Latonia Moore

When Latonia Moore sang the title role of Aida at the Metropolitan Opera, the New York Times wrote: "... her voice was radiant, plush and sizeable at its best, with gleaming top notes that broke through the chorus and orchestra during the crowd scenes."

Considered one of the greatest sopranos in the world today, Latonia Moore opened the 2023-24 season of the Metropolitan Opera as Sister Rose in Dead Man Walking (new production). During the 2023-24 season, she performed in Mefistofele at Teatro Lirico di Cagliari, reprised her role as Billie in Fire Shut Up in My Bones at the Met, and sang Verdi's Requiem with the BBC Symphony Orchestra.

She also opened the 2021-22 season of the Metropolitan Opera as Billie in the New York premiere of Terence Blanchard’s Fire Shut Up in My Bones, a role she later reprised for her debut at the Lyric Opera of Chicago.

Moore has received global acclaim for her interpretation of the title role in Aida. Venues where she has performed the role include the Metropolitan Opera, Royal Opera House at Covent Garden, Opernhaus Zürich, Opera Australia, Teatro Colón, English National Opera, New National Theatre Tokyo, Dubai Opera, Dallas Opera, San Diego Opera, Pittsburgh Opera, Detroit Opera House, Polish National Opera, and the Ravinia Festival with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under James Conlon.

Additional operatic highlights include appearances as Cio-Cio San in Madama Butterfly at the Metropolitan Opera; Liù in Turandot at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden; the title role in Tosca and Elisabeth in Don Carlo with Opera Australia; Tosca with Washington National Opera; Cio-Cio San and Mimì in La Bohème with Semperoper Dresden; Cio-Cio San at the Hamburg State Opera; Micaëla in Carmen, Liù, Elvira in Ernani, and Lucrezia in I Due Foscari in Bilbao; Desdemona in Otello at Bergen National Opera; Serena in Porgy and Bess at both English National Opera and De Nationale Opera in Amsterdam; and an appearance in the 50th Anniversary Gala of the Metropolitan Opera.

Her orchestral highlights include the role of Lady Macbeth in a recording of Macbeth with Edward Gardner for Chandos; Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 with the Vienna Philharmonic and Gilbert Kaplan for Deutsche Grammophon; Vivetta in L’Arlesiana and Fidelia in Edgar with the Opera Orchestra of New York at Carnegie Hall; and Bess in Porgy and Bess with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under Sir Simon Rattle.

Moore is a three-time Grammy Award winner for best opera recording with the Metropolitan Opera: in 2021 for "Porgy and Bess," in 2023 for Terence Blanchard's "Fire Shut Up in My Bones," and in 2024 for Blanchard's "Champion," in which she sang the role of Emelda Griffith.

She’s a board member board at AVA and ArtSmart.