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2024 ARTIST OF THE YEAR
The Artists Forum is proud to announce Rebecca L. Hargrove as its 2024 Artist of the Year.
Maryland native Rebecca L. Hargrove is an award-winning, classically trained operatic soprano and actress based in New York City. Most recently, Rebecca starred in The Mikado as Yum-Yum and Trial by Jury as Angelina with The New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players. She previously starred in the Baltimore Center Stage production of Our Town as Mrs. Webb and in Berkshire Theater Group’s world premiere of Tara Wilson-Noth’s play, B.R.O.K.E.N Code B.I.R.D Switching as Katherine Morgan. Previous productions include In the Parlour (National Black Theater), Evita and Cabin in the Sky (City Center Encores!), Aquanetta (Bard Summerscape), The Garden of the Finzi-Contini (National Yiddish Theater Folksbiene), and The Mikado (NYGASP National Tour). She can be heard on Terence Blanchard’s soundtrack film score for The Woman King and The Grey Land a mono-opera studio album available on all streaming platforms.
As a member of The Metropolitan Opera Extra Chorus, she has appeared in their productions of Die Meistersinger (Wagner), Fire Shut up in My Bones (Blanchard), and Porgy & Bess (Gershwin). She is a two-time Grammy Award Winner for Best Opera Album for both Porgy & Bess and Fire Shut up in My Bones. In concert, Rebecca has performed at Carnegie Hall, The John F. Kennedy Center, David Geffen Hall, Madison Square Garden, The Shanghai Symphony, and 54 Below.
Her TV/Film credits include The Wilsons pilot starring Reggie Hayes (UPN’s Girlfriends), House of Cards (Netflix), Random Acts of Flyness (HBO), My Asian Auntie (Amazon Prime), The Fix (Short Film), Jesus Saves! (Feature Film), Single Record (Revry), and host of the New York City cable show The Artists Forum Television. Rebecca is one half of KSRH Productions with fellow actress and friend, Kedren Spencer. Together the two have written, produced, starred in, and directed their first short film, Last Call. Last Call has been officially selected by the New Faces New Voices Film Festival (Audience Choice Award), The LA Black Film Festival (September 2024), and The Artists Forum Festival of the Moving Image: 2023 (Audience Award, Best Actress, Best Film Score).
We present this honor to Rebecca in recognition of her innovative approach to operatic singing and professionalism in cinematic acting. We look forward to working with Rebecca as our International Ambassador for Arts & Culture 2025.
Follow @theartistsforum on Instagram and all major social media platforms for updates on this years activities with Rebecca.
See Rebecca’s June 2024 Artist of the Month profile, work samples, and full interview.
Then, visit her website here: rebeccalhargrove.com
