Megan Moore, Lyric Coloratura Mezzo-Soprano
Francesco Barfoed, Piano
Sunday, October 12, 2025
3 pm
Memorial Hall, OTR
An artist of versatility and depth!
A native of Cincinnati, Megan Moore is quickly garnering attention in the repertoire of Rossini, Handel, and Mozart. Awards include first prize at George London Foundation Competition, Young Concert Artists International Auditions, the Jensen Foundation Vocal Competition, Zenith Opera Competition, National Society of Arts & Letters Voice Award, and the Copenhagen Lied Duo Competition (with Francesco Barfoed). She has performed in numerous operas internationally, singing many title roles—including her Boston Baroque debut of Handel’s Ariodante.
She has performed in numerous operas internationally, singing many title roles—including her Boston Baroque debut of Handel’s Ariodante. Other notable roles include Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni with San Diego Opera; debuting the role of Sesto in Handel’s Julius Caesar at Opera Theater of Saint Louis.
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Moore has made both concert and recital appearances, including joining The Orchestra Now to perform the Berlioz song cycle Les Nuits d’été at the Fisher Center at Bard and participating in Plácido Domingo’s world-famous singing competition Operalia in Riga, Latvia. She made a special appearance with the Borromeo String Quartet to sing Handel arias from Hercules and Alcina in Carnegie Hall’s Zankel Hall, and she participated in Carnegie Hall’s SongStudio with Renée Fleming in partnership with her frequent collaborator, pianist Francesco Barfoed.
Moore is co-founder of Lynx Project, which amplifies diverse voices through new song commissions, inclusive concerts, and educational programming. She received her training at Miami University, Eastman School of Music, Internationale Meistersinger Akademie, Santa Fe Opera and The Juilliard School.
Francesco Barfoed, Piano
Francesco Barfoed is hailed as a pianist with “fertile imagination” (New York Classical) and “silky movements across the keys” (Seen and Heard International).
Originally from Copenhagen, Denmark, Barfoed performs in the United States and Europe with singers and instrumentalists alike. In 2025 he appeared in Carnegie Hall for the Gerda Lissner Foundation Winners Concert, premiered CROSSING BORDERS, a new song cycle by award-winning composer Jake Heggie, and performed at the Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, and The Morgan Library and Museum.
His playing, described as “simply marvelous, from first note to last” (Oberon’s Grove), has been heard at Carnegie Hall’s Citywide series, NYFOS, Caramoor, Opera Saratoga, Berkshire Opera Festival, as well as the Cosmos Club in D.C., Folly Theater in Kansas City, Usedomer Musikfestival in Germany, and on WQXR (New York’s Classical Music Radio Station). Barfoed also partners with principal string players of the Austin Symphony Orchestra and will return to Texas in 2025 for their chamber music series.
Barfoed has taken home competition prizes, including 1st prize in the Copenhagen Lied-Duo Competition 2021, 2nd prize at the Naumberg Foundation International Vocal Competition with Megan Moore, and played first-prize winning performances with singers for Young Concert Artists.
He works extensively in opera and has assisted Juilliard with numerous productions, including co-arranging and performing Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress for two pianos. He has been on the coaching faculty at Saluzzo Opera Academy in Italy and Canto Vocal Programs in Virginia and was a fellow at the Aspen Music Festival.
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