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ISABELLA MOORE soprano New Zealand soprano Isabella Moore is a graduate of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and a 2017 Music Academy of the West alumnus. Her opera work includes the title role in Puccini’s Suor Angelica, Giulietta in Offenbach’s The Tales of Hoffmann, Gulnara in Verdi’s II corsaro, and Desdemona in Verdi’s Otello. In January this year, Isabella performed the role of Hine-nui-te-pō from New Zealand composer Celeste Oram’s opera, He Pūtōrino Mākutu. The opera was performed as part of the San Diego Symphony’s Winter Festival ‘Hearing the Future’. She has taken part in master classes with artists that include Montserrat Caballé, Warren Jones, and Sir Richard Bonynge. In 2018, Ms. Moore took part in Marilyn Horne’s The Song Continues programme (Carnegie Hall, New York) where she was a participant in a master class given by Renée Fleming. Ms. Moore was a semifinalist in the 2017 Houston Grand Opera’s 29th Annual Eleanor McCollum Competition, winner of the 2015 Joan Sutherland & Richard Bonynge Bel Canto Award, winner of the 2014 Marianne Mathy Scholarship, winner of the 2014 New Zealand Aria Competition, and winner of the 2014 New Zealand Lexus Song Quest Competition. Isabella recently returned to Auckland from Samoa after performing at both the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2019 Pacific Games. In September, Isabella will perform in Sydney with the Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra as the guest artist for the IFAC Australian Singing Competition Grand Final (Sept 19th). She is also the soprano soloist for the APO Christmas Concert in December. 18