Mezzo Soprano Alexandria Moon will be singing with us for our performance of Mozart’s Requiem on 14th October, and we couldn’t be more excited! The mezzo-soprano solo is featured in several sections, most notably the “Tuba mirum” and “Lacrimosa.” These solos are an integral part of the work, contributing to its emotional depth and richness.
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Mezzo-soprano Alexandria Moon is a master’s student and London Women’s Clinic scholar at the Royal College of Music in London, studying with Professor Janis Kelly and repertoire coach Simon Lepper. She is generously supported by the Drake Calleja, Countess of Munster, and Josephine Baker Trust. Recent highlights include taking 1st place in the 2023 Maureen Lehane Vocal Awards at the Wigmore Hall; playing L’enfant in Ravel’s “L’enfant et les sortileges” for the Royal College of Music’s International Opera Studio and premiering the role of Tom Thumb in Libby Larsen’s “Barnum’s Bird”; covering Phoebe Meryll in “The Yeoman of the Guard” for English National Opera’s 2022/23 season and debuting Opera Holland Park in British Youth Opera’s 2022 production of Vaughan William’s “Sir John in Love” as Mistress Ford. At the Royal College of Music, Alexandria made her principal operatic debut in the Opera Studio’s 2022 production of Jonathan Dove’s “Flight” playing the Older Woman. She’s also appeared in masterclasses with Dame Sara Connolly, Nicky Spence and Christoph Prégardien at the Wigmore Hall. Outside of the RCM, Alexandria made her professional stage debut in 2019 at the Theatre Royal Stratford East in collaboration with the English National Opera in their production of Benjamin Britten’s Noye’s Fludde, starring in the Gossippe ensemble alongside the children’s ensemble which went on to win the 2020 Olivier award for Outstanding Achievement in Opera.
Recent competition successes include 1st prize in the Lies Askonas competition, 1st prize and Best Undergraduate Performance in the Brooks Van der Pump English Song Competition at the RCM, 2nd prize in the Somerset Song Prize and 3rd prize in the Joan Chissell Schumann Competition. Concert highlights include a recital for London Song Festival; a lecture recital for Oxford International Song Festival; Holst “The Planets” (Royal Festival Hall); Bach BWV 198 “Trauerode” (City Music Society); Mendelssohn “Elijah” (Broadstone Choir); Rossini “Petite Messe Solenelle” (Grantham Choral Society); Beethoven 9th (Vivace Chorus); Vivaldi “Gloria” (Christchurch Choral Society).
🗓 Saturday 14th October, 7.30pm
📍St Mary’s Church Godmanchester
🎟 £15 / £5 on the door or on our website www.huntsphil.org.uk
