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Soprano Melody Moore is enjoying a thriving career on the world’s leading stages, prompting _Opera News_ to label her “a revelation,” and of her recent sold-out appearance at Carnegie Hall to rave, “As I left the auditorium, I could only think: more of Moore, please.” The current season marks the release of her first solo album entitled _An American Song Album_ with pianist Bradley Moore on Pentatone Records.

In the 2019-2020 season, Ms. Moore will make two notable role debuts: her debut as Amneris in a new production of _Aida_ at the Houston Grand Opera, and following, her role and house debut as the Foreign Princess in _Rusalka_ at Cincinnati Opera. Additionally, Ms. Moore will sing Donna Anna in _Don Giovanni_ at Opera Naples, and will conclude her season as Santuzza in _Cavalleria Rusticana_ at Seattle Opera. Concert highlights include her debut with the Houston Symphony Orchestra in Mahler’s _Das klagende Lied_ under the baton of Music Director Andrés Orozco-Estrada, the title role in Strauss’ _Salome_ at Bard College, and a solo recital and masterclass at Lawrence University. In the summer, she sings Vaughan Williams’ masterful _Sea Symphony_ with the Oregon Symphony, led by Carlos Kalmar.

In the 2018-2019 season, Ms. Moore returned to Houston Grand Opera to reprise the roles of Senta in the season opening production of _Die fliegende Holländer_ led by Music Director Patrick Summers, and Donna Elvira in Mozart’s _Don Giovanni_ in a new production by Kasper Holten, and returned to Los Angeles Opera for a role debut as Gertrude in _Hänsel and Gretel_ under the baton of Music Director James Conlon. On the concert stage, she debuted with the Dresdner Philharmonie in the roles of Giorgetta in Puccini’s _Il Tabarro_ and Santuzza in Mascagni’s _Cavalleria Rusticana_, both of which were recorded for commercial release by Pentatone Records. Ms. Moore also sang Senta with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of Music Director Edo de Waart, and debuted with the Grant Park Music Festival for Delius’ _A Mass of Life_ at the Grant Park Music Festival, and sang the title role in Salome in Daegu, South Korea. Other recording projects included Minnie in _La Fanciulla del West_ in Cluj, Romania, and the title role in _Madama Butterfly_ in Lisbon, both recorded for commercial release by Pentatone Records.

In the 2017-2018 season, Moore made three major role debuts: Elisabetta in _Don Carlo_ at Washington National Opera; the title role in _Salome_ at Florida Grand Opera; and Tatyana in _Eugene Onegin_ at Hawaii Opera Theater, as well as singing her signature roles of Tosca in a return to Opéra de Montréal and for her house debut with Teatro Municipal de Santiago de Chile, and Senta in Wagner’s _Der fliegende Holländer_ in a new production by Tomer Zvulun at Atlanta Opera. Her portrayal of Desdemona in a full recording of Verdi’s _Otello_ was released by Pentatone Records.

Recent career highlights include a house and role debut at Seattle Opera in the title role of Janáček’s _Kátya Kabanová_; appearances with San Francisco Opera in the title role of _Tosca_, Susan Rescorla in _Heart of a Soldier_, Mimì in _La bohème,_ and the Countess in _Le nozze di Figaro_; Houston Grand Opera as Julie in _Show Boat_, Marta in the American premiere of Weinberg’s _The Passenger_, the title role in _Carmen_, Dorabella in _Così fan tutte_; Washington National Opera as the title role of Catán’s _Florencia en el Amazonas_, Phillip Glass’ _Appomatox_, and in Francesca Zambello’s highly acclaimed production of the Wagner’s full _Ring_ cycle; Los Angeles Opera as Tosca, the Countess in _Le nozze di Figaro_ and in productions of _Der Zwerg_ and _Der Zerbrochene Krug_; Opéra de Montréal as Cio-Cio San in _Madama Butterfly_; Glimmerglass Festival as Lady Macbeth in Verdi’s _Macbeth_ and Senta in _Der fliegende Holländer_; Lincoln Center Festival in _The Passenger_; English National Opera as Mimi and as Marguerite in _Faust_; New York City Opera as Rita Clayton in the New York premiere of Stephen Schwartz’s _Séance on a Wet Afternoon_ and as Regine St. Laurent in Rufus Wainwright’s _Prima Donna_; and Austin Lyric Opera as Senta in _Der fliegende Holländer_. Additional performances include the title roles of Manon Lescaut at New Orleans Opera, Tosca with the Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Pamina in _Die Zauberflöte_ at Opéra de Bordeaux; and Donna Elvira in _Don Giovanni_ with the Atlanta Opera and Opera Colorado.

On the concert stage, Ms. Moore has appeared with Atlanta Symphony Orchestra for Bruckner’s _Te Deum_ led by Music Director Donald Runnicles; Bard SummerScape Festival as the title role in _Turandot_; Bavarian Radio Symphony in performances and recording of excerpts of Gordon Getty’s opera, _Plump Jack_, conducted by Ulf Shirmer and with the New Century Chamber Orchestra conducted by Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg. She has joined Rufus Wainwright for gala concerts at the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia and at Roy Thomson Hall in Toronto, and has sung Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with the Madison Symphony and at Festival of the Arts Boca. Her solo recital performances have included a sold-out debut recital at Carnegie Hall and the Collaborative Arts Institute of Chicago, as well a program featuring suppressed music of the Holocaust presented under the auspices of the Atlanta Opera.

A graduate of the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, Melody Moore is a former Adler Fellow of San Francisco Opera and a participant of the Merola program.