NEXT UP: NYFOS Next

The “invaluable” series for new song

The Many Worlds Interpretation

Sun, Nov 16, 2025 | 150 W 17th St | Tickets $25

The Many Worlds Interpretation takes playful aim at tellings and retellings of our self-narratives. Kimberly Osberg’s wistful You, Us, Me mourns an “us” that never had room for “me.” Sarah Gibson’s Breath’d back again, written for tenor Benjamin Brecher, remixes poems of Thomas Moore to unmoor stories of our own anguish in “endless space.” Michael Stephen Brown’s Love’s Lives Lost tells of an unexpected reunion between former lovers and their contrasting interpretations of their shared past. The composer joins the work’s dedicatee, soprano Susanna Phillips, to give this New York premiere. 

Complimentary refreshments included. Student tickets ($10) available. more info.

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Our 38th season reunites me with some beloved colleagues—a trio of powerhouse baritones, a pair of charismatic sopranos, and of course that force of nature known as Bénédicte Jourdois, who will partner with me at many of the Mainstage programs,” The season we’ve created is a series of duet concerts that place American song in consecutive dialogue with music from France, Germany, and South America. (There are, blessedly, no travel bans on song.) To expand our horizon, we’ll also offer our Caramoor program—a dazzling international collection of ocean voyages and river trips, filled with adventure and sensuality. I’m very eager to share the music with you!

— Steven Blier on NYFOS’s 2025-26 Season

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NEW ALBUM

Now available as a physical CD, digital download, or wherever you stream music!

Schubert / Beatles  |  Order your copy today!

featuring baritone Theo Hoffman, pianists Steven Blier and Kunal Lahiry, and special guests soprano Julia Bullock and tenor Andrew Owens.  Listen now

First introduced to NYFOS audiences in NYC eight years ago as a thrilling live concert, this program pairs Schubert songs with Beatles songs on similar themes, and, in Blier’s words, “Lo and behold, the ‘Holy of Holies’ sits comfortably next to the ‘Oldie of Oldies’.” Yesterday and Im Frühling are hymns to lost love, while Der Wanderer an den Mond and She’s Leaving Home tell contrasting stories of young people cast adrift into the world.  Learn more

LIVE CONCERT ALBUM

A NYFOS Records project

My Brother’s Keeper

Tue, Nov 19, 2024 | Merkin Hall | Donate to the album

Help us bring this extraordinary evening to the world with a gift toward NYFOS Records today in support of our ensemble’s live concert recording! 

A story of brotherly love and community among Black men in America told through art song, soul, gospel, and opera, My Brother’s Keeper features a stellar team of Black American male singers, lead by baritone Will Liverman, including tenor Joshua Blue, bass-baritone Joseph Parrish, bass-baritone Alan Williams, baritone Jorell Williams, and tenor Chaz’men Williams-Ali, alongside NYFOS’s own Steven Blier. Conceived and co-artistic directed by long-time NYFOS artist Justin Austin. more info.

From our CatAlogue

Released on March 8, 2024

NYFOS Records: The Singles, Vol. 1

feat. highlights from the NYFOS archives  | Order Today

NYFOS has gathered together a collection of treasured performances on this wide-ranging album. Spanning over 20 years of memorable moments and voices, it features performances by stars of the opera and concert world – Michael Spyres, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Kate Lindsey, Sasha Cooke, Bernarda Fink, Justin Austin, Kurt Ollmann, Brett Polegato, and Lucia Bradford – alongside singing actors like Darius de Haas, Jennifer Aylmer, Hal Cazalet, Dana Hanchard, and James Martin.

 Available wherever you stream music! Listen now

“If you love singers and songs, you’ll want these gems from the NYFOS archives.” —Classicstoday.com