiem

Giuseppe Verdi

Soprano

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor

June 30-August 26, 2023
Santa Fe Opera
Santa Fe, NM

Tosca

Giacomo Puccini

Tosca

July 11, 2023
Hollywood Bowl
Los Angeles, CA

MESSA DA requiem

Giuseppe Verdi

Soprano

Los Angeles Philharmonic Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

May 18, 2023
The Philadelphia Orchestra
Philadelphia, PA

symphony no. 9

Ludwig van Beethoven

Soprano

Morgan State University Choir Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor

May 11, 17, & 20, 2023
Metropolitan Opera
New York, NY

LA bohème

Giacomo Puccini

Musetta

March 19, 2023
Des Moines Metro Opera
Des Moines, IA

LEAH HAWKINS IN CONCERT

February 12, 2023
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Washington, D.C.

marian anderson award recital

January 27 & 28, 2023
Opera Memphis
Memphis, TN

tosca

Giacomo Puccini

Tosca

December 3 & 11, 2022
Arizona Opera
Phoenix / Tucson, AZ

ariadne auf naxos

Richard Strauss

Primadonna / Ariadne

September 30 - October 2, 2022
The Church
Sag Harbor, NY

sag harbor song festival

Soloist

Anna Christy, soprano Sarah Coit, mezzo-soprano Jonathan Johnson, tenor Jarrett Ott, baritone David Leigh, bass Robert Tweten, piano

September 17 - 25, 2022
Pittsburgh Opera
Pittsburgh, PA

rusalka

Antonín Dvořák

Foreign Princess

August 7, 2022 (RESCHEDULED)
The Cleveland Orchestra
Cuyahoga Falls, OH

symphony no. 9

Ludwig van Beethoven

Soprano

Blossom Music Festival Jahja Ling, conductor

July 1 - 24, 2022
Des Moines Metro Opera
Indianola, IA

porgy and BESS

George Gershwin

Serena

April 22 & 24, 2022
Baltimore Concert Opera
Baltimore, MD

Adriana LECOUVREUR

Francesco Cilea

Adriana Lecouvreur

March 27, 2022 (CANCELED)
Minnesota Opera
St. Paul, MN

voices united

Soloist

February 27, 2022
Harlem Chamber Players
New York, NY

WE met at THE symphony

For Voice & String Quartet (World Premiere) by Nkeiru Okoye

January 20 - 23, 2022 (canceled)
New Century Chamber Orchestra
San Francisco, CA

hope leads appalachian spring

Soloist

Daniel Hope, music director & concertmaster

December 31, 2021
Mid-Atlantic Symphony Orchestra
Easton, MD

a toast to the new year!

Soloist

Julien Benichou, conductor

October 31 - December 12, 2021
Metropolitan Opera
New York, NY

porgy and bess

George Gershwin

Strawberry Woman / Serena (cover)

November 5, 2021
Apex Ensemble
Montclair, NJ

Sound and fury

Soloist

David Chan, conductor

September 27 - October 23, 2021
Metropolitan Opera
New York, NY

fire shut up in my bones

Terence Blanchard / Libretto by Kasi Lemmons

Billie (cover)

The Met's first performance of an opera by a Black composer.

September 1 - 4, 2021
Opéra National de Paris
Paris, France

7 deaths of Maria callas

Marina Abramović

Desdemona

August 8, 2021
SummerStage, Central Park / Rumsey Playfield
New York, NY

METROPOLITAN OPERA SUMMER RECITAL SERIES

Soloist

Paul Appleby, tenor Will Liverman, baritone Bryan Wagorn, piano

July 27, 2021
Munich Opera Festival
Munich, Germany

7 Deaths of maria callas

Marina Abramović

Desdemona

July 7 - 11, 2021 (POSTPONED)
Greek National Opera 
Athens, Greece

7 Deaths of Maria Callas

Marina Abramović

Desdemona

May 26 - June 1, 2021
Elbphilharmonie
Hamburg, Germany

A celebration of black music

Soloist

Roderick Cox, conductor Joseph Joubert, piano Howard Watkins, piano Louise Toppin, soprano Ema Nikolovska, mezzo Lawrence Brownlee, tenor Justin Austin, baritone Thomas Hampson, baritone

MAY 1 & 2, 2021
TULSA OPERA
TULSA, OK

Greenwood overcomes

Soloist

April 16, 2021
Portland Opera
Portland, OR

Journeys to justice

Soloist

March 14, 2021
The Phillips Collection
Washington, D.C.

recital

Soloist

Bénédicte Jourdois, piano

February 25 - 27, 2021 (CANCELED)
Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Rome, Italy

Symphony No. 9

Ludwig van Beethoven

Soprano

Valery Gergiev, conductor Leah Hawkins, soprano Sara Mingardo, mezzo-soprano Patrik Reiter, tenor Andrea Mastroni, bass

February 4 & 7, 2021 (POSTPONED)
Deutsche Oper Berlin
Berlin, Germany

7 Deaths of Maria Callas

Marina Abramović

Desdemona

December 5 - 31, 2020 (CANCELED)
Theater und Orchester Heidelberg
Heidelberg, Germany

Over my head I hear music

A concert with Chaz'men Williams-Ali & Friends.

September 1 - 6, 2020
Bayerische Staatsoper
Munich, Germany

7 Deaths of Maria Callas

Marina Abramović

Desdemona

November 29 - December 21, 2019
The Metropolitan Opera
New York, NY

The Queen of Spades

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Masha

October 26 & 27, 2019
Colorado Symphony
Denver, CO

messa da Requiem

Giuseppe Verdi

Soprano Soloist

October 19, 2019
North Carolina Opera
Raleigh, NC

Opera Gala 2019

Soloist

September 23 - October 16, 2019
The Metropolitan Opera
New York, NY

Porgy and Bess

George Gershwin

Strawberry Woman

June 22 & 26, 2019
Orchestre Dijon Bourgogne
Beaune, France

Musique et Vin au Clos Vougeot

Soloist

David Chan, conductor

June 13 - 19, 2019
The Metropolitan Opera
New York, NY

2019 Summer Recital Series

Soloist

Mario Bahg, tenor Joseph Lim, baritone Dimitri Dover, piano

April 22 & 24, 2019
Park Avenue Armory
New York, NY

Recital Series

Soloist

Adrian Timpau, baritone Ken Noda, piano

March 16, 2019
Chesapeake Youth Symphony Orchestra​
Annapolis, MD

Gala Concert

Soloist

March 8, 2019
National Symphony Orchestra
Washington, D.C.

DECLASSIFIED

Soloist

January 7 - March 7, 2019
The Metropolitan Opera
New York, NY

Aida

Giuseppe Verdi

High Priestess