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← agendaThe Metropolitan Opera Summer Recital featuring Tessa McQueen, Lonwabo Mose, Alex McKissick, and Mariam Bombrun
Sun Jun 14 · 7pm · Staten Island · Free
An annual summer tradition, the Metropolitan Opera’s popular summer recital series in New York City parks continues this year, showcasing performances by members of the Met’s Lindemann Young Artist Development Program. Performers include Colorado-born soprano Tessa McQueen, who spent the Met’s 2025–26 season as Helen in the company premiere of Mason Bates’s The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, the First Lady in The Magic Flute, and Annina in La Traviata; Connecticut-based tenor Alex McKissick, who recently covered several roles in Gabriela Lena Frank’s El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego; and Lonwabo Mose, a bass-baritone from Cape Town, who is set to make his company debut during the Met’s 2026–27 season as Happy in La Fanciulla del West and the King in Aida; with accompaniment by Mariam Bombrun, a pianist and coach from Paris, with credits with the San Diego Symphony, Académie de l’Opéra National de Paris, the Met’s revival of Carmen, and Tosca at the Paris Opera. This event forms part of Carnegie Hall’s United in Sound: America at 250 festival.
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