Performance Year: 2015
Bradley Moore is head of music staff at the Houston Grand Opera, and music director of the HGO Studio. He is the founding music director of the Fire Island Opera Festival, which recently produced the first staged performances of Gluck’s L’arbre enchanté since the original production at Versailles in 1775. He has conducted Il Barbiere di Siviglia at Opera Colorado and has worked as assistant conductor, backstage conductor and coach at the Metropolitan Opera, the Salzburg Festival, Opéra National de Paris, the Canadian Opera Company, and the Los Angeles Opera, among others. He is a graduate of the Met’s prestigious Lindemann Young Artist Development Program. Widely acclaimed as a recital partner, Mr. Moore has performed with Renée Fleming and Susan Graham at Carnegie Hall and on a national tour. His current season includes recitals with Ms. Graham and an international tour with Jamie Barton. He also enjoys partnerships with Angela Meade, Christine Goerke, Alice Coote, Eric Cutler, Eric Owens, and clarinetist Julian Bliss. He has performed live on A Prairie Home Companion with Ms. Fleming and Yo-Yo Ma, and with Joshua Bell on CBS Sunday Morning News and Late Night with Conan O’Brien. His discography includes a recital with Mr. Cutler on the EMI Classics Debut Series, a recital with Mr. Bliss for Signum Classics, and a disc of songs by American composer Daron Hagen for Arsis Audio. He and Ms. Barton will record of recital of songs by Charles Ives in 2015.