with The Philadelphia Orchestra
Thursday, May 18, 2023
8PM
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor
Leah Hawkins, soprano
Cierra Byrd, mezzo-soprano
Issachah Savage, tenor
Kevin Short, bass-baritone
Morgan State University Choir
Dr. Eric Conway, choir director
The Metropolitan Opera Lindemann Young Artist Development Program Bruno Walter Recital Series
Friday, May 19, 2023 at 5:30pm 111 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY 10023
April 1, 7pm
April 2, 3pm
Sosnoff Theatre - Fisher Center for Performing Arts
Bard College
Manor Ave, Annandale-On-Hudson, NY 12504
Ms. Byrd will join Boston Lyric Opera as “Mother” in the new and innovative “OMAR”.
Music by Rhiannon Giddens & Michael Abels
Libretto by Rhiannon Giddens
Director Kaneza Schaal
Published by and presented with permission of
Subito Music Corporation
Emerson Cutler Majestic Theatre
Thursday, May 4, 2023 | 7:30PM
Saturday, May 6, 2023 | 7:30PM
Sunday, May 7, 2023 | 3PM
Sung in English with English surtitles
The Metropolitan Opera Lindemann Young Artist Patron Concert
December 15, 7:30p
The Peter Jay Sharp Theater at the Juilliard School
155 West 65th Street
Ms Byrd’s scenes are the last 2 of the program.
1. Sister Helen, a nun who has decided to become a spiritual advisor to a man on death row, grapples with the concept of true forgiveness.
2. Falstaff, a lecherous and crafty man, decides to woo two women in hopes of gaining their fortune. Both women discover that they've received similar letters and, with the help of two friends, resolve to punish him.
Ms. Byrd returns to The Met stage as ‘Woman of Crete’ in Mozart’s “Idomeneo”. The opera will run until October 20.
“Amani Cole-Felder and Cierra Byrd complemented one another perfectly as women of Crete, their voices blending as one;”
-OperaWire
“As if in tribute to Addison, the Met revival deploys two gifted Black young artists, soprano Amani Cole-Felder and mezzo-soprano Cierra Byrd, in these short but musically telling roles.”
-Classical Voice North America
The Met’s popular concert series in New York City parks returns with performances in all five boroughs, beginning Monday, June 20, with an evening of arias and duets at Capital One City Parks Foundation SummerStage in Central Park. The first two recitals feature rising stars soprano Brittany Renee, tenor Ben Bliss, and baritone Justin Austin, accompanied at the piano by Bryan Wagorn. The four subsequent recitals showcase three exciting young artists—soprano Amani Cole-Felder, mezzo-soprano Cierra Byrd, and bass-baritone Vladyslav Buialskyi—with Dimitri Dover on piano.
Ms. Byrd will be featured in two of the three operas:
I WILL FOLLOW YOU INTO THE DARK
Composer: Jasmine Barnes; Librettist: Marcus Yi
Featuring: Brittany Logan, Cierra Byrd and Vladyslav Buialskyi
THE MAGIC CABBAGE
Composer: Johanny Navarro; Librettist: Joshua Banbury
Featuring: Cierra Byrd, Jonah Hoskins, and Samson Setu
This season, Ms. Cierra Byrd will make her Met debut as Bertha in Terence Blanchard’s Fire Shut Up in My Bones.
I am delighted to announce that I will be continuing my development with The Metropolitan Opera Lindemann Young Artist Development Program!
"The Metropolitan Opera’s Lindemann Young Artist Development Program was created in 1980 to identify and develop extraordinarily talented young artists in the realm of opera. The program has trained a new generation of celebrated American and international opera singers, as well as coaches and pianists, who perform at the highest standards in productions at the Met and opera houses around the world."
- metopera.org
Looking forward to singing with DMMO as an Apprentice Artist this summer in their production of Queen of Spades!
The 2020 Festival also includes Sweeney Todd, Platée (Rameau), and Fellow Travelers (Spears | Pierce, 2016).
More Info Here
The celebration and the culmination of my work at the Peabody Conservatory of The Johns Hopkins University.
I will be presenting Mahler's Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen, an innovative presentation of Black Art Song, and more.
Saturday, April 18, 4PM - Griswold Hall
Mr. Alan Lin, Piano
Free and open to the public.
