Soprano Latonia Moore's journey to the world's greatest opera stages began with jazz and singing gospel in her grandfather's church.
Latonia Moore at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. on Oct. 18, 2022.Latonia Moore at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. on Oct. 18, 2022.Latonia Moore remembers clearly the moment she fell in love with opera.
"This is a chick that's kind of more like Juliet than people give her credit for. ... She sees this guy, she falls for him immediately, and she's like, 'I don't care about anything else in the world,'"Moore explained."So she gets to be young and youthful, but at the same time, kind of like this strong warrior-like chick, which you're going to see reflected in the staging and the costuming and definitely in the way I sing it.
by Terence Blanchard that opened the Metropolitan Opera's last season — the first time the Met staged an opera by a Black composer. The two had met when Moore was still in high school. She described it as"a full circle moment."