Tenor Shawn Roth in Recital
April 13 @ 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Free – $30.00
The winner of the 2024 Lauch Memorial Award from the Wagner Society of New York, tenor Shawn Roth is a promising and exciting young artist. He was the winner of the 2021 Marilyn Horne Song Competition, and has also won awards in The Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition, the Meistersinger Competition, the Houston Saengerbund, the Eleanor McCollum Competition, and Neue Stimmen. In fall 2024, Roth joined the roster of the Butler Studio at Houston Grand Opera. Roth’s 2024-2025 season includes Heinrich der Schreiber in Tannhäuser and covering Tony in West Side Story (Houston Grand Opera), and Don José in Carmen (Corpus Christi Symphony Orchestra). In the summer of 2025, he looks forward to returning to Des Moines Metro Opera, where he will sing the role of Pašek in The Cunning Little Vixen and cover Erik in Der fliegende Holländer.
Program:
“Ein Schwert verhieß mir der Vater” from Die Walküre – Richard Wagner
- watch the video from his 2024 prize-winning performance online here
“An die ferne Geliebte” – Ludwig van Beethoven
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“Pace non trovo” – Franz Liszt
Wesendonck Lieder – Wagner
“Winterstürme wichen dem Wonnemond” from Die Walküre – Wagner
Artyom Pak, piano accompanist
The recital will be followed by a reception with refreshments.
Venue & Accessibility: The recital takes place in Victor Borge Hall in Scandinavia House, 58 Park Ave. between E 37th and E 38th Streets, and is wheelchair accessible.
Tickets: WSNY Members $20, Non-Members $30; WSNY Student Members free, Student non-members $20