UPCOMING PERFORMANCES
Yellow Barn 57th Summer Festival
Nathaniel will participate in Yellow Barn’s 57th Summer Festival, with concerts running from July 10 through August 8 in Putney, Vermont. Specific performance dates and repertoire will be announced by mid-June.
London Philharmonic Orchestra: "Lessons in Love and Violence" by George Benjamin
Nathaniel reprises the role of The King in George Benjamin's and Martin Crimp’s Lessons in Love and Violence with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Edward Gardner.
Marc-André Bougie "Stabat Mater" and Terre Johnson "Te Deum"
Marc-André Bougie conducts the New England Symphonic Ensemble in his Stabat Mater at Carnegie Hall. The concert concludes with the world premiere of Te Deum by Terre Johnson, conducted by the composer.
Richard A. Nichols “Requiem for Patriots” (World Premiere)
The New England Symphonic Ensemble presents a Memorial Day program of contemporary choral works at Carnegie Hall. The program includes the world premiere of Richard Nichols’s Requiem for Patriots, in which Nathaniel will narrate.
Experiments in Opera: Constance, A Confession (Closing Night)
Developed in Experiments in Opera’s The Writers’ Room, Constance: A Confession is a comedic journey following one woman’s devotion to the long art of the con. Scored for four singers and the all-star experimental ensemble Hypercube, this new opera takes a biting look at how the power of storytelling in the hands of a charismatic figure can destroy lives.
Experiments in Opera: Constance, A Confession
Developed in Experiments in Opera’s The Writers’ Room, Constance: A Confession is a comedic journey following one woman’s devotion to the long art of the con. Scored for four singers and the all-star experimental ensemble Hypercube, this new opera takes a biting look at how the power of storytelling in the hands of a charismatic figure can destroy lives.
Experiments in Opera: Constance, A Confession
Developed in Experiments in Opera’s The Writers’ Room, Constance: A Confession is a comedic journey following one woman’s devotion to the long art of the con. Scored for four singers and the all-star experimental ensemble Hypercube, this new opera takes a biting look at how the power of storytelling in the hands of a charismatic figure can destroy lives.
Experiments in Opera: Constance, A Confession
Face masks will be required at the Tuesday, May 19 performance of Constance: A Confession.
Developed in Experiments in Opera’s The Writers’ Room, Constance: A Confession is a comedic journey following one woman’s devotion to the long art of the con. Scored for four singers and the all-star experimental ensemble Hypercube, this new opera takes a biting look at how the power of storytelling in the hands of a charismatic figure can destroy lives.
Experiments in Opera: Constance, A Confession
Developed in Experiments in Opera’s The Writers’ Room, Constance: A Confession is a comedic journey following one woman’s devotion to the long art of the con. Scored for four singers and the all-star experimental ensemble Hypercube, this new opera takes a biting look at how the power of storytelling in the hands of a charismatic figure can destroy lives.
Experiments in Opera: Constance, A Confession
Developed in Experiments in Opera’s The Writers’ Room, Constance: A Confession is a comedic journey following one woman’s devotion to the long art of the con. Scored for four singers and the all-star experimental ensemble Hypercube, this new opera takes a biting look at how the power of storytelling in the hands of a charismatic figure can destroy lives.
Experiments in Opera: Constance, A Confession (SOLD OUT)
Developed in Experiments in Opera’s The Writers’ Room, Constance: A Confession is a comedic journey following one woman’s devotion to the long art of the con. Scored for four singers and the all-star experimental ensemble Hypercube, this new opera takes a biting look at how the power of storytelling in the hands of a charismatic figure can destroy lives.
Experiments in Opera: Constance, A Confession
The Friday, May 15 performance of Constance: A Confession will include pre-show ASL interpretation, in addition to standard supertitles.
Developed in Experiments in Opera’s The Writers’ Room, Constance: A Confession is a comedic journey following one woman’s devotion to the long art of the con. Scored for four singers and the all-star experimental ensemble Hypercube, this new opera takes a biting look at how the power of storytelling in the hands of a charismatic figure can destroy lives.
