{"id":2355127,"date":"2026-04-02T05:14:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T05:14:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2355127"},"modified":"2026-04-02T05:14:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T05:14:27","slug":"new-york-festival-of-song-to-present-poulenc-sondheim-at-merkin-hall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/new-york-festival-of-song-to-present-poulenc-sondheim-at-merkin-hall\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Festival of Song to Present &#8216;Poulenc\/Sondheim&#8217; at Merkin Hall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"page-social-share\">\n<\/aside>\n<aside class=\"post-skyscraper-ad\">\n                          <\/aside>\n<div class=\"nice-type allow-responsive-videos\">\n<p>The <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/operawire.com\/?s=new+york+festival+of+song\">New York Festival of Song<\/a> (NYFOS) will present \u201cPoulenc\/Sondheim\u201d on April 7, 2026 at 8 p.m. at Merkin Hall at Kaufman Music Center in New York.<\/p>\n<p>Soprano Christine Taylor Price and baritone Theo Hoffman will be featured alongside pianists and NYFOS curators Steven Blier, Artistic Director of NYFOS, and B\u00e9n\u00e9dicte Jourdois, Associate Artistic Director.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrancis Poulenc\u2019s songs conjure up the essence of Paris \u2014 raffish, sensual, contemplative; Stephen Sondheim evokes the sass and complexity of New York with the precision of a master,\u201d Blier noted per an official press release. \u201cThe two fit together like puzzle pieces, each taking up thoughts and feelings where the other one left off.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Price, a previous semi-finalist in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, has performed with the New York Philharmonic, New World Symphony, and at Carnegie Hall.<\/p>\n<p>Hoffman, a Grand Finalist in the 2016 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, has appeared with Los Angeles Opera, Opera Philadelphia, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, Atlanta Opera, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the Salzburg Mozartwoche, among others.<\/p>\n<p>The 2025\u201326 NYFOS season concludes with the organization\u2019s annual \u201cSpring Gala\u201d on May 11, 2026, and a NYFOS Next event created in collaboration with Luna Composition Lab on June 1, 2026.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Related Stories<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source operawire.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Festival of Song (NYFOS) will present \u201cPoulenc\/Sondheim\u201d on April 7, 2026 at 8 p.m. at Merkin Hall at Kaufman Music Center in New York. Soprano Christine Taylor Price and baritone Theo Hoffman will be featured alongside pianists and NYFOS curators Steven Blier, Artistic Director of NYFOS, and B\u00e9n\u00e9dicte Jourdois, Associate Artistic Director. 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