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Sandra Moon American Soprano Sandra Moon made her professional debut in the role of Frasquita in Ponnelle's staging of Carmen with Placido Domingo singing Don José at the Lyric Opera of Chicago. Her first engagement in Europe was at the Stadttheater in Aachen where she sang such roles as Sophie in Der Rosenkavalier, Pamina, Susanna, Oscar and Norina. From 1992-1997 Sandra was engaged at the Badisches Staatstheater in Karlsruhe where her repertoire was extended to such roles as Mimì, Liù, Manon, Donna Anna, Adina and Fiordiligi. Her extensive repertoire has lead her to other opera houses in Europe including Düsseldorf, Cologne, Dresden, Linz, Munich, Bonn, Leipzig, and Vienna.

Miss Moon is still maintaining a presence in the United States after moving to Germany in 1986. She has sung with the New York City Opera (Pamina and Rose in Street Scene), Glimmerglass Opera (Marzelline in Fidelio), Portland Opera (Lucia di Lammermoor), Florentine Opera (Musetta and Antonia), Opera Columbus (Musetta, Countess and Donna Anna) and Cleveland Opera (Cleopatra and Gilda).

Sandra Moon made her Metropolitan Opera debut in 1997 in the role of Echo in Ariadne auf Naxos with James Levine conducting. She has since sung at the Met in roles such as Cleopatra in Händel's Giulio Cesare, Flower Maiden in Parsifal, and Zdenka next to Renee Fleming's Arabella.

While working in Europe, Sandra has been able to focus on baroque repertoire. She has sung in the Händel Festivals of Karlsruhe and Halle, as well as the Dresden Music Festival. Some of her baroque repertoire includes the Bach Passions, as well as the roles of Asteria in Tamerlano, Onoria in Amadigi, Fulvia in Ezio, and Emilia in Ferrandini's Catone in Utica which has recently been released on Oehms Classic CD.

At Munich's Gärtnerplatz Theater, where Miss Moon is currently engaged, she sings the roles of Violetta, Mimi, Suor Angelica, Antonia, Pamina, Konstanze, and Fiordiligi. In 2005, she made her Carnegie Hall debut with the role of Ännchen in Der Freischütz with Eve Queller and the Opera Orchestra of New York. Upcoming engagements in the US include Nedda in I Pagliacci with Lake Goerge Opera.

Ms. Moon is a native of Dayton, Ohio and received her musical training from the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music as well as the young artist programs of the Lyric Opera of Chicago and Santa Fe Opera.


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SANDRA MOON
Soprano

OPERA REPERTOIRE
Konstanze Abduction from the Seraglio Mozart
Pamina Die Zauberflöte Mozart
Countess Le Nozze di Figaro Mozart
Donna Anna Don Giovanni Mozart
Donna Elvira Don Giovanni Mozart
Fiordiligi Cosi fan tutte Mozart
Manon Manon Massenet
Violetta La Traviata Verdi
Micaela Carmen Bizet
Antonia Les Contes d'Hoffmann Offenbach
Mimi La Bohème Puccini
Musetta La Bohème Puccini
Liu Turandot Puccini
Maria Maria Stuarda Donizetti
Adina L'Elisir d'Amore Donizetti
Euridice Orfeo Gluck
Galatea Aci e Galatea Naumann
Cleopatra Julius Caesar Händel
Asteria Tamerlano Händel
Fulvia Ezio Händel
Onoria Amadigi Händel
Sophie Der Rosenkavalier Strauss
Zdenka Arabella Strauss
Martha Martha Flotow
Rusalka Rusalka Dvorak
Füchslein Das schlaue Füchslein Janacek
Rose Street Scene Weill
Woglinde Götterdämmerung Wagner
Anne Truelove The Rake's Progress Stravinsky

OPERA COMPANIES
Metropolitan Opera, Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe, New York City Opera, Oper der Stadt Köln, Opera Orchestra of New York, Oper der Stadt Bonn, Opera Columbus, Düsseldorf-Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Oper Leipzig, Semperoper Dresden, Nationaltheater Mannheim, Florentine Opera, Glimmerglass Opera

CONCERT REPERTOIRE
Bach Mattäus Passion, Johannes Passion, Magnificat,
h-moll Messe, Kantate 51
Beethoven 9th Sinfonie
Brahms Ein deutsches Requiem
Bruch Moses
Händel Der Messias, Samson
Haydn Die Schöpfung, Lord Nelson Mass
Rossini Stabat mater
Mahler 4th Sinfonie
Mendelssohn Elias, Lobegesang, Psalm 42 und 95
Mozart Krönungsmesse, Requiem