“Still’s voice may be more relevant today than ever before.” Mr. Fagen was immensely praised by the critics for his recording for Naxos with the prestigious Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, focused on orchestral works by William Dawson and Ulysses Kay, who, along with William Grant Still, shaped the development of 19th- and 20th-century African-American classical music.
On April 27, 2024, Mr. Fagen conducts Wagner’s Die Walküre at the Atlanta Opera
After the successful world premiére at the Opera-Théatre de l'Eurométropole de Metz of Voix d’Hébron by Cristian Carrara, Mr. Fagen is in Atlanta conducting Die Walküre by Richard Wagner, the second epic installment in The Ring Circle, composer's greatest masterpiece....
