This concert is the North Carolina Symphony debut of Andrea Edith Moore.

Soprano Andrea Edith Moore brings to her performances an “opalescence that is particularly served by her impressive phrasing and inherent musicality” (operagasm.com), and “wows audiences with her powerful and flexible soprano voice, her acting ability, and her dedication and drive” (CVNC). She has enjoyed a wide range of collaborations with artists and ensembles including Vladimir Ashkenazy, David Zinman, Eighth Blackbird, Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company, the Hamburger Kammeroper, My Brightest Diamond, and the Red Clay Ramblers.

Equally at home with the music of our time and of the distant past, Moore has starred in roles including the Governess in Britten’s The Turn of the Screw, Micaëla in Bizet’s Carmen, Countess Almaviva in Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro, and Sara in Jennifer Higdon’s Cold Mountain. She has performed as a concert soloist at venues including the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, Baltimore Lieder Weekend, and Duke Chapel.

Moore’s commitment to voices from her native North Carolina has led her to commission, premiere, and perform composers including Kenneth Frazelle, Daniel Thomas Davis, Sue Klausmeyer, Robert Ward, and numerous others. She produced, premiered, and developed Daniel Thomas Davis’ Family Secrets: Kith and Kin with North Carolina Opera, and is especially proud to feature this new work as her debut recording.

Moore is a prizewinner in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, was a fellow with four-time Grammy-winning ensemble Eighth Blackbird at the Blackbird Creative Lab, and has twice received the Yale School of Music Alumni Award. She holds degrees from Yale University, Peabody Conservatory of Music at The Johns Hopkins University, and UNC School of the Arts.