A regular performer in both Europe and the United States, John Moore has garnered praise for his energetic performances and burnished baritone in both operatic and concert repertoire. He is a graduate of the Metropolitan Opera’s Lindemann Young Artist Program.
During the 2024-2025 season, John Moore makes his Lyric Opera of Chicago debut as Dillon in Mazzoli and Vavrek’s The Listeners, and returns to Opera Philadelphia for performances of the same role. He also debuts with Washington National Opera as Steve Jobs in The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs, a role he has sung across the United States to great acclaim. He joins the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra twice this season, for concerts of Handel’s Messiah followed later by performances of Poulenc’s Le bal masqué. Future seasons include his debut with the Finnish National Opera.
An in-demand interpreter of contemporary works, John Moore created the role of Jan in the world premiere of Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek’s Breaking the Waves with Opera Philadelphia, which he reprised with Beth Morrison Projects in New York City performances. He continued his relationship with Mazzoli and Vavrek as Pa Zegner in the first performances of Proving Up at Opera Omaha and the Miller Theater. He sang Hannah Before in As One with Seattle Opera, which he additionally performed with Des Moines Metro Opera, and also sang Abbé Lorenzo in a new production of Argento’s Casanova’s Homecoming at Minnesota Opera.
Moore’s 2023-24 season began with San Francisco Opera, bowing as Steve Jobs in The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs. In addition, he performed as Figaro in Il barbiere di Siviglia with Pittsburgh Opera, the title role of Sweeney Todd with Dayton Opera, and joined Seattle Opera for the company’s 60th Anniversary Gala concert.
Following his debut in 2007 as Fiorello, Mr. Moore has returned to The Metropolitan Opera on multiple occasions, singing Papageno in The Magic Flute, Moralès in Carmen, Nachtigal in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Fléville in Andrea Chénier, Curio in Giulio Cesare, Simonetto in Francesca di Rimini, Yamadori in Madama Butterfly, Donald in Billy Budd and their annual Opera in the Parks summer concert series. He also toured Russia with members of the Metropolitan Opera.
Other notable recent performances include: the Glyndebourne Festival as Achilla in Giulio Cesare, Donald in Billy Budd, and on tour with the festival as Count Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro; the Bayerische Staatsoper as Adario in Les indes galantes; Florida Grand Opera as Tadeusz in The Passenger; Tadeusz (cover) in Lyric Opera of Chicago’s production of The Passenger, Zurga in The Pearl Fishers with Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Guglielmo in Così fan tutte at Hyogo Performing Arts Center, Japan, and Des Moines Metro Opera as the titular character in Tchaikovksy’s Eugene Onegin and Dr. Malatesta in Donizetti’s Don Pasquale.
