J'Nai
Bridges
Schedule

Upcoming Performances

Sept 30 - Nov 8, 2024
Rigoletto
The Metropolitan Opera - New York, NY
Role- Maddelenamore infoview map
November 21 – 23, 2024
Passion & Intrigue
Symphony Tacoma - Tacoma, WA
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Dec 30, 2024 – Jan 1, 2025
New Year’s Gala
Minnesota Orchestra - Minneapolis, MN
Music of George Gershwin & Margaret Bondsview map
January 11 – 19, 2025
Les Troyens
Seattle Opera - Seattle, WA
Role- DidonLudovic Morlot, conductormore infoview map
January 22 – February 1, 2025
National Symphony Orchestra
Kennedy Center - Washington, D.C.
Vanessa by Samuel Barber, Role- ErikaGianandrea Noseda, conductormore infoview map
Sunday, February 16, 2025
Boston Symphony Chamber Players: J'Nai Bridges & Samy Rachid
Jordan Hall - Boston, MA
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February 17 – 23, 2025
Carmen
Detroit Symphony Orchestra - Detroit, MI
Role- CarmenJader Bignamini, conductormore infoview map
Sunday, March 23, 2025
Beethoven 'Choral' Symphony
Barbican Hall - London, England
London Symphony Orchestramore infoticketsview map
Thursday, May 1-2, 2025
Verdi’s Requiem
Trinity Wall Street - New York, NY
Mezzo soloist
Conductor- Malcolm J. Merriweather
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May 21 – June 6, 2025
Carmen
Vienna State Opera - Wien, Austria
Role- CarmenJ'Nai's Vienna State Opera Debutmore infoview map

Past Performances

June 14- 27, 2024
Carmen
Hamburg State Opera - Hamburg, Germany
more info
April 23- May 17, 2024
El Niño
The Metropolitan Opera - New York, NY
more info
May 2-4, 2024
Romeo et Juliette
Symphony Hall - Boston, MA
Andris Nelsons conducts Berlioz's Romeo et JulietteBoston Symphony Orchestramore info
Friday, April 26, 2024
It Takes Two: Duets Reimagined
Italian Cultural Institute - Washington, DC
with The American Pops Orchestramore info
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
El Niño
The Metropolitan Opera - New York, NY
more info
February 15 & 16, 2024
Handel: Made in America
The Met Fifth Avenue - The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium - New York, NY
Terrance McKnight, co-creator and performer
Pat Eakin Young, co-creator and director
Ellen T. Harris, co-creator and dramaturg
Malcolm J. Merriweather, conductor

Latonia Moore, soprano
J'Nai Bridges, mezzo-soprano
Noah Stewart, tenor
Davóne Tines, bass-baritone
Voices of Harlem, chorus
more info

2023

November 22, 24, 25, 2023
with the NY Philharmonic
David Geffen Hall - New York, NY
Ligeti - Atmosphères
Perry - Stabat Mater
Holst - The Planets
Dima Slobodeniouk - Conductor
The Dessoff Choirs - Malcolm J. Merriweather, director
more info
Sunday, November 19, 2023
160th Dedication Day Ceremony
Gettysburg National Cemetery - Gettysburg, PA
Thursday, November 9, 2023
Recital
Modlin Center for the Arts - University of Richmond, VA
October 20 – November 5, 2023
Houston Grand Opera
Brown Theater - Houston, TX
Intelligence by Jake Heggiemore info
Wednesday, October 25, 2023
Latonia Moore and J’Nai Bridges in Concert
San Diego Opera - San Diego, CA
Sunday, August 20, 2023
Susanna Mälkki conducts Tippett and Beethoven
Tanglewood - Lenox, MA
Thursday, July 27, 2023
Recital
Toronto Summer Music Festival - Toronto, ON
June 30 & July 2, 5, 7, 9, 2023
Carmen
TEATRO LIRICO DI CAGLIARI - CAGLIARI, ITALY
April 27-30, 2023
Notes on Hope
The Wallis - Beverly Hills, CA
April 21, 22, & 23, 2023
Songs of Separation & Romeo and Juliet
National Symphony Orchestra - Washington, DC
March 11, 15, 19, 22, 25, 30 & April 2 & 7, 2023
Carmen
Lyric Opera of Chicago - Chicago, IL
Friday, February 10, 2023
Recital
Cliburn Sessions - Fort Worth, TX
Thursday, February 9, 2023
Recital
CLIBURN AT THE KIMBELL - FORT WORTH, TX
Thursday, February 2, 2023
Recital
Thomasville Center for the Arts - Thomasville, GA
Sunday, January 29, 2023
Washington University 2023 Great Artist Series
Washington University in St. Louis - St. Louis, MO
January 20 & 22, 2023
Samson & Delilah
Seattle Opera - Seattle, WA

