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Adele in Die Fledermaus , was seen at the George Enescu International Festival in Bucharest singing Carmina burana with Maestro Krystian Jarvi and performed with the RAI Orchestra Sinfonica Nationale in Torino with Maestro Fabio Biondi performing Pergolesi ’ s Stabat Mater . With Munich ’ s Gartnerplatztheater she sang Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte and Amina in La Sonnambula . In 2016 , she appeared as Titania in A Midsummer Night ’ s Dream with El Palau de Les Arts Reina Sofia in Valencia with Maestro Roberto Abbado and recorded with mezzo-soprano Elina Garanca on her upcoming Deutsche Grammophon recording . Ms . O ’ Loughlin earned a bachelor of music degree from the Peabody Conservatory where she studied with Ruth Drucker , a master of music degree from the Manhattan School of Music and was awarded a Karajan Foundation grant to attend the Zurich Opera Studio .
Jennifer O ’ Loughlin is making her BSO debut .
Diana Moore
English mezzosoprano Diana Moore is a popular soloist at many major music festivals . Her graceful stature has brought her such trouser roles as the title character in Rinaldo at the Göttingen International Handel Festival , the Flanders Opera , VlaamseOper , the National Theatre in Prague and Opera de Versailles ; Sesto in Giulio Cesare at Göttingen ; Armindo in Partenope with the Early Opera Company . She toured as Medoro in Handel ’ s Orlando with the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra to the Ravinia Festival , Lincoln Center , and the Tanglewood Festival . Other roles include Penelope in Monteverdi ’ s Il Ritorno d ’ Ulisse for the Aldeburgh Festival and Dido in Dido and Aeneas for The Early Opera Company .
This season , Ms . Moore revives Scarlatti ’ s La Gloria di Primavera with Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra
and conductor Nicholas McGegan at Tanglewood and Yale ’ s Norfolk Chamber Music Festival , and is featured on a recording of the work released in April 2016 . Other performances include the role of Medoro with the English Concert , a program of Bach and Messiah with the Indianapolis Symphony .
Ms . Moore is known as a leading exponent of English song . For the centennial of Kathleen Ferrier ’ s birth , she devised the critically acclaimed A Celebration of Kathleen Ferrier — Her Life , Letters & Music , which has been endorsed by the Kathleen Ferrier Society and presented at several major venues .
Diana Moore is making her BSO debut .
Nicholas Phan
This season , American tenor Nicholas Phan returns to the Cleveland Orchestra ,
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