UPCOMING PERFORMANCES
Heartbeat Opera: Queeney Todd (Opening Night)
For their 11th Drag Opera Extravaganza, Heartbeat Opera unleashes a deliciously twisted tale of old wounds, scorned lovers, and sweet, sweet retribution. When Queeney Todd returns to London after a decade, this demon bottom is hellbent on revenge for all of the tops that did him dirty. Soon, the scandal is too juicy for the rest of the operatic canon to ignore. As opera's greatest divas, villains, and f*ckboys collide in a whirlwind of camp, couture, and carnage, no one is safe from the barber’s blade.
Heartbeat Opera: Queeney Todd
For their 11th Drag Opera Extravaganza, Heartbeat Opera unleashes a deliciously twisted tale of old wounds, scorned lovers, and sweet, sweet retribution. When Queeney Todd returns to London after a decade, this demon bottom is hellbent on revenge for all of the tops that did him dirty. Soon, the scandal is too juicy for the rest of the operatic canon to ignore. As opera's greatest divas, villains, and f*ckboys collide in a whirlwind of camp, couture, and carnage, no one is safe from the barber’s blade.
Heartbeat Opera: Queeney Todd
For their 11th Drag Opera Extravaganza, Heartbeat Opera unleashes a deliciously twisted tale of old wounds, scorned lovers, and sweet, sweet retribution. When Queeney Todd returns to London after a decade, this demon bottom is hellbent on revenge for all of the tops that did him dirty. Soon, the scandal is too juicy for the rest of the operatic canon to ignore. As opera's greatest divas, villains, and f*ckboys collide in a whirlwind of camp, couture, and carnage, no one is safe from the barber’s blade.
Heartbeat Opera: Queeney Todd (2026-27 Season Gala Performance)
For their 11th Drag Opera Extravaganza, Heartbeat Opera unleashes a deliciously twisted tale of old wounds, scorned lovers, and sweet, sweet retribution. When Queeney Todd returns to London after a decade, this demon bottom is hellbent on revenge for all of the tops that did him dirty. Soon, the scandal is too juicy for the rest of the operatic canon to ignore. As opera's greatest divas, villains, and f*ckboys collide in a whirlwind of camp, couture, and carnage, no one is safe from the barber’s blade.
Heartbeat Opera: Queeney Todd
For their 11th Drag Opera Extravaganza, Heartbeat Opera unleashes a deliciously twisted tale of old wounds, scorned lovers, and sweet, sweet retribution. When Queeney Todd returns to London after a decade, this demon bottom is hellbent on revenge for all of the tops that did him dirty. Soon, the scandal is too juicy for the rest of the operatic canon to ignore. As opera's greatest divas, villains, and f*ckboys collide in a whirlwind of camp, couture, and carnage, no one is safe from the barber’s blade.
Heartbeat Opera: Queeney Todd
For their 11th Drag Opera Extravaganza, Heartbeat Opera unleashes a deliciously twisted tale of old wounds, scorned lovers, and sweet, sweet retribution. When Queeney Todd returns to London after a decade, this demon bottom is hellbent on revenge for all of the tops that did him dirty. Soon, the scandal is too juicy for the rest of the operatic canon to ignore. As opera's greatest divas, villains, and f*ckboys collide in a whirlwind of camp, couture, and carnage, no one is safe from the barber’s blade.
Heartbeat Opera: Queeney Todd
For their 11th Drag Opera Extravaganza, Heartbeat Opera unleashes a deliciously twisted tale of old wounds, scorned lovers, and sweet, sweet retribution. When Queeney Todd returns to London after a decade, this demon bottom is hellbent on revenge for all of the tops that did him dirty. Soon, the scandal is too juicy for the rest of the operatic canon to ignore. As opera's greatest divas, villains, and f*ckboys collide in a whirlwind of camp, couture, and carnage, no one is safe from the barber’s blade.
Chamber Music Quad Cities: Schwanengesang
Nathaniel joins Chamber Music Quad Cities in a recital featuring selections from Franz Schubert’s Schwanengesang, D. 957, with pianist and CMQC artistic co-director Thomas Sauer.
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.
The Commission for Old and New Art: "I am Nobody"
The Commission for Old and New Art presents a program of works by Melanie Daiken, Alexander Goehr, Julian Anderson, Harrison Birtwistle, and Tōru Takemitsu.
The Commission for Old and New Art: "I am Nobody"
The Commission for Old and New Art presents a program of works by Melanie Daiken, Alexander Goehr, Julian Anderson, Harrison Birtwistle, and Tōru Takemitsu.
The Roaring Tides: Greek Tragedy in Image and Sound
Featuring the world premiere of Michael Hersch’s Agamemnon Fragments for baritone and clarinet. Pre-concert talk at 6:15pm.
NY Philharmonic: Handel's Messiah with Apollo's Singers
Baroque specialist Jeannette Sorrell returns to conduct the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, a quartet of stellar vocal soloists, and her vibrant chorus, Apollo’s Singers. Nathaniel will perform with Apollo’s Singers and cover principal bass soloist Paweł Horodyski.
NY Philharmonic: Handel's Messiah with Apollo's Singers
Baroque specialist Jeannette Sorrell returns to conduct the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, a quartet of stellar vocal soloists, and her vibrant chorus, Apollo’s Singers. Nathaniel will perform with Apollo’s Singers and cover principal bass soloist Paweł Horodyski.
NY Philharmonic: Handel's Messiah with Apollo's Singers
Baroque specialist Jeannette Sorrell returns to conduct the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, a quartet of stellar vocal soloists, and her vibrant chorus, Apollo’s Singers. Nathaniel will perform with Apollo’s Singers and cover principal bass soloist Paweł Horodyski.
