Performance Year: 2026
Davóne Tines is a pathbreaking artist whose work encompasses a diverse repertoire, ranging from early music to new commissions, while exploring the social issues of today. A creator, curator, and performer at the intersection of many histories, cultures, and aesthetics, he is engaged in work that blends opera, art song, spirituals, contemporary classical, gospel, and protest songs as a means to tell a deeply personal story of perseverance, connecting to all of humanity.
Tines is an artist who takes full agency of his work, often devising new programs and pieces from conception to performance. He has premiered numerous operas by today’s leading composers, including John Adams, Terence Blanchard, and Matthew Aucoin, and his concert appearances have ranged from Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony to Kaija Saariaho’s True Fire. He recently made his Metropolitan Opera debut performing in John Adams’ El Niño. His first studio album, ROBESOИ, released on Nonesuch Records in September of 2024, explores his connection to legendary American baritone Paul Robeson, reimagining some of the music Robeson famously sang.
Tines is Musical America’s 2022 Vocalist of the Year, a winner of the 2020 Sphinx Medal of Excellence, and the recipient of the 2018 Emerging Artists Award from Lincoln Center. He is currently Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Artist-in-Residence. Tines is a graduate of The Juilliard School and Harvard University,
