Soprano Melody Moore believes in female empowerment — perhaps that’s why she’s so drawn to the Lady Macbeths and Floria Toscas of the operatic stage. Luckily, these are the types of roles she’s been polishing since her earliest days as a budding singer, meticulously analyzing each and every leading lady throughout her development. But Moore is all grown up now, and on May 13 she once again steps into the title role of Puccini’s Tosca at LA Opera, under the baton of Maestro Grant Gershon.
“Silver Jubilee Celebration” with the New Century Chamber Orchestra
Melody Moore joins the New Century Chamber Orchestra as a special guest artist on their biggest concert event of the season. In celebration of 25 years of music-making, the “Silver Jubilee” is an all–Gershwin extravaganza featuring Ms. Moore and baritone Efrain Solis in selected songs, pianist Anne Marie-McDermott in the seldom-heard theater orchestra version of Rhapsody in Blue and the suite from An American in Paris. Music Director Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg leads the performance on May 20 at the Herbst Theatre in San Francisco.
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Melody Moore stars in the title role of ‘Tosca’ at LA Opera
Following Ms. Moore’s successful debut in the title role of “Kátya Kabanová” with Seattle Opera she travels to Los Angeles Opera to star as opera’s most impassioned prima donna, Floria Tosca. In this thrilling revival of the John Caird staging Ms. Moore is joined by Russell Thomas as Cavaradossi and Kihun Yoon as Scarpia. Maestro James Colon leads the performance on May 13. For performance information and tickets, click here
Melody Moore is “splendid” and “powerful” in role debut as Katya Kabanova
“As the ill-fated heroine, Melody Moore combined her splendid vocal and theatrical gifts to deeply moving effect. She had full control over her powerful soprano, projecting the high-lying part easily across Janáček’s most tempestuous orchestration and applying exquisite shading and shaping. Moore conveyed Katya’s fear of her locked-up emotions with tremulous beauty, turning her final scene into an ecstatic vision of release that kept a refreshing distance from clichés of operatic madness.”
Thomas May – The Seattle Times
Seattle Opera debut in title role of ‘Kátya Kabanová’
Making her Seattle Opera debut, Melody Moore stars in the title role of Kátya Kabanová on February 24 and March 4, 8, & 11. Director Peter Nolan has created a new production for this captivating romantic tragedy, which also features Joseph Dennis as Boris and Victoria Livengood as Kabanicha. Inspired by Slavic folk songs, Janáček’s stunning score, conducted by Oliver von Dohnányi, will leave you on the edge of your seat. For tickets, performance information, and to watch the trailer, click here.