NY Philharmonic: Handel's Messiah with Apollo's Singers
Baroque specialist Jeannette Sorrell returns to conduct the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, a quartet of stellar vocal soloists, and her vibrant chorus, Apollo’s Singers. Nathaniel will perform with Apollo’s Singers and cover principal bass soloist Paweł Horodyski.
Brooklyn Art Song Society: American Romantics
Nathaniel will perform selected songs by Ned Rorem with pianist Lyndsi Maus.
Lyric Fest: The Andrée Expedition
Nathaniel joins pianist Laura Ward and baritones Steven Eddy and Randall Scarlata in a performance of Dominick Argento’s The Andrée Expedition.
Lyric Fest: The Andrée Expedition
Nathaniel joins pianist Laura Ward and baritones Steven Eddy and Randall Scarlata in a performance of Dominick Argento’s The Andrée Expedition.
Apollo's Fire: "St. Matthew Passion" by J. S. Bach
Apollo’s Fire and conductor Jeannette Sorrell are thrilled to return to Bach’s most legendary masterpiece on the 300th anniversary of its premiere in Leipzig (1727). Nathaniel makes his Apollo’s Fire solo debut in the role of Jesus.
Apollo's Fire: "St. Matthew Passion" by J. S. Bach
Apollo’s Fire and conductor Jeannette Sorrell are thrilled to return to Bach’s most legendary masterpiece on the 300th anniversary of its premiere in Leipzig (1727). Nathaniel makes his Apollo’s Fire solo debut in the role of Jesus.
Apollo's Fire: "St. Matthew Passion" by J. S. Bach
Apollo’s Fire and conductor Jeannette Sorrell are thrilled to return to Bach’s most legendary masterpiece on the 300th anniversary of its premiere in Leipzig (1727). Nathaniel makes his Apollo’s Fire solo debut in the role of Jesus.
Apollo's Fire: "St. Matthew Passion" by J. S. Bach
Apollo’s Fire and conductor Jeannette Sorrell are thrilled to return to Bach’s most legendary masterpiece on the 300th anniversary of its premiere in Leipzig (1727). Nathaniel makes his Apollo’s Fire solo debut in the role of Jesus.
Apollo's Fire: "St. Matthew Passion" by J. S. Bach
Apollo’s Fire and conductor Jeannette Sorrell are thrilled to return to Bach’s most legendary masterpiece on the 300th anniversary of its premiere in Leipzig (1727). Nathaniel makes his Apollo’s Fire solo debut in the role of Jesus.
Concerts on the Slope: Persian Poetry
Works by Robert Sirota, Aso Kohzadi, Bahar Badieitabar, and Maurice Ravel.
Downtown Music at Grace: Beethoven, Fauré, and DeBlasio with Nathaniel LaNasa
Two Nathaniels—Sullivan and LaNasa—present a recital featuring Beethoven’s Sechs Lieder nach Gedichten von Gellert, Fauré’s La bonne chanson, and Chris DeBlasio’s All the Way Through Evening.
Chameleon Arts Ensemble: Schumann, Paterson & Bernstein
Nathaniel joins soprano Mary Mackenzie and pianists Vivian Chang-Freiheit and Yun Janice Lu in selected Lieder of Clara and Robert Schumann, Robert Paterson’s Extraordinary, and Bernstein’s Arias and Barcarolles.
The Village Trip Festival: Village Voices
Each year, The Village Trip brings together composers with deep ties to Greenwich Village and the East Village for an evening celebrating Village Voices. This year's program draws on an extraordinary range of voices—and histories—featuring premieres by Scott Wheeler and Ella Milch-Sheriff, as well as new settings of Herman Melville by Akemi Naito and Kile Smith.
Nathaniel will sing the world premiere of Tom Deadlight by Kile Smith, with Oren Fader (guitar) and William Anderson (mandolin).
Will Liverman: Songs of Humanity & Peace
Nathaniel joins an ensemble of eight singers performing in two movements of Will Liverman’s Songs of Humanity & Peace (NYC Premiere).
Yellow Barn Festival Concert - August 8
Nathaniel will perform Mer hahn en neue Oberkeet, BWV 212 (“Peasant Cantata,” 1742) by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), with Melissa Wimbish (soprano), Jonah Murphy (flute), Stephen Stirling (French horn), Julia Hwang, Calvin Alexander (violins), Lise Guérin (viola), Luise Buchberger, and Stephen Coxe (continuo).
Yellow Barn Festival Community Concert - August 6
Nathaniel will perform Sombre (2012) by Kaija Saariaho (1952-2023), with Conor Nelson (bass flute), Eduardo Leandro (percussion), Bridget Kibbey (harp), and Noah Daniel (double bass). This is a community concert with free admission.
Yellow Barn Festival Concert - July 28
Nathaniel will perform Schwanengesang, D. 957 (1828), by Franz Schubert (1797-1828), with Anna Han (piano).
Yellow Barn Festival Concert - July 24
Nathaniel will perform the American premiere of Alexanderlieder (1975-76) by Wolfgang Rihm (1952-2024), with Chihiro Asano (mezzo-soprano), Andrew Edwards, and Yun Janice Lu (pianos). Nathaniel will also perform “An die Hoffnung,” Op. 94, by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), with Seth Knopp (piano).
Yellow Barn Festival Community Concert - July 23
Nathaniel will perform Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte, Op. 41 (1942) by Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951), with Curtis Macomber, Hyein Koo (violins), Pauline Sachse (viola), and Hayk Sukiasyan (cello). This is a community concert with free admission.
Yellow Barn Festival Concert - July 11
Nathaniel will perform selections from Quatorze Jactations by Georges Aperghis (b. 1945).
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. See individual event listings below for specific performance dates and repertoire.
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.