Experiments in Opera: Constance, A Confession (Opening Night - SOLD OUT)
Developed in Experiments in Opera’s The Writers’ Room, Constance: A Confession is a comedic journey following one woman’s devotion to the long art of the con. Scored for four singers and the all-star experimental ensemble Hypercube, this new opera takes a biting look at how the power of storytelling in the hands of a charismatic figure can destroy lives.
Experiments in Opera: Constance, A Confession (Preview Night)
Developed in Experiments in Opera’s The Writers’ Room, Constance: A Confession is a comedic journey following one woman’s devotion to the long art of the con. Scored for four singers and the all-star experimental ensemble Hypercube, this new opera takes a biting look at how the power of storytelling in the hands of a charismatic figure can destroy lives.
Sir John Stainer: The Crucifixion
Sir John Stainer’s The Crucifixion has been a beloved Good Friday tradition at Brick Church for over a century. Brick Church will offer its 102nd performance this year, with soloists Sean Fallen and Nathaniel Sullivan, along with organist Alistair Reid. Stainer’s music tells the story of Jesus’ sacrifice and humanity’s redemption with dramatic solos, choruses, and hymns sung by the entire congregation. The Crucifixion’s enduring popularity testifies to Stainer’s emotional insight, above all in his famous unaccompanied setting of “God So Loved the World.”
Admission is free and open to the public. A freewill offering will be collected.
J. S. Bach: Mass in B Minor
For the first time in its storied history, Abendmusik will offer a performance of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Mass in B Minor. Tom Trenney leads sounding light, the Plymouth Choir, soloists, and the Abendmusik Chamber Orchestra in this profoundly moving work.
Artists
Karen Cook, soprano
Sarah Frederickson, soprano
Jackie Josten, soprano
Lindsay Kesselman, soprano
Caroline Kouma, soprano
Rebecca Shane, mezzo-soprano
Hayley Shoemaker, mezzo-soprano
Matthew Clegg, tenor
Mark Murphy Vogel, tenor
Nathaniel Sullivan, bass
sounding light & Plymouth Choir
Abendmusik Chamber Orchestra
Tom Trenney, conductor
Admission is free and open to the public. A freewill offering benefiting Food Fort will be collected.
Brooklyn Art Song Society: Evidence of Things Not Seen
Program
Ned Rorem: Evidence of Things Not Seen
Performers
Sara LeMesh, soprano
Anna Laurenzo, mezzo-soprano
Daniel McGrew, tenor
Nathaniel Sullivan, baritone
Mila Henry, Nana Shi, & Miori Sugiyama, piano
Join us at 4:30pm for a pre-concert screening of The Artist Must Grow Ever More Selfish: Ned Rorem in Paris, a documentary portrait by Susan Sandler.
General Admission: $35
Premium Admission: $55
Premium tickets include choice of seat; one free drink from the bar; and complete program, notes, texts/translations, and a bonus listening guide made available before the concert.
West Bay Opera: Salome
Performances run February 13-22, 2026.
Music by Richard Strauss.
Libretto by Hedwig Lachmann, translated from the French play by Oscar Wilde.
Directed by Richard Harrell.
Conducted by José Luis Moscovitch.
Cast
Salome: Joanna Parisi
Jochanaan: Nathaniel Sullivan
Herod: Will Upham
Herodias: Laure de Marcellus
Narraboth: Brian Skoog
Page: Valérie Filloux
First Soldier: Isaiah Musik-Ayala
Second Soldier/First Nazarene: Casey Germain
First Jew: Arthur Wu
Second Jew: Carmello Tringali
Third Jew/Second Nazarene: Caleb Alexander
Fourth Jew: Michael Orlinsky
Fifth Jew/Cappadocian: Kirk Eichelberger
Slave: Lindarae Polaha
Tickets range $54 - $140.
West Bay Opera: Salome
Performances run February 13-22, 2026.
Music by Richard Strauss.
Libretto by Hedwig Lachmann, translated from the French play by Oscar Wilde.
Directed by Richard Harrell.
Conducted by José Luis Moscovitch.
Cast
Salome: Joanna Parisi
Jochanaan: Nathaniel Sullivan
Herod: Will Upham
Herodias: Laure de Marcellus
Narraboth: Brian Skoog
Page: Valérie Filloux
First Soldier: Isaiah Musik-Ayala
Second Soldier/First Nazarene: Casey Germain
First Jew: Arthur Wu
Second Jew: Carmello Tringali
Third Jew/Second Nazarene: Caleb Alexander
Fourth Jew: Michael Orlinsky
Fifth Jew/Cappadocian: Kirk Eichelberger
Slave: Lindarae Polaha
Tickets range $54 - $140.
