Davóne Tines has had a busy couple of weeks. When he paused for an interview late last month, the Virginia-born bass-baritone was preparing for the release of an opera recording on which he portrays Malcolm X. He had spent almost two weeks performing in "Monochromatic Light (Afterlife)," a composition by Tyshawn Sorey staged by director Peter Sellars at the Park Avenue Armory. He followed that with "Everything Rises," an intimate two-person show he'd created with violinist Jennifer Koh, in its New York premiere at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
Tines still hasn’t slowed down. Last week, he debuted with the New York Philharmonic in Beethoven's Symphony No. 9. And on Thursday, Nov. 3, he makes his Carnegie Hall recital debut, performing a program called “Recital No 1 : Mass," which includes an original piece he co-wrote in tribute to Breonna Taylor. He envisions his work as stretching the boundaries of what classical music can be – and what impact it can have on an audience.