Latonia Moore

Latonia Moore (* 1979 in Houston ) is an American opera singer (soprano).

Life

Latonia Moore grew up listening to black music . At the age of eight she sang not only in the gospel family , but also in the church choir of the Baptist New Sunrise Baptist Church , where her grandfather Cranford Moore worked as a pastor.

She first studied gospel, then jazz singing and finally opera singing. This change required a major technical change from her, since in both gospel and jazz the chest voice is used more heavily in higher registers, while the high, pure tones of opera singing predominantly require head voice . Moore began her studies at the University of North Texas , and later continued with Bill Schuman of the Academy of Vocal Arts in Philadelphia .

Moore made her debut at the Palm Beach Opera in West Palm Beach in 1998 and was engaged as a student at the Houston Ebony Opera that same year . Her repertoire includes Donna Anna in Don Giovanni , Lucrezia in Lucrezia Borgia , Violetta in La traviata , Marguerite in Faust and Tatjana in Eugene Onegin . In the role of Mimì in La Bohème , she was seen at the Dresden Semperoper , as Micaëla in Carmen at the Dallas Opera and at the New York City Opera . She made her debut as Liù in Turandot at London's Royal Opera House in Covent Garden. So far, she sang the title role in Aida at the Hamburg State Opera , Covent Garden and the Zurich Opera . Latonia Moore also performs in concert, she is u. a. to be heard on the Deutsche Grammophon recording of Mahler's 2nd Symphony , a recording from the Wiener Musikverein in 2002, conducted by the American multi-millionaire and Mahler enthusiast Gilbert Kaplan .

Awards and prizes (selection)

• 1999: Palm Beach Opera Vocal Competition in West Palm Beach , 1st place Junior Division.
• 2000: Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions in the New York Metropolitan Opera , 1st place.
• 2002: Competizione dell 'Opera in Dresden, 1st place.
• 2002: Singing competition of the Licia Albanese-Puccini Foundation in New York, 1st place.
• 2003: L'Association du Concours International d'Opéra de Marseille , 1st place, Audience Award and Prix ​​Gabriel Dussurget .
• 2003: International Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition , 2nd prize.
• 2004: Loren Zachary Singing Competition in Los Angeles, 1st place.

Discography

• Symphony No. 2 in C minor by Gustav Mahler, under Gilbert Kaplan , Wiener Musikverein 2003, ( Deutsche Grammophon )
• Macbeth (Lady Macbeth) by Giuseppe Verdi in English, 2014, studio ( Chandos )

Web links

• Works by and about Latonia Moore in the catalog of the German National Library
• Latonia Moore homepage
• Latonia Moore at Operabase (engagements and dates)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Rosaly M. Story: If I Could Sing Like a Daughter of God . In: Opera News. Volume 74, No. 12 (June 2010), ISSN  0030-3607 .
2. ↑ Following in the footsteps of "La Divina!" ( Memento of the original from September 20, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Entr'acte, Dallas Opera Newsletter, Vol. 3. 
3. ↑ AVA Alumni ( Memento of the original from July 11, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the Academy of Vocal Arts website. (Retrieved December 7, 2010.) 
4. ↑ Profile Latonia Moore ( Memento of the original from June 21, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at the Hamburg State Opera. (Retrieved December 7, 2010.) 
5. ↑ 2nd Symphony in C minor by Gustav Mahler (“Resurrection Symphony”) . Universal 2003, T 2006 CD 09101.
6. ↑ Peter Hagmann: Conducting between appearance and reality . In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung from September 15, 2003.
7. ↑ Palm Beach Opera Vocal Competition - Previous Winners ( Memento of the original from November 26, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the Palm Beach Opera website. (Retrieved December 7, 2010.) 
8. ^ Anthony Tommasini: Listening to the Future At the Met Auditions . In: New York Times, March 8, 2000.
9. ↑ Competizione dell 'Opera - Chronicle  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Winner 2002. (Accessed December 7, 2010.)  
10. ↑ Past Winners - 2002 International Vocal Competition ( Memento of the original from November 12, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the Licia Albanese-Puccini Foundation website. (Retrieved December 7, 2010.) 
11. ↑ 8th Marseilles' International Opera Competition - 2003 ( Memento of the original of November 24, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Retrieved December 7, 2010.) 
12. ^ Winner of the opera category at the International Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition. (Retrieved January 10, 2013.)
13. ^ Finalists and Winners at the National Vocal Competition for Young Opera Singers of the Loren L. Zachary Society . (Retrieved January 20, 2011.)