West Bay Opera: Salome
Performances run February 13-22, 2026.
Music by Richard Strauss.
Libretto by Hedwig Lachmann, translated from the French play by Oscar Wilde.
Directed by Richard Harrell.
Conducted by José Luis Moscovitch.
Cast
Salome: Joanna Parisi
Jochanaan: Nathaniel Sullivan
Herod: Will Upham
Herodias: Laure de Marcellus
Narraboth: Brian Skoog
Page: Valérie Filloux
First Soldier: Isaiah Musik-Ayala
Second Soldier/First Nazarene: Casey Germain
First Jew: Arthur Wu
Second Jew: Carmello Tringali
Third Jew/Second Nazarene: Caleb Alexander
Fourth Jew: Michael Orlinsky
Fifth Jew/Cappadocian: Kirk Eichelberger
Slave: Lindarae Polaha
Tickets range $54 - $140.
West Bay Opera: Salome
Performances run February 13-22, 2026.
Music by Richard Strauss.
Libretto by Hedwig Lachmann, translated from the French play by Oscar Wilde.
Directed by Richard Harrell.
Conducted by José Luis Moscovitch.
Cast
Salome: Joanna Parisi
Jochanaan: Nathaniel Sullivan
Herod: Will Upham
Herodias: Laure de Marcellus
Narraboth: Brian Skoog
Page: Valérie Filloux
First Soldier: Isaiah Musik-Ayala
Second Soldier/First Nazarene: Casey Germain
First Jew: Arthur Wu
Second Jew: Carmello Tringali
Third Jew/Second Nazarene: Caleb Alexander
Fourth Jew: Michael Orlinsky
Fifth Jew/Cappadocian: Kirk Eichelberger
Slave: Lindarae Polaha
Tickets range $54 - $140.
Canticum Scholare: Veni Emmanuel
Canticum Scholare, the early-music ensemble of St. Joseph’s Church in Greenwich Village, is proud to present Veni Emmanuel, a candlelight concert of sacred motets and carols for Advent and Christmas, on Monday, December 22 at 7:30 PM.
$25 suggested donation at the door.
Musica Sacra: Classics for Christmas
Musica Sacra celebrates the magic of the season at Carnegie Hall. This festive evening includes choral selections from Bach’s Mass in B Minor and Rachmaninoff’s Vespers, plus works by Corelli, Handel, Poulenc, Helena Paish and Thompson.
Program
J. S. Bach: “Gloria in excelsis” from Mass in B Minor
Randall Thompson: Alleluia
Arcangelo Corelli: Concerto Grosso Op. 6, No. 8 in G Minor
G. F. Handel: Excerpts from Messiah
Francis Poulenc: O Magnum Mysterium
Helena Paish: “While Mary Slept”
G. F. Handel: Concerto for Harp in B-flat Major, Op. 4, No. 6
Adolphe Adam: Cantique de Noël
Sergei Rachmaninoff: “Bogoroditse Dyevo” from Vespers
G. F. Handel: “Worthy is the Lamb” from Messiah
Tickets range from $22.50 to $131.
Handel's Messiah at The Cathedral of All Saints
Music director and organist Thomas Odell leads The Cathedral Choir and a period instrument orchestra in a performance of Handel's masterpiece, Messiah, at 7:00pm on Tuesday, December 9th. The work will be sung in its entirety with guest soloists.
Nathaniel will join the chorus and perform the solos “Thus saith the Lord,” “For behold, darkness shall cover the earth,” and “The people that walked in darkness.”
General Admission: $40
VIP Prime Seating: $70
Children (≤12): $15
Students (w/ valid ID): $20
Senior (≥65): $35
Musica Sacra: SurRound III
Experience music like never before as Musica Sacra opens the 2025-26 season with “SurRound” at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine.
In this candlelit, immersive performance led by Music Director Kent Tritle, singers move in, among, and around the audience, creating a breathtaking wall of sound that envelops you from every direction.
