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Latonia Moore

Latonia Moore (born 1979,[1][2] inHouston, Texas) is an American three-time Grammy Award-winningsoprano known for her performances in the title roles ofAida andMadama Butterfly, as well as her work inTerence Blanchard's operas.

Latonia Moore
Born1979
NationalityAmerican
EducationUniversity of North Texas,Academy of Vocal Arts
Occupationopera singer
Websitehttps://www.latoniamooresoprano.com/

Early life and education

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Moore grew up listening toBlack music, and began singing in the church choir of the New Sunrise Baptist Church (where her grandfather Cranford Moore was a pastor) at age 8. In her youth, she sang in the Texas All-State Choir.[3]

Moore first studiedgospel andjazz, until Pattye Johnstone, one of her teachers at theUniversity of North Texas convinced her to studyclassical music.[4] Moore made her debut in 1998 at thePalm Beach Opera inWest Palm Beach, and was engaged as a student in the same year at the Houston Ebony Opera. She continued as a student of Bill Schuman at theAcademy of Vocal Arts, in Philadelphia,[5] where she graduated in 2005. In 2000 she won theMetropolitan Opera National Council Auditions.[1]

Career

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In New York City, Moore attracted critical praise for her 2008 performance with theOpera Orchestra of New York inPuccini'sEdgar. In March 2012, she made herMetropolitan Opera debut as a late replacement forVioleta Urmana on short notice asAida in a live broadcast.[6] She would go on to performAida more than a hundred times.[7]

Moore is featured on commercial recordings of the MahlerSymphony No 2 (Deutsche Grammophon 0289 474 5942 2) and of Verdi'sMacbeth (sung in English, Chandos CHAN 3180(2)).[8]

In January 2016, Moore performed for the newly revivedNew York City Opera in Puccini'sTosca at the Rose Theater in Lincoln Center.[9][10]

In April 2016, she sang the lead role of Cio-Cio San in theSan Diego Opera's performance of Puccini'sMadama Butterfly,[11] garnering critical recognition for her acting, her "rich, supple and multi-octave soprano voice" and vocal interpretation.[12] During that production, she met and became friends withmezzo-sopranoJ'Nai Bridges, and the two reunited at San Diego Opera for a concert in 2023.[7]

Moore appeared in 2018 withOpera Australia in the title role of Puccini'sTosca, delivering a critically acclaimed "complex performance" with a voice of "luxurious colour and brilliance at the top".[13]

In 2019, Moore played the role of Serena in the Metropolitan Opera'sPorgy and Bess.[14] The production wonBest Opera Recording at the63rd Annual Grammy Awards. She also starred in the Met's Grammy-winning productions ofFire Shut Up in My Bones andChampion.[15]

Honors

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YearAwardCategoryNotesRef
2000Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions[1]
2005Maria Callas Debut Artist of the Year -Dallas Opera[16]
202163rd Annual Grammy AwardsBest Opera Recordingfor the Metropolitan Opera'sPorgy and Bess[15]
202365th Annual Grammy AwardsBest Opera Recordingfor the Metropolitan Opera'sFire Shut Up in My Bones[7]
202466th Annual Grammy AwardsBest Opera Recordingfor the Metropolitan Opera'sChampion[17]

Recordings

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References

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  1. ^abcTommasini, Anthony (2000-03-08)."Listening to the Future At the Met Auditions".The New York Times. Retrieved2015-01-01.
  2. ^Tommasini, Anthony (2012-12-21)."Colorblind Casting Widens Opera's Options".The New York Times. Retrieved2015-01-01.
  3. ^Meares, Joel (2014-09-29)."Latonia Moore back to star in her own right in Opera on the Sydney Harbour'sAida".The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved2015-01-01.
  4. ^Story, Rosalyn M. (June 2010)."If I Could Sing Like a Daughter of God".Opera News. Vol. 74, no. 12. Retrieved2012-04-04.
  5. ^David Patrick Stearns (2000-03-08)."The Voice Doctor".The Philadelphia Inquirer. Archived fromthe original on March 2, 2012. Retrieved2015-01-01.
  6. ^"Opera's Next Wave: Soprano Latonia Moore".Opera News. Vol. 77, no. 2. August 2012. Retrieved2015-01-01.
  7. ^abcKragen, Pam (2023-10-22)."In harmony: Opera stars Latonia Moore and J'Nai Bridges talk Grammys, friendship, roles and what's on their playlists".San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved2024-02-07.
  8. ^Christiansen, Rupert (2014-04-24)."Verdi:Macbeth: 'sharply energised'".The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved2015-01-01.
  9. ^Stearns, David Patrick (25 January 2016)."New York City Opera's resurrection may be right".The Philadelphia Inquirer. RetrievedSep 16, 2019.
  10. ^Russell Platt (15 January 2016)."Leap of Faith".The New Yorker. Retrieved2023-03-06.
  11. ^"San Diego Opera:Madama Butterfly 2015–2016 season,San Diego Opera, accessed June 20, 2016
  12. ^"Moore brings new dimension toButterfly",The San Diego Union-Tribune, April 17, 2016
  13. ^Davies, Bridget (Apr 25, 2018)."Tosca review: Latonia Moore resplendent in modernised Puccini".The Age. RetrievedSeptember 16, 2019.
  14. ^Davidson, Justin (2019-09-24)."A Gorgeous Porgy and Bess, Its Flaws Intact, at the Metropolitan Opera".Vulture. Retrieved2024-02-07.
  15. ^ab"Latonia Moore | Artist | GRAMMY.com".grammy.com. Retrieved2024-02-07.
  16. ^"Maria Callas Debut Artist of the Year".The Dallas Opera. 23 May 2022. Retrieved2024-02-07.
  17. ^Salazar, Francisco (2024-02-04)."Metropolitan Opera & Julia Bullock Lead Classical Grammy Awards".OperaWire. Retrieved2024-02-07.

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