[Latonia Moore as Aida at the Met
© Cory Weaver/Metropolitan Opera 2012]
Opera News
August 2012
Opera's Next Wave
Soprano LATONIA MOORE
Opera's Next Wave
Soprano LATONIA MOORE
There are so few sopranos who seem able to lay claim to the Italian repertoire that there is bound to be plenty of
excitement when one breaks through. That happened on March 3 of this
year, when Latonia Moore made an unexpected debut at the Metropolitan Opera, filling in for an indisposed Violeta Urmana in the title role of Aida.
Moore has a gleaming spinto sound, with thrilling cut, a wide range of
vocal colors and a stunning pianissimo. She first attracted major
attention in Opera Orchestra of New York's 2008 presentation of
Puccini's Edgar, with a beautiful performance of Fidelia's
aria, "Addio, mio dolce amor," stealing thunder from her celebrated
costars Marcello Giordani and Jennifer Larmore.
Moore is a born stage performer: she knows how to swell a note, how
to caress a phrase, how to take her time. At a recital at New York's
Weill Hall in 2007, she made the bold choice to open with Tatiana's
letter scene from Eugene Onegin, and by the time she ended with "O mio babbino caro," the audience was under her spell.
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