Internationally acclaimed tenor James Valenti (Cavaradossi) has built a global reputation for his elegant musicianship, commanding stage presence, ardent vocal style and voice of warm Italianate luster. Her awards include Dallas Opera’s Maria Callas Award The Richard Tucker Foundation Grant first prize at both the Marseilles Competition and the International Competition dell’Opera, Dresden and winner of the Metropolitan Opera’s National Auditions. 2 with the Vienna Philharmonic for Deutsche Grammophon. She has recorded Verdi’s Macbeth for Chandos and Mahler’s Symphony no. She has appeared at Carnegie Hall with the Opera Orchestra of New York, Cincinnati Symphony, and WDR Funkhausorchester Köln and has appeared as soloist with the Berlin Philharmonic, Minnesota Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony and at the Festival de Paques de Deauville. In 2012 American soprano Latonia Moore (Tosca) made an unexpected, triumphant Metropolitan Opera debut as Aïda that elicited raves from critics and audiences alike. Since that auspicious debut she has sung Aïda at Covent Garden the Opernhaus Zurich Opera Australia the New National Theatre in Tokyo the Dallas, San Diego, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, and Detroit Operas and the Ravinia Festival with the Chicago Symphony. Other recent successes include Covent Garden (Liù) Hamburg State Opera (Amelia in Un ballo in maschera and Simon Boccanegra, Cio-Cio-San) Dresden’s Semperoper (Liù, Mimi, Cio-Cio-San) and leading roles at Opera Australia, Opéra de Québec, New York City Opera and Ópera de Bilbao. with the Santa Fe Opera, Opera Orchestra of New York, Dicapo Opera Theatre, Augusta Opera, El Paso Opera and the National Lyric Opera among others, and internationally with the Opera Society of Hong Kong, Armel Opera Festival, National Theater of Szeged, Teatro Municipal de Santiago, and Teatro dell'Opera di Roma. Sampson was a featured artist in American Opera Projects’ Composers and the Voice program, appeared on OPERA America’s Creators in Concert featuring the music of Tobias Picker, performed Santuzza with Opera at Florham, appeared as a featured soloist on the NYCO Renaissance Gala concert celebrating the life of the late Julius Rudel and performed in concert throughout the East Coast. A recent recipient of a grant from the Olga Forrai foundation, her upcoming engagements include Santuzza in Cavalleria Rusticana at Fondazione Teatro Goldoni in Livorno, the title role in Madama Butterfly at Teatro del Giglio in Lucca, and concert appearances in Italy and the U.S.
Praised by The New York Times as a “plush-voiced soprano” Kristin Sampson (Tosca) began the 2015-16 season with a debut at Potenza’s Teatro Francesco Stabile as Mimi in La bohème.
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