Reserve a Spot Here
“Mahler’s Third Symphony is the heart of his symphonic output. In six movements, it looks at the totality of the natural world, beginning with plants and animals, rising to humans and culminating in the divine. Its last movement, which Mahler named, “What love tells me,” is a magnificent arc of melody, as beautiful as anything he wrote.”
Honored to be working with these great musicians!
We are less than 2 weeks away, so purchase your tickets soon!
Marin Alsop, conductor
Cierra Byrd, mezzo-soprano
University of Maryland College Park Concert Choir
Edward Maclary, director
Peabody Children’s Chorus
Doreen Falby, director
THU, MAR 12, 2020 8:00 PM, STRATHMORE
FRI, MAR 13, 2020 8:00 PM, MEYERHOFF
SAT, MAR 14, 2020 8:00 PM, STRATHMORE
"Sherlock Holmes, the lives inside a zoo, and teenagers on a Halloween night: none of these seem like expected topics for an opera, but then again American Lyric Theater (ALT) is not trying to confirm your expectations of this age-old art form. Instead, this necessary incubator, which launches its first festival this February, is ushering in the next generation of opera makers..."
- The Observer
Meet the artists bringing THE OPPOSABLE THUMB to life:
Composer - Liliya Ugay
Librettist - Julian Crouch
Conductor - Emily Senturia
Eva - Laura Krumm
The Pilot - Andrew Bidlack, Tenor
Hagenbeck - Scott Conner
Greta, a Cook - Caroline Worra
Old Soldier - Gideon Dabi
Young Soldier - Jordan Rutter
Monkey - Sydney E Anderson
Chameleon -Boya Wei
Hyena - Amelia Watkins
Ibis - Courtney Miller
Rhino - Vera Savage
Lion - Cierra Byrd
Pianist - Sara Chiesa
Don't miss THE OPPOSABLE THUMB, Sunday, February 23rd, part of the InsightALT Festival: https://www.altnyc.org/insightalt-2020
Congratulations to the winners of the 2020 Carolyn Bailey and Dominick Argento Vocal Competition. Bravo to all artists who participated this year, and we hope you'll enter again for a chance to join us in St. Augustine in January of 2021.
https://www.noa.org/competitions/vocal-competition/2020-winners.html
Had a lovely time in London with The London Song Festival and The British Art Song Society.
A special thank you to Roderick Williams for his honesty and warm energy, to Mr. Nigel Foster for accepting our application and choosing us to be semi-finalists, and to Monica Daly for agreeing to duo with me. She played beautifully!
Mezzo Cierra Byrd will be the featured soloist for Manuel de Falla’s: El Amor Brujo, which Peabody Chamber Orchestra will perform on their concert on Saturday, September 28, 2019.
Peabody Chamber Orchestra, Program 1
Saturday, September 28, 2019, 7:30 pm
Joseph Young, conductor
Friedberg Hall
1 E. Mt. Vernon Pl.
Baltimore, MD 21202
The Troy Record / Saratogian share their review of HANSEL AND GRETEL. "The Opera Saratoga production of “Hansel and Gretel” is an innovative presentation that can be fully appreciated by every member of the family. In this co-production with Manual Cinema (who are puppeteers extraordinary), youngsters will be in awe of the story of two loving children outwitting a witch who cooks children and converts them to gingerbread cookies. Adults will appreciate the subtle metaphors about life and survival found in almost every fairy-tale.Everyone will be in awe of the uniqueness of the production..."
Operawire says our production of Hansel and Gretel is "remarkable...you have to see this." Don't miss the final performance of the season this Sunday, July 14th at 2pm!
Thank you to everyone who came out to support our Festival Artists at the annual Stars of Tomorrow concert last night! It was so thrilling to introduce you to this amazing group of artists. Much more incredible music to come during Festival 2019!
The Peabody Voice department held their first annual Vocal Studies Competition on Thursday, January 24. In the undergraduate division, first place went to Lorenzo Zapata, student of Steven Rainbold; second place went to Katherine Holobinko, student of Elizabeth Futral; and third place went to David Sexton, student of Steven Rainbolt. In the graduate division, Elise Volkmann, student of Ah Young Hong, won first place; Cierra Byrd, student of Peggy Baroody, won second; and Bailey Jo Hutton, student of Elizabeth Futral, won third.
