With
a combination of musicianship and beauty of tone, coupled with her
trademark sense of presence and ability to communicate, Diana Moore has
established herself at the forefront of a new generation of British
singers. She manages a varied and international career of opera,
oratorio and concert performances and is a popular soloist at many major
music festivals. Born in Lowestoft, she pursued her studies at the
University of Birmingham and the Royal Academy of Music, where she won
many major prizes and was awarded an honorary Associateship in 2002.
Diana is an enthusiastic and critically acclaimed vocal recitalist and is developing a reputation for being a leading exponent of English song. She is a regular participant at the Weekend of English Song at Ludlow and represented England in the recital series for International Young Artists at Opera de Lille. Recent performances include a recital at Göttingen Handelfestspiel with fortepianist Steven Devine and a recital at Oxford Lieder Festival including Schönberg's Das Buch der Hängenden Gärten with pianist John Reid. Future performances include Feminine Charms, a programme exploring English female composers of the C19th and C20th and multiple performances of Diana's programme, A Celebration of Kathleen Ferrier - her Life, Letters & Music throughout 2011 and 2012, including performances at the SAGE and Blackheath Concert Halls.
Recent engagements have included Bach's St Matthew Passion at the Luzern Festival, the Concertgebouw and on tour with The King's Consort, Handel's Orlando at Drottningholm Court Theatre, Stockholm and on tour in San Francisco, conducted by Nicolas McGegan, Mahler's Symphony no.2 "Resurrection", and the title role in Handel's Rinaldo at the National Theatre in Prague and the Opera Royale de Versailles in Autumn/Winter 2010/11. Future plans include Handel's Orlando in the USA, at venues including Tanglewood Festival, Ravinia and the Lincoln Centre, New York, Handel's La Resurrezione in Marseilles with The King's Consort, a concert of solo arias with Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra at the Norfolk Festival, USA, Elgar's Dream of Gerontius at Barbican Centre in October 2011, and further performances of Rinaldo in 2012 in Prague.
Diana's recent recording of Handel's
Parnasso in Festa with
Matthew Halls and The King's Consort was released to universal acclaim
and won the 2009 Stanley Sadie Handel Recording Prize.