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Fugitives

Thu, Feb 12, 2026, 8PM | Merkin Hall | Tickets

The revival of an acclaimed program last heard in 2008, the playlist includes songs from the concert stage, the movies, Broadway, and Berlin’s cabarets, tracing the varied fates of the composers who faced destruction during Hitler’s rise to power. Featuring works by Kurt Weill, Franz Schreker, Alexander Zemlinsky, Friedrich Hollaender, Kurt Tucholsky, Erich Korngold, Hanns Eisler, and many others; with baritone Justin Austin and a special co-star to be announced later in the season, and pianists Steven Blier and Bénédicte Jourdois.

Complimentary post-concert reception with the artists.
Student tickets ($10) available in person or over the phone from the Merkin Hall Box Office.

GRAMMY NOMINATED ALBUM

For your consideration as 2026 Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

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

This album was funded in part by a generous gift from Eileen Caulfield Schwab, in recognition of the featured Terrance W. Schwab Vocal Rising Stars program alumni: Julia Bullock, Theo Hoffman, & Andrew Owens.

New single!

Released on October 31, 2025

The Lark Sings High in the Cornfield

feat. Cyndia Sieden & Steven Blier | Listen

Thomas Linley’s “The Lark Sings High in the Cornfield” is an irresistibly charming song from Mozart’s era. Metropolitan Opera soprano Cyndia Sieden combines sweetness and virtuosity, meeting all the music’s demands—and adding a few flourishes of her own. Steven Blier turns his Steinway into a sparkling chamber orchestra in this rendition of an eighteenth-century delight.

Available wherever you stream music! Listen now

Join Us for The 2025-26 Season

Mainstage, NYFOS Next, Emerging Artist residencies and more!

Subscriptions Still Available for to the Merkin Hall Series

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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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.