2022

Thursday, December 1, 2022
Recital
92nd Street Y - New York, NY
Tuesday, November 22, 2022
Rock My Soul: Carmen Jones Screening and Live Solo Performance
Roy and Edna Disney CalArts Theater - Los Angeles, CA
November 11, 12, 13, 2022
Mahler's Resurrection Symphony
Detroit Symphony Orchestra - Detroit, MI
October 14, 16, 20, 22, 26, 28, 30, and November 4, 2022
Carmen
Canadian Opera Company - Toronto, ON, Canada
September 3-22, 2022
Carmen
Dutch National Opera & Ballet, Main stage - Amsterdam, Netherlands
July 14, 21, 31, 2022
Carmen
Arena di Verona - Verona, IT
Thursday, July 7, 2022
Solo Recital
Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts - Katonah, NY
June 10, 11, & 12, 2022
Oedipus Rex
San Francisco Symphony - San Francisco, CA
June 2 & 5, 2022
Power to the People: Still and Negrón with Gustavo Dudamel
Hollywood Bowl - Los Angeles, CA
Sunday, May 15, 2022
Giuseppe Verdi: Messa da Requiem
Cathedral Choral Society - Washington, D.C.
Thursday, May 5, 2022
On-Stage Gala Honoring Marc Stern
LA Opera - Los Angeles, CA
Sunday, April 10, 2022
Solo Recital
McCarter Theatre Center - Princeton, NJ
March 26 & 28, 2022
Hailstork's A Knee on The Neck
National Philharmonic - North Bethesda, MD
March 5-25, 2022
Written in Stone
Washington National Opera - Washington, DC
Tuesday, February 8, 2022
American Masters: "Marian Anderson: The Whole World in Her Hands
PBS Online/Television - PBS
Tuesday, February 1, 2022
*POSTPONED* Fortas Chamber Music Concerts: Sphinx Symphony Orche
The Kennedy Center - Washington, DC
Sunday, January 30, 2022
Carmen
Palm Beach Opera - West Palm Beach, FL

2021

Friday, December 10, 2021
Chris Rogerson's Sacred Earth (Nu Deco Ensemble)
Adrienne Arsht Center - Miami, FL
November 19-20, 2021
Chris Rogerson's Sacred Earth *world premiere* (The Amarillo Sym
Globe-News Center For The Performing Arts - Amarillo, TX
Friday, August 6, 2021
SummerScape Concert
Fisher Center Sosnoff Theater - Bard College - Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
July 17, 22, 26 & 30, 2021
Carmen
Cincinnati Opera - Summit Park, Ohio
Saturday, June 19, 2021
Pity These Ashes: Tulsa 1921-2021
The Greene Space at WQXR and WNYC - Streaming
June 10 and 12, 2021
Kurtág: Fin de Partie - CANCELLED
David Geffen Hall - New York, NY
Sunday, June 6, 2021
Oedipus Rex
LA Opera - Los Angeles, CA
Friday, June 4, 2021
LA Opera Signature Recital Series
LA Opera - Los Angeles, CA
Friday, May 21, 2021
They Still Want to Kill Us
Opera Philadelphia - Streaming
Sunday, May 16, 2021
Donizetti Queens in Concert
Dutch National Opera - Amsterdam, Netherlands
March 26-April 1, 2021
Rising, Together
Washington Performing Arts - Washington, DC
Friday, March 12, 2021
The Arts, Undistanced: A Conversation with Wynton Marsalis
Washington Performing Arts - Washington Performing Arts
more info
Thursday, March 11, 2021
In Song
San Francisco Opera - San Francisco, CA