The evening features Thomas Tallis’ Renaissance masterpiece Spem in Alium, written for 40 solo voices and performed in both its original Latin and newly edited English versions, alongside Alessandro Striggio’s equally stunning 40-voice work Ecce Beatam Lucem. The program also includes stunning works spanning the entirety of the choral canon, from Gregorian Chant all the way to contemporary voices including Arvo Pärt and Caroline Shaw.
Nathaniel will perform the bass solo in the Vaughan Williams “Kyrie”.
Program
Thomas Tallis: Sing and Glorify (for 40 solo voices, ed. Kent Tritle)
Ralph Vaughan Williams: “Kyrie” from Mass for Double Choir
Arvo Pärt: Da pacem Domine
Frank Martin: “Agnus Dei” from Mass for Double Choir
Alessandro Striggio: Ecce Beatam Lucem (for 40 solo voices)
Nancy Wertsch: Eternae Deus
Valentin Silvestrov: Prayer for Ukraine
Caroline Shaw: and the swallow
Traditional: I’m gonna sing ‘til the spirit (arr. Moses Hogan)
Thomas Tallis: Spem in Alium (for 40 solo voices)
Jean Ritchie: Now is the cool of the day
General Seating: $75
Preferred Seating: $105
Rear Seating: $40
China Now Music Festival: Mi 谜 (The Enigma), a chamber opera by Ma Hanrui
The 2025 China Now Music Festival concludes with a dynamic 3-part program of multi-sensory and multi-disciplinary performances, featuring propulsive percussion, contemporary dance, and a new chamber opera. The Bard East/West Ensemble performs, comprising of a Western string quintet, seven Chinese instrumentalists, and two percussionists, with Jindong Cai conducting.
The chamber opera Mi 谜 (The Enigma) premiered in December 2023, featuring a libretto by Pan Geng and music by Ma Hanrui. Pan’s libretto is an homage to David Henry Hwang’s acclaimed play M. Butterfly. In Mi, Pan and Ma draw inspiration from Hwang’s story to explore issues of illusion and desire in their own unique voice. The arrangement weaves together three vocal roles—a tenor, a baritone, and a male dan from Peking Opera—supported by the Bard East/West Ensemble’s unique fusion of Chinese and Western instruments. Over two short acts, the piece relates the tragic story of a French officer entangled in his own "Madame Butterfly" fantasy. Elegant and unsettling, Mi explores themes of identity, deception, and the devastating power of cultural myth.
Cast:
Yu Xiangwei, Peking opera performer
Eric Finbarr Carey, tenor
Nathaniel Sullivan, baritone
Bard East/West Ensemble
Jindong Cai, conductor
Tickets range $15 - $55.
Yellow Barn Festival Concert - August 8
Nathaniel will perform I’m nobody, who are you? by Yellow Barn’s composer-in-residence, Julian Anderson, with Hayoung Choi (violin) & Shu Wen Tay (piano).
General Admission: $40
Yellow Barn Festival Community Concert - August 7
Nathaniel will play the role of Bill 2 in Enigma Variations by David Ives, along with Walter van Dyk (Bill 1), Melissa Wimbish (Bebe 1), Florianne Remme (Bebe 2), and Daniel Bates (Fifi).
Admission is free. To request tickets, please email info@yellowbarn.org (maximum 4).
Yellow Barn Festival Concert - August 2
Nathaniel will perform Songs and Proverbs of William Blake by Benjamin Britten, with pianist Julian Chan.
General Admission: $40
Yellow Barn Festival Concert - July 25
Nathaniel will perform Quatuor à cordes n°2 sur trois sonnets de Shakespeare by Olivier Greif, with Alice Van Leuven (violin), Astrid Nakamura (violin), Matthew McDowell (viola), & Jean-Michel Fonteneau (cello).
General Admission: $40
Yellow Barn Festival Community Concert - July 24
Nathaniel will perform Memory by Isang Yun, with sopranos Lucy Shelton and Melissa Wimbish.
Admission is free. To request tickets, please email info@yellowbarn.org (maximum 4).
Yellow Barn Festival Concert - July 12
Nathaniel will perform “Ich grolle nicht” from Four German Songs by Charles Ives, with pianist Gilbert Kalish.
General Admission: $40