Aundi Marie Moore

Soprano

American soprano Aundi Marie Moore’s 2024-25 Season begins with her revival of the role of Maggie Porter in Tazewell Thompson’s Jubilee at Seattle Opera, a role that won her great accolades in its first run at Arena Stage. She joins the American Pops Orchestra in concert at Lincoln Center in November, lends her beautiful voice to The Children’s Chorus of Washington DC for their Winter Orchestral Concert in December, and sings The Messiah with the National Philharmonic. Spring 2025 brings her appearance with Bangor Symphony for Brahms’ Requiem and she travels to St Louis to play the role of Lucy in Ricky Ian Gordon’s new work with Lynn Nottage, This House, to be premiered at Opera Theater of St Louis in their 2025 season.

Miss Moore was awarded the 2023 Sphinx Organization’s Award for Excellence, an acknowledgement of her artistic achievements, her work ethic, and her spirit of determination. Recent highlights include her debut at Dutch National Opera as Mother Blue, a role she also sang at Toledo Opera. She made a highly lauded appearance as Strawberry Woman in the Metropolitan Opera’s production of Porgy and Bess. Past successes include Donna Elvira Don Giovanni at L'Opéra de Monte Carlo, Nedda I Pagliacci at Sarasota Opera, Mimi La Boheme in Italy at the Amalfi Coast Festival, Serena Porgy and Bess at Atlanta Opera and at Virginia Opera, Young African American Soprano in Ricky Ian Gordon’s world premiere of Rappahannock County at Virginia Opera, Soprano 2 in the US premier of Michael Nyman’s Facing Goya at Spoleto Festival, and the role of Odessa Clay in the world premiere of D. J. Sparr’s Approaching Ali commissioned by Washington National Opera.

A member of the Domingo-Cafritz Washington National Opera Young Artist Program, the artist appeared at WNO as Nella Gianni Schicchi, Fiordiligi Cosi fan tutte, Mother Hansel und Gretel, Wanda (c) Sophie’s Choice, Fifth Maid Elektra under the baton of Heinz Fricke, and Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni under the baton of Placido Domingo. Miss Moore completed her Master of Music at the University of Michigan and her Bachelors of Music at George Mason University. She participated in the Salzburg Music Festival Young Artist Program in 2008 where she covered the roles of Donna Anna Don Giovanni and the title role Rusalka and appeared as featured soloist in their Gala concert conducted by Ivor Bolton.

Concert engagements are highlighted by her performance with the New World Symphony for Samuel Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of 1915 under the baton of Steven Jarvi as well as the National Symphony Orchestra as their featured guest soloist for their Christmas Pops concert with Marvin Hamlisch conducting. She has often been a featured soloist with Virginia Symphony under the baton of JoAnn Falletta.

The artist has been the recipient of numerous prizes and awards from the National Opera Association, the Bel Canto Vocal Competition, the West Palm Beach Opera Competition, the Florida Grand Voice Competition, and the Leontyne Price Vocal Competition. Aundi was celebrated for being the 2015 winner of The American Prize in Voice, the 2016 Bronze Medallist at the American Traditions Competition in Savannah, Georgia, First Place winner at both Florida Grand Opera Young Patronesses Voice Competition and at Vocal Arts Discovery Series of Washington DC, and she was a finalist at Operalia.

Aundi Marie Moore

Soprano

American soprano Aundi Marie Moore’s 2024-25 Season begins with her revival of the role of Maggie Porter in Tazewell Thompson’s Jubilee at Seattle Opera, a role that won her great accolades in its first run at Arena Stage. She joins the American Pops Orchestra in concert at Lincoln Center in November, lends her beautiful voice to The Children’s Chorus of Washington DC for their Winter Orchestral Concert in December, and sings The Messiah with the National Philharmonic. Spring 2025 brings her appearance with Bangor Symphony for Brahms’ Requiem and she travels to St Louis to play the role of Lucy in Ricky Ian Gordon’s new work with Lynn Nottage, This House, to be premiered at Opera Theater of St Louis in their 2025 season.

Miss Moore was awarded the 2023 Sphinx Organization’s Award for Excellence, an acknowledgement of her artistic achievements, her work ethic, and her spirit of determination. Recent highlights include her debut at Dutch National Opera as Mother Blue, a role she also sang at Toledo Opera. She made a highly lauded appearance as Strawberry Woman in the Metropolitan Opera’s production of Porgy and Bess. Past successes include Donna Elvira Don Giovanni at L'Opéra de Monte Carlo, Nedda I Pagliacci at Sarasota Opera, Mimi La Boheme in Italy at the Amalfi Coast Festival, Serena Porgy and Bess at Atlanta Opera and at Virginia Opera, Young African American Soprano in Ricky Ian Gordon’s world premiere of Rappahannock County at Virginia Opera, Soprano 2 in the US premier of Michael Nyman’s Facing Goya at Spoleto Festival, and the role of Odessa Clay in the world premiere of D. J. Sparr’s Approaching Ali commissioned by Washington National Opera.

A member of the Domingo-Cafritz Washington National Opera Young Artist Program, the artist appeared at WNO as Nella Gianni Schicchi, Fiordiligi Cosi fan tutte, Mother Hansel und Gretel, Wanda (c) Sophie’s Choice, Fifth Maid Elektra under the baton of Heinz Fricke, and Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni under the baton of Placido Domingo. Miss Moore completed her Master of Music at the University of Michigan and her Bachelors of Music at George Mason University. She participated in the Salzburg Music Festival Young Artist Program in 2008 where she covered the roles of Donna Anna Don Giovanni and the title role Rusalka and appeared as featured soloist in their Gala concert conducted by Ivor Bolton.

Concert engagements are highlighted by her performance with the New World Symphony for Samuel Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of 1915 under the baton of Steven Jarvi as well as the National Symphony Orchestra as their featured guest soloist for their Christmas Pops concert with Marvin Hamlisch conducting. She has often been a featured soloist with Virginia Symphony under the baton of JoAnn Falletta.

The artist has been the recipient of numerous prizes and awards from the National Opera Association, the Bel Canto Vocal Competition, the West Palm Beach Opera Competition, the Florida Grand Voice Competition, and the Leontyne Price Vocal Competition. Aundi was celebrated for being the 2015 winner of The American Prize in Voice, the 2016 Bronze Medallist at the American Traditions Competition in Savannah, Georgia, First Place winner at both Florida Grand Opera Young Patronesses Voice Competition and at Vocal Arts Discovery Series of Washington DC, and she was a finalist at Operalia.