Carnegie Hall Recital Debut

“Bridges, a rich-toned mezzo-soprano with a calmly commanding stage presence, delivers a program that runs the gamut from imaginary Asia to true-life America, giving voice to women of color along the way. Accompanied by the pianist Mark Markham, she sings Ravel’s fantastical “Shéhérazade” and Mahler’s heart-wrenching “Kindertotenlieder.” In an aria from Richard Danielpour’s “Margaret Garner,” she embodies a dark, enslaved past, and in “Oh, Glory”—a song written for her by the composer Shawn Okpebholo, its spiritual lines and jazzy underlay spiked with muted modernism—she looks to the future.”