Justin Austin News

Renowned composer-violinist Dr. Edward W. Hardy returns to The Metropolitan Museum of Art for Date Night At The Met.

Join the 92nd Street Y for COTTON: Denyce Graves, mezzo-soprano and Justin Austin, baritone. See when you can catch the performance and learn how to purchase tickets.

On Saturday, April 13, 2024 at 4pm, Marian Anderson Vocal Award winner Justin Austin will return to Des Moines to present an intimate Artist Recital with pianist Allen Perriello at Plymouth Church.

Caramoor has unveiled its summer 2024 season. See full programming and learn how to purchase tickets.

Experience the continuation of CARNEGIE HALL's FALL OF THE WEIMAR REPUBLIC: DANCING ON THE PRECIPICE festival this spring.

2024 Marian Anderson Vocal Award winner Justin Austin will star in composer Damien Geter's COTTON, presented by The 92nd Street Y, New York. Learn more about the premiere and see how to purchase tickets.

Houston Grand Opera and Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church invite Houstonians to join them for the Fifth Annual Giving Voice Concert. This free, ticketed event celebrates Black women artists in opera and song. The concert will be held on Friday, March 8, 2024, at Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church in the historic Third Ward.

On Friday, March 8, 2024, New York Festival of Song (NYFOS) will release an album drawn from its archives, NYFOS Records: The Singles, Vol. 1 featuring guest artists performing together with pianist and NYFOS Artistic Director Steven Blier on NYFOS Records. Learn more here!

LA Opera has just announced its 2024/25 season, including Cosi fan tutte, running March 8th through 30th, 2025. Watch a video preview of the production below!

LA Opera has just announced its 2024/25 season, including Romeo and Juliet, running from November 2nd through 23rd. Watch a video preview of the production here!

LA Opera President and CEO Christopher Koelsch has announced details for the company's 39th season. Music Director James Conlon will conduct three of the five mainstage productions, with other mainstage performances led by Resident Conductor Lina González-Granados and by guest conductor Domingo Hindoyan.

Lyric Opera of Chicago has released video footage of Justin Austin performing 'What Makes a Man a Man' from Terence Blanchard's CHAMPION below. Ahead of his fateful fight with Benny 'Kid' Paret, Emile Griffith finds himself torn between societal expectations and the desire to be his true self. Watch the performance here!

The music of Terence Blanchard has returned to Lyric Opera of Chicago with his first opera: Champion, an 'opera in jazz' inspired by the true story of boxer Emile Griffith, a professional boxer from the U.S. Virgin Islands who threw a fatal punch in the boxing ring in 1962. Get a first look at the production in an all-new trailer!

The music of Terence Blanchard has returned to Lyric Opera of Chicago with his first opera: Champion, an 'opera in jazz' inspired by the true story of boxer Emile Griffith, a professional boxer from the U.S. Virgin Islands who threw a fatal punch in the boxing ring in 1962. Check out production photos here!

Learn about the world champion boxer and see how his story inspired Grammy Award-winning composer Terence Blanchard's first foray into opera in this interview with director James Robinson in an all-new video.

Baritone Justin Austin will be performing a solo recital at Carnegie Hall on March 5, 2024. Don't miss this impressive performance by the award-winning artist.

Lyric Opera of Chicago is presenting the Lyric premiere of Grammy Award-winning composer Terence Blanchard and Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning librettist Michael Cristofer’s knockout opera Champion. Learn more about this opera!

Carnegie Hall has revealed a schedule of 100+ events for the Weimar Festival, January-May 2024.

The 92nd Street Y, New York (92NY), one of New York's leading cultural venues, has partnered with the New York Philharmonic to present the New York Philharmonic String Quartet, Musicians from the New York Philharmonic, and Emanuel Ax, piano on Sunday, December 17, 2023 at 2pm at the Kaufmann Concert Hall.

JACK Quartet with Tyshawn Sorey, percussion at 92NY on December 16, 2023. Experience a US premiere performance blending composition and improvisation. Tickets starting at $25.