Remembering Tebaldi Melody Moore, Transylvania State Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra, Lawrence Foster

• Arrigo Boito (1842 - 1918): Mefistofele:
• 1 Boito: Mefistofele: L'altra notte in fondo al mare 04:45
• Pietro Mascagni (1863 - 1945): L'Amico Fritz:
• 2 Mascagni: L'Amico Fritz: Son pochi fiori 03:24
• Umberto Giordano (1867 - 1948): Andrea Chénier:
• 3 Giordano: Andrea Chénier: La mamma morta 04:59
• Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924): La bohème, SC 67:
• 4 Puccini: La bohème, SC 67: Sì, mi chiamano Mimì 04:37
• Gioachino Rossini (1792 - 1868): Mose in Egitto:
• 5 Rossini: Mose in Egitto: Dal tua stellato soglio 04:07
• Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901): Quattro Pezzi Sacri:
• 6 Verdi: Quattro Pezzi Sacri: Te Deum: Dignare, Domine - In te, Dominum 04:31
• Ritorna vincitor (from Aida)
• 7 Verdi: Aida: Ritorna vincitor 06:47
• Alfredo Catalani (1854 - 1893): La Wally:
• 8 Catalani: La Wally: Ebben? Ne andrò lontana 03:45
• Giuseppe Verdi: La Forza del Destino:
• 9 Verdi: La Forza del Destino: Pace, pace, mio Dio 05:27
• Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut, SC 64:
• 10 Puccini: Manon Lescaut, SC 64: In quelle trine morbide 02:41
• Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata:
• 11 Verdi: La Traviata: Addio, del passato 07:27
• Francesco Cilea (1866 - 1950): Adriana Lecouvreur:
• 12 Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur: Io son l'umile ancella 03:08
• Giacomo Puccini: Suor Angelica, SC 87:
• 13 Puccini: Suor Angelica, SC 87: Senza mamma 04:34
• Alessandro Scarlatti (1660 - 1725): Sento nel core (Arr. J. Maarse):
• 14 Scarlatti: Sento nel core (Arr. J. Maarse) 03:47
• Total Runtime 01:03:59

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In Loving Memory of La Voce D’angelo: Melody Moore pays tribute to the legendary soprano Renata Tebaldi, presenting a selection of arias and scenes by Rossini, Verdi, Boito, Catalani, Puccini, Mascagni, Giordano, Cilea and Alessandro Scarlatti, documenting the most important stages in the career of “la voce d’angelo”. Moore performs these pieces together with the Transylvania State Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra under the baton of Lawrence Foster.

Melody Moore and Lawrence Foster both have a vast Pentatone discography, including collective complete recordings of Verdi’s Otello (2017) and Puccini’s Madama Butterfly and La Fanciulla del West (both 2021). The latter album was also the Pentatone debut of the Transylvania State Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra.

Melody Moore, soprano
Transylvania State Philharmonic Orchestra of Cluj-Napoca
Lawrence Foster, conductor

Melody Moore
is enjoying a thriving career on the world’s leading stages, prompting Opera News to label her “a revelation,” and of her recent sold-out appearance at Carnegie Hall to rave, “As I left the auditorium, I could only think: more of Moore, please.”

In the 2018-2019 season, Ms. Moore returns to Houston Grand Opera to reprise the roles of Senta in the season opening production of Der fliegende Holländer led by Music Director Patrick Summers, and Donna Elvira in Mozart’s Don Giovanni in a new production by Kasper Holten. She returns to Los Angeles Opera to make her role debut as Gertrude in Hänsel and Gretel under the baton of Music Director James Conlon. On the concert stage, she debuts with the Dresdner Philharmonie in the roles of Giorgetta in Puccini’s Il Tabarro and Santuzza in Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana, both of which will be recorded for commercial release by Pentatone Records. She revisits her critically acclaimed portrayal of Strauss’ Salome in Daegu, South Korea and will will record a solo album of American music with pianist Bradley Moore for Pentatone Records.

In the 2017-2018 season, Moore made three major role debuts: Elisabetta in Don Carlo at Washington National Opera; the title role in Salome at Florida Grand Opera; and Tatyana in Eugene Onegin at Hawaii Opera Theater, as well as singing her signature roles of Tosca in a return to Opéra de Montréal and for her house debut with Teatro Municipal de Santiago de Chile, and Senta in Wagner’s Der fliegende Holländer in a new production by Tomer Zvulun at Atlanta Opera. Her portrayal of Desdemona in a full recording of Verdi’s Otello was released by Pentatone Records.

Recent career highlights include a house and role debut at Seattle Opera in the title role of Janáček’s Kátya Kabanová; appearances with San Francisco Opera in the title role of Tosca, Susan Rescorla in Heart of a Soldier, Mimì in La bohème, and the Countess in Le nozze di Figaro; Houston Grand Opera as Julie in Show Boat, Marta in the American premiere of Weinberg’s The Passenger, the title role in Carmen, Dorabella in Così fan tutte; Washington National Opera as the title role of Catán’s Florencia en el Amazonas, Phillip Glass’ Appomatox, and in Francesca Zambello’s highly acclaimed production of the Wagner’s full Ring cycle; Los Angeles Opera as Tosca, the Countess in Le nozze di Figaro and in productions of Der Zwerg and Der Zerbrochene Krug; Opéra de Montréal as Cio-Cio San in Madama Butterfly; Glimmerglass Festival as Lady Macbeth in Verdi’s Macbeth and Senta in Der fliegende Holländer; Lincoln Center Festival in The Passenger; English National Opera as Mimi and as Marguerite in Faust; New York City Opera as Rita Clayton in the New York premiere of Stephen Schwartz’s Séance on a Wet Afternoon and as Regine St. Laurent in Rufus Wainwright’s Prima Donna; and Austin Lyric Opera as Senta in Der fliegende Holländer. Additional performances include the title roles of Manon Lescaut at New Orleans Opera, Tosca with the Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Pamina in Die Zauberflöte at Opéra de Bordeaux; and Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni with the Atlanta Opera and Opera Colorado.

On the concert stage, Ms. Moore has appeared with Atlanta Symphony Orchestra for Bruckner’s Te Deum led by Music Director Donald Runnicles; Bard SummerScape Festival as the title role in Turandot; Bavarian Radio Symphony in performances and recording of excerpts of Gordon Getty’s opera, Plump Jack, conducted by Ulf Shirmer and with the New Century Chamber Orchestra conducted by Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg. She has joined Rufus Wainwright for gala concerts at the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia and at Roy Thomson Hall in Toronto, and has sung Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with the Madison Symphony and at Festival of the Arts Boca. Her solo recital performances have included a sold-out debut recital at Carnegie Hall and the Collaborative Arts Institute of Chicago, as well a program featuring suppressed music of the Holocaust presented under the auspices of the Atlanta Opera.

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