On Sale August 2021
Alan Cumming and Ari Shapiro: Och & Oy! A Considered Cabaret
Sun | Oct 24 | 7pm | Symphony Hall
Actor & vocalist Alan Cumming and Ari Shapiro of Pink Martini (guest vocalist) & NPR’s All Things Considered both transport audiences to other worlds through their stories. Now, they are joining forces in song for an evening of tunes and tall tales.
Anne Sofie von Otter & Brooklyn Rider, Songs of Love and Death: The Music of Franz Schubert & Rufus Wainwright
Fri | Nov 12 | 8pm | GBH Calderwood Studio
Internationally acclaimed Swedish mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter joins Brooklyn Rider for a program that features a new phase of work which explores love and death through the music of Franz Schubert and Rufus Wainwright.
Dashon Burton, bass-baritone
Wed | Jan 19 | 8pm | Longy's Pickman Hall
Two time Grammy winner Dashon Burton will present a sweeping survey of great and significant American music, including works by John Jacob Niles, Kurt Weill, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Paul Bowles, Margaret Bonds, William Grant Still, Harry Burleigh, Marques L. A. Garrett, and Moses Hogan.
Benjamin Appl, baritone
Wed | Jan 26 | 8pm | Longy's Pickman Hall
With an exquisite voice that “belongs to the last of the old great masters of song,” (Süddeutsche Zeitung), Appl brings to life a varied and demanding repertoire that highlights not only his power, but also his sensitivity and ability to transcend language in his musical storytelling.
On Sale Fall 2021
A Tribute to Aretha Franklin: The Queen of Soul
Fri | Feb 25 | 8pm | Berklee Performance Center
Veronica Swift
Sat | Mar 26 | 5pm & 8pm | Artists For Humanity EpiCenter
Photos: Alan Cumming & Ari Shapiro (credit: Jordan Gieger), Anne Sofie von Otter (credit: Marie Rundquist), Dashon Burton (credit: Tatiana Daubek), Benjamin Appl (credit: Lars Borges)
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Alan Cumming & Ari Shapiro: Och and Oy! A Considered Cabaret is sponsored by Reuben Reynolds & Bill Casey and Sally S. Seaver, PhD; Anne Sofie von Otter & Brooklyn Rider and 2021/22 season performances at GBH Calderwood Studio are sponsored by Susan & Michael Thonis and the Barr Foundation through its ArtsAmplified initiative; Dashon Burton and Benjamin Appl are sponsored by 2021/22 Debut Series sponsors Harriet & David Griesinger and the Longy School of Music of Bard College; A Tribute to Aretha Franklin: the Queen of Soul is sponsored by Julia Byers & Steven Holtzman; Veronica Swift is sponsored by 2021/22 Jazz Marathon sponsors Leslie & Howard Appleby with support provided by the Barr Foundation through its ArtsAmplified initiative.
THANK YOU TO OUR SUPPORTERS
Celebrity Series of Boston is grateful to our 2021/22 season sponsors Amy & Joshua Boger and to the many individuals, corporations, foundations, and government agencies whose support helps fulfill our mission to present performing artists who inspire and enrich our community and our vision of a community of Greater Boston where the performing arts are a valued, lifelong, shared experience - on stages, on streets, in neighborhoods - everywhere.
Anonymous (2) | Leslie & Howard Appleby | Stephanie L. Brown Foundation | Margaret Eagle
Kathleen & Chris Gaffney | Peter & Anna Kolchinsky | Susanne Marcus Collins Foundation
Eleanor & Frank Pao | Stephen C. Perry & Oliver Radford | Melinda & James Rabb
Cynthia & John S. Reed Foundation | Reuben Reynolds & Bill Casey | Sally S. Seaver, PhD
Stifler Family Foundation | Susan & Michael Thonis | Dorothy & Stephen Weber
