About

Noted by The Wall Street Journal for her “opulent, Wagner-scaled soprano” and acclaimed by The New York Times as the “lustrous, commanding soprano,” Felicia Moore is recognized by Opera News as “a genuine jugendliche dramatische soprano of exciting potential (and present accomplishment).”  She is a powerful and innovative artist having made music in partnership with Alan Gilbert, Anne Manson, Sir Donald Runnicles, Ken-David Masur, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Susanna Mälkki, Rafael Payare, Speranza Scappucci, Alexander Shelley, Evan Rogister, Gary Thor Wedow, Ryan Wigglesworth, and Brian Zeger, among others.  

Highlights of the 2026-27 operatic season include Lady Macbeth, covering Lise Davidsen, in the Metropolitan Opera’s Macbeth with Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin taking the podium for a penetrating new production by Louisa Proske. A dynamic concert diary includes the First Act of Die Walküre with Nathalie Stutzmann and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, the Verdi Requiem with The Florida Orchestra and Boston Landmarks Orchestra, a debut with the Minnesota Orchestra in performances of Rachmaninoff's The Bells led by Thomas Søndergård, and a suite from Tristan und Isolde with Courtney Lewis leading the Jacksonville Symphony.

Last season Felicia Moore continued her affiliation with Deutsche Oper Berlin where the American soprano enjoys a particularly close artistic relationship: she bowed as Gerhilde in Die Walküre and as the Third Norn and Gutrune in Götterdämmerung in Stefan Herheim’s production of Der Ring des Nibelungen and joined Sir Donald Runnicles in concert performances of Schoenberg’s Gurre-Lieder.  Symphonic programming also included performances of Britten’s War Requiem with Stéphane Denève leading the Saint Louis Symphony and Strauss’ Vier Letzte Lieder with David Chan conducting the Apollo Orchestra.

Highlights of the recent past include performances of Lady Macbeth in a new production of Macbeth for Deutsche Oper Berlin conducted by Enrique Mazzola as well as Die Kaiserin in Tobias Kratzer’s new production of Die Frau ohne Schatten conducted by Sir Donald Runnicles and performances of the Verdi Requiem with JoAnn Falletta and the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and with Matthew Kraemer leading the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra.  Felicia Moore has performed Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with many of the premier orchestras including with Xian Zhang and the New Jersey Symphony, Susanna Mälkki and The Cleveland Orchestra, Rafael Payare and the San Diego Symphony, Ken-David Masur and the Milwaukee Symphony, and with Tito Muñoz and the Phoenix Symphony.

Metropolitan Opera highlights of the recent past include Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk conducted by Keri-Lynn Wilson, The Magic Flute under Dame Jane Glover, Elektra led by Sir Donald Runnicles, Nabucco under the baton of Daniele Callegari, and the company premiere of Anthony Davis’ groundbreaking and influential opera, X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X in a new production by the theater luminary and Tony-nominated director of Slave Play, Robert O’Hara.  She made role debuts as Sieglinde in Die Walküre with New Orleans Opera, as Senta in Der fliegende Holländer at Opera Maine, and in the title role of Ariadne auf Naxos with the Lakes Area Music Festival.  

Felicia Moore bowed as Susan B. Anthony in The Mother of Us All as a part of Project 19 - the New York Philharmonic’s multi-season initiative marking the centennial of the 19th Amendment - as Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni for Palm Beach Opera, as Mrs. Grose in Britten’s The Turn of the Screw at Opera Columbus, and at Juilliard in the title role of Janáček’s Katya Kabanova conducted by Anne Manson in a new production by Stephen Wadsworth.  

Past symphonic engagements include Gurre-Lieder at Carnegie Hall with the American Symphony Orchestra, Mozart’s Requiem with Itzhak Perlman and the Houston Symphony, Mahler’s Second Symphony with Daniel Meyer and the Erie Philharmonic, and Wagner’s Wesendonck Lieder with David Chan leading the APEX Ensemble.  Felicia Moore has performed Verdi’s Requiem with Alexander Shelly and the National Arts Centre Orchestra, The Immolation Scene from Wagner’s Götterdämmerung with the Danish National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Ryan Wigglesworth, and an Opera Gala with the Bergen Philharmonic.

Felicia Moore is a proud alumna of The Juilliard School, Mannes School of Music, and Westminster Choir College.