NSO: Audra McDonald

• Audra McDonald, voice
• Andy Einhorn, conductor

Record-breaking six-time Tony Award-winner Audra McDonald joins the National Symphony Orchestra for an unforgettable evening of vocal beauty.

As beloved on Broadway and opera stages as she is in her roles in film and on television, McDonald is the recipient of two Grammy Awards, an Emmy Award, the 2015 National Medal of Arts, and the honor of being named one of Time's 100 Most Influential People. Don't miss the chance to hear her stunning renditions of Broadway classics and contemporary favorites in a staggering performance of stratospheric talent.

Performances on Jan. 30 & 31.

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About Audra McDonald, voice

Audra McDonald is unparalleled in the breadth and versatility of her artistry, as both a singer and an actor. The winner of a record-breaking six Tony Awards, two Grammy Awards, and an Emmy Award, she was named one of Time magazine's 100 most influential people of 2015 and received a 2015 National Medal of Arts—America’s highest honor for achievement in the arts—from President Barack Obama. Blessed with a luminous soprano and an incomparable gift for dramatic truth-telling, she is as much at home on Broadway and opera stages as she is in roles on film and television. In addition to her theatrical work, she maintains a major career as a concert and recording artist, regularly appearing on the great stages of the world.

About Andy Einhorn, conductor

Leading Broadway music director and conductor Andy Einhorn directs concerts this year with the Baltimore, St. Louis, Santa Barbara, and South Dakota Symphony Orchestras. At Aspen Music Festival, Einhorn led performances of Sondheim's A Little Night Music and a concert performance of South Pacific and returns in 2020 to lead Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath, music by Ricky Ian Gordon. Einhorn recently returned to Blossom Music Festival to lead The Cleveland Orchestra in a concert performance of South Pacific. Most recently he served as the Music Supervisor and Musical Director for the Broadway productions of Carousel and Hello Dolly! Einhorn's previous Broadway credits include Holiday Inn, Woody Allen's Bullets Over Broadway, Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella, Evita, Brief Encounter, The Light in the Piazza, and Sondheim on Sondheim.