Overview
- Robert De Niro is slated to recite excerpts from Abraham Lincoln’s 1838 Lyceum Address at Carnegie Hall on Tuesday night.
- The performance is part of the Tibet House US benefit, with Philip Glass and Laurie Anderson serving as artistic directors.
- Glass’s Symphony No. 25, “Lincoln,” draws on the Lyceum Address and had been set to premiere at the Kennedy Center in June.
- Glass called off the Kennedy Center premiere in January, citing President Trump’s ouster of the center’s leadership.
- Legal scholars say Trump’s push to rename the venue the Trump Kennedy Center would require congressional approval, and he has announced a July shutdown for a two-year construction project, as other artists including Renée Fleming, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Bela Fleck have withdrawn.