2020

December 11-13, 2020
A Grand Messiah - CANCELLED
Jones Hall - Houston, TX
December 4-6, 2020
Baroque Christmas - Livestream
Jones Hall - Houston, TX
Sunday, December 6, 2020
All Together: A Global Ode to Joy - CANCELLED
Carnegie Hall - New York, NY
Saturday, December 5, 2020
DIVAS Simply Singing!
Virtual Concert & Telethon - Livestreamed
Sunday, October 25, 2020
Monuments of Hope (Livestream)
The Kennedy Center - Washington, DC
October 2, 6, 9, 14, 18, 2020
Carmen - CANCELLED
The Metropolitan Opera - New York, NY
Friday, September 25, 2020
Sound/Stage Online Concert - Livestream
LA Philharmonic - Los Angeles, CA
Tuesday, September 15, 2020
Jessye Norman at 75: A Celebration - Livestream
Black Opera Productions - Streamed online
September 12 and 13, 2020
For the Love of Lyric - Livestream
Lyric Opera of Chicago - Chicago, IL
Sunday, September 6, 2020
T.U.P.A.C - Tacoma Urban Performing Arts Center Benefit Concert
Tacoma Urban Performing Arts Center - Tacoma, WA
Sunday, August 23, 2020
Tanglewood Music Festival - Livestream
Tanglewood Music Festival - Lenox, MA
Wednesday, July 22, 2020
Grant Park Music Festival - Livestream
Grant Park Music Festival - Chicago, IL
June 30, July 3, 7, 10, 13
Wozzeck (Festival D’Aix-en-Provence)
Grand Théâtre de Provence - Aix-en-Provence, France
May 12, 16, 21, 24, 2020
Carmen - CANCELLED
Dutch National Opera - Amsterdam, Netherlands
Sunday, January 19, 2020
Giving Voice: Lawrence Brownlee and Friends Sing Opera, Gospel,
Houston Grand Opera - Houston, TX

2019

Dec 20 & 22, 2019
New Jersey Symphony
- Princeton & Newark, NJ
Nov 8, 12, 15, 19, 23, 30, Dec 4, 7, 2019
Akhnaten
The Metropolitan Opera - New York, NY
Friday, October 11, 2019
Sphinx Virtuosi
Carnegie Hall - Stern Auditorium - New York, NY
Saturday, September 28, 2019
Louisville Orchestra
Kentucky Center - Louisville, KY
Sep 20 & 21, 2019
Mahler Resurrection Symphony
San Antonio Symphony - San Antonio, TX
Sunday, August 25, 2019
Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony
Tanglewood - Lenox, MA
Aug 16 & 17, 2019
Mahler Resurrection Symphony
Grant Park Music Festival - Chicago, IL
Jul 14, 17, 20, 23, 26, 2019
Luisa Miller
Gran Teatre del Liceu - Barcelona, Spain
Jun 5, 11, 14, 20, 23, 26 & 29, 2019
Carmen
San Francisco Opera - San Francisco, CA
Apr 13 & 14, 2019
The Passion of Yeshua
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra - Buffalo, NY
Feb 28, Mar 2, 5, 7, 9, 13 & 17, 2019
Girls of the Golden West
Dutch National Opera - Amsterdam, Netherlands
Sunday, January 13, 2019
Prints in Clay
Charleston Gaillard Center - Charleston, SC

2018

Dec 21 & 22, 2018
El Niño
American Modern Opera Company - New York, NY
Thursday, December 13, 2018
Carnegie Hall Recital
Carnegie Hall - Weill Hall - New York, NY
Nov 16 & 17, 2018
Mahler: Kindertotenlieder
Amarillo Symphony - Amarillo, TX
Oct 20 & 27, Nov 1, 4, 8 & 11, 2018
Satyagraha
LA Opera - Los Angeles, CA
Sunday, September 23, 2018
Mozart: Requiem
Los Angeles Master Chorale - Los Angeles, CA
Saturday, August 25, 2018
Leonard Bernstein Centenary Celebration
Edinburgh International Festival - Edinburgh, Scotland
Sunday, August 19, 2018
Bernstein: Symphony No. 1 “Jeremiah”
Ravinia Festival - Highland Park, IL
Sunday, July 8, 2018
Mendelssohn: Elijah
Oregon Bach Festival - Eugene, OR
May 27 & 30, Jun 2, 7, 10, 13, 17, 20 & 28, 2018
La Forza del Destino
Opernhaus Zürich - Zürich, Switzerland
Saturday, March 24, 2018
Leonard Bernstein's 100th
Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra - Kalamazoo, Michigan
March 2, 3 & 4, 2018
A Tribute to Saint-Georges
The Saint-Georges International Music Festival - Guadeloupe
Saturday, January 27, 2018
Bernstein's Songfest with the BBC Symphony Orchestra
The Barbican - London, UK
Sunday, January 21, 2018
Songs For Lenny: A Leonard Bernstein Celebration
The Greene Space - New York, NY

