Carnegie Hall presents Ryan Speedo Green, bass-baritone & Adam Nielsen, piano
$65-$75
- Ryan Speedo Green, bass-baritone
- Adam Nielsen, piano
Modest Mussorgsky — Songs and Dances of Death
Traditional — Deep River
Gustav Mahler — Des Knaben Wunderhorn (No. 12: Urlicht)
Franz Schubert — Schwanengesang ("Swan song"), D. 957 (No. 13: Der Doppelgänger)
Richard Wagner — Der fliegende Holländer ("The Flying Dutchman"), WWV 63
Richard Wagner — "Die Frist ist um" from Der fliegende Holländer ("The Flying Dutchman"), WWV 63
Metropolitan Opera star and Grammy Award-winner Ryan Speedo Green performs his Carnegie Hall recital debut with pianist Adam Nielsen. In this wide-ranging program, the versatile bass-baritone showcases his dramatic prowess and range across songs drawn from 19th- and 20th-century European, American, and Russian music, offering a thoughtful meditation on major composers' responses to mortality. Experience a "powerhouse of a voice that is as strong as it is beautiful" (New York Classical Review) in the intimacy of Zankel Hall.
About Carnegie Hall
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https://www.carnegiehall.org/About Ryan Speedo Green, bass-baritone
About Adam Nielsen, piano
Pianist Adam Nielsen enjoys a diverse career as a soloist, collaborator, repetiteur, and coach. His performances have been praised as “deftly and sensitively played” (The New York Times), “an emotional account of the score” (Musical America), and “tapping into the emotional core of his audience” (Times Picayune, New Orleans).
Nielsen joined the music staff of The Metropolitan Opera in 2018, and now serves as repetiteur and assistant conductor. He was previously on the music staff at Opera Theater of St. Louis. He has collaborated as a guest artist with Harvard’s American Repertory Theater, Aspen Opera Theater, Virginia Opera, Brooklyn Academy of Music, The Richard Tucker Foundation, The Dallas Opera, Teatro Nuovo, and Lyric Opera of Chicago.
Nielsen also enjoys a career as a recording artist for film and television. His playing can be heard in The Upside (STX/Lantern Entertainment), The Chaperone (PBS), The French Dispatch (Wes Anderson), The Staircase (Netflix), Marvelous Miss Maisel (Amazon Prime), The Unforgiveable (Netflix), and a new Martin Scorsese film, still untitled.
Nielsen earned each of his degrees in Piano Performance, including a B.M. from Utah State University, M.M. from The Juilliard School, and a D.M.A from Stony Brook University. Born in Arco, ID, he was raised primarily in Salt Lake City, UT, and has called New York City home since 2005.
https://www.juilliard.edu/music/faculty/nielsen-adam