Davóne Tines is a pathbreaking artist whose work encompasses a diverse repertoire, ranging from early music to new commissions by leading composers, 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.

This season, Tines sings in John Adams’ El Niño on multiple stages and in many versions. He makes his Metropolitan Opera debut in the spring 2024 performing the fully staged opera-oratorio verson of the work; he performs a concert version with the Houston Symphony and the Cincinnati Symphony where he also performs in Kaija Saariaho’s True Fire, and as a member of the American Modern Opera Company (AMOC*). He performs in Tod Machover’s VALIS at MIT and John Cage’s “middle operas” Europeras 3 & 4 directed by Yuval Sharon with Detroit Opera.

Davóne Tines has premiered operas by today’s leading composers, including John Adams, Terence Blanchard, and Matthew Aucoin, and his concert appearances include performances of works ranging from Beethoven’s Ninth with the San Francisco Symphony to Kaija Saariaho’s True Fire with the Orchestre national de France. Tines is also the co-creator of The Black Clown, a music theater experience commissioned and premiered by The American Repertory Theater and presented at Lincoln Center.