2017

December 14, 15, 16, and 17, 2017
Philadelphia Orchestra: Glorious Sound of Christmas
Kimmel Center's Verizon Hall - Philadelphia, PA
November 21, 24, 26, 29, December 2, 5, 7 & 10, 2017
Girls of the Golden West
San Francisco Opera - San Francisco, CA
September 29, 30 & October 1, 2017
Mozart 1791 with the LA Philharmonic
Walt Disney Concert Hall - Los Angeles, CA
September 21 & 22, 2017
Preview of John Adams' Girls of the Golden West
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum - New York, NY
Friday, September 8, 2017
Stars of Lyric Opera presented by Lyric Opera of Chicago
Millennium Park, Jay Pritzker Pavilion - Chicago, IL
Friday, September 8, 2017
Opera Noire of New York Honors Composer Ricky Ian Gordon
Greenfield Hall - Manhattan School of Music - New York, NY
Monday, July 31, 2017
Andrea Chénier
Bayerische Staatsoper - Munich, Germany
Friday, July 21, 2017
Bramwell Tovey: An American Celebration
Bravo! Vail Music Festival - Vail, Colorado
with the New York Philharmonic
July 13 & 18, 2017
Beethoven's Ninth with Dudamel
Hollywood Bowl - Los Angeles, CA
June 15, 16, 17, 2017
Farewell to Christoph Eschenbach - Concert
National Symphony Orchestra - Washington, D.C.
Monday, May 22, 2017
w/ The Cellists of the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra
Elbphilharmonie Großen Saal - Hamburg, Germany
Saturday, May 13, 2017
Mahler Symphony No. 2
Fort Wayne Philharmonic - Fort Wayne, IN
April 29 & May 2, 5, 7, 2017
Dead Man Walking
Vancouver Opera - Vancouver, BC, Canada
March 12, 15, 18, 22, 30 & April 2, 2017
Andrea Chénier
Bayerische Staatsoper - Munich, Germany
Sunday, March 26, 2017
Andrea Chénier
Théâtre des Champs-Élysées - Paris, France
February 3 & 4, 2017
Late Night in the Grand Hall
NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra - Hamburg, Germany
Saturday, January 21, 2017
Marilyn Horne Song Celebration
Carnegie Hall - Zankel Hall - New York, NY

2016

November 5, 10, 13, 17, 19, 27, 2016
Akhnaten
LA Opera - Los Angeles, CA
Saturday, October 8, 2016
Mahler's Second Symphony
Louisville Orchestra - Louisville, KY
September 9, 14, 17, 22, 25, 30, 2016
Andrea Chénier
San Francisco Opera - San Francisco, CA
Wednesday, August 3, 2016
Beethoven Symphony No. 9
The Philadelphia Orchestra - Saratoga Springs, NY
Saturday, July 30, 2016
Festival Concert
Festival de Torroella de Montgrí - Torroella de Montgrí, Spain
July 19 - 24, 2016
Operalia Competition
Teatro Degollado - Guadalajara, Mexico
June 10, 12, 15, 18, 2016
The Rape of Lucretia
Wolf Trap Opera - Vienna, VA
Tuesday, May 3, 2016
Mozart & Schubert Concert
Chicago Civic Orchestra - Chicago, Illinois
April 16, 19, 22 & 24, 2016
Madama Butterfly
San Diego Opera - San Diego, CA
January 5, 8, 13, 17, 2016
Bel Canto
Lyric Opera of Chicago - Chicago, IL

2015

December 29 & 30, 2015
Ode to Joy - New Year's Celebration
Oregon Symphony - Portland, OR
Sunday, December 20, 2015
Comfort & Joy Concerts
Oregon Symphony - Portland, OR
December 7, 10, 12, 2015
Bel Canto
Lyric Opera of Chicago - Chicago, IL
Sunday, October 18, 2015
Shéhérazade
NDR Sinfonie Orchestre - Hamburg, Germany
Friday, October 16, 2015
Shéhérazade
NDR Sinfonie Orchestre - Lübeck, Germany
Thursday, October 15, 2015
Shéhérazade
NDR Sinfonie Orchestre - Hamburg, Germany
October 4, 6, 7 & 11, 2015
Beethoven Symphony No. 9
Los Angeles Philharmonic - Los Angeles, CA
Tuesday, September 29, 2015
Beethoven Symphony No. 9 - Gala Concert
Los Angeles Philharmonic - Los Angeles, CA
Friday, September 25, 2015
Beethoven Symphony No. 9
Simon Bolivar Orchestra - Berkeley, CA
Friday, September 18, 2015
Mahler Symphony No. 2
Lexington Philharmonic - Lexington, KY