Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen

Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, countertenor
John Churchwell, pianist

In a wide-ranging recital moving from German lieder and Handel to music of his Jewish heritage and works by contemporary American composers, countertenor Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen brings his “astonishingly beautiful” (The Guardian) voice to Hudson Hall. Accompanied by pianist John Churchwell, the program features music by Brahms, Mahler, Clara Schumann, Leslie Adams, Florence Price, and Oh Children!, and a new work by Jake Heggie set to poetry by Margaret Atwood. The program also features an aria from Handel’s Deidamia, which Nussbaum Cohen performs ahead of his starring turn as Ulisse in R. B. Schlather’s upcoming production at Hudson Hall in April/May, 2027.

Tickets go on sale to members Friday, August 14 at 10AM, and to the public Sunday, August 16 at 10AM.

Program:
- Clara Schumann, Ich stand in dunkeln Träumen
- Johannes Brahms, In meiner Nächte Sehnen
- Johannes Brahms, Unbewegte laue Luft
- H. Leslie Adams, Prayer from Nightsongs
- Max Janowski, Avinu Malkeinu
- Florence Price, Sunset
- Maurice Ravel, Kaddisch from Deux mélodies hébraïques
- George Frideric Handel, “O Lord, Whose Mercies Numberless” from Saul
- George Frideric Handel, “Impious Wretch” from Saul
- Herbert Howells, King David
- Gustav Mahler, Urlicht
- Clara Schumann, Der Mond kommt still gegangen
- Gustav Mahler, Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen
- George Frideric Handel, aria from Deidamia
- Jake Heggie, Oh Children!

Tickets start at $35 (plus $5 fee)

About Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen
Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen has been hailed by The New York Times as both “a young star” and “a complete artist,” earning international acclaim for the warmth, richness, and expressive range of his countertenor voice. Equally at home in Baroque opera, song, and contemporary music, he has appeared with many of the world’s leading opera companies, orchestras, and conductors.

A celebrated interpreter of Handel, his recent and current roles include the title roles in Giulio Cesare, Rinaldo, and Tolomeo, as well as Orfeo in Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice. He has performed at Glyndebourne and with ensembles including The English Concert, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Music of the Baroque, and the London Symphony Orchestra, collaborating with conductors including Harry Bicket, Dame Jane Glover, Nicholas McGegan, Masaaki Suzuki, and Patrick Summers.

Nussbaum Cohen first gained widespread attention as Grand Prize winner of the 2017 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions and has received honors from the George and Nora London Foundation, Richard Tucker Music Foundation, and Gerda Lissner Foundation. His first commercial recording, the world premiere of Kenneth Fuchs’ Poems of Life with the London Symphony Orchestra, received the 2019 GRAMMY Award for Best Classical Compendium.

His discography includes Uncharted, an album of German lieder praised by BBC Music Magazine, alongside recordings of works by Handel and Bach. He maintains a particular interest in music connected to his Jewish heritage and in contemporary repertoire, bringing those traditions into conversation with the Baroque works at the center of his operatic career.

A graduate of Princeton University, Nussbaum Cohen was the first countertenor in the history of the Houston Grand Opera Studio and is an alumnus of San Francisco Opera’s Merola Opera Program and Adler Fellowship Program and the Wolf Trap Opera Studio.

Hudson Hall’s programs are made possible with support from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.

This project is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.