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Metropolitan Opera star and PSU alumna returns to Portland to give a song recital on Sunday, May 5 and master class Monday, May 6. The program includes selections by Schubert, Strauss, Liszt, and other classical composers. Chuck Dillard accompanies Ms. Luna on piano.
“Time stops when the one who sung the highest note in the history of the Metropolitan Opera in New York shares her voice,” wrote Le Journal de Québec about Ms. Luna’s Queen of the Night in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte.
About Audrey Luna:
Ms. Luna graduated with her undergraduate degree from Portland State University in 2001. She earned her master’s degree from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.
Grammy Award winning soprano Audrey Luna regularly performs on the world’s greatest stages including the Metropolitan Opera, Vienna State Opera, Royal Opera House – Covent Garden, Houston Grand Opera, Teatro La Fenice, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Den Norske Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Opéra de Montréal, Cleveland Orchestra, Opera Hong Kong, Berlin Philharmonic, Salzburg Festival, Teatro la Fenice, New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Teatro Dell’Opera di Roma, San Francisco Symphony, Seattle Symphony, London Symphony, and Carnegie Hall.
Audrey Luna made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera as the Queen of the Night in Julie Taymor’s production of Die Zauberflöte, and continued with roles such as Najade in Ariadne auf Naxos, Fiakermilli in Arabella, and Olympia in Les contes d’Hoffmann. In 2017, Ms. Luna set the record for singing the highest written note on the Metropolitan Opera stage, A6, during the American premiere production of Thomas Adès’ new opera The Exterminating Angel, in the role Leticia, which she also created in the world premiere at the Salzburg Festival. In her triumphant performance of Ariel in The Tempest at the Metropolitan Opera, both musically and physically, working with choreographer Crystal Pite, the New York Times said: “Mr. Adès’s Ariel is a dazzling creation, and Ms. Luna conquers the role.” Her performance as Ariel in this production of The Tempest is available on DVD with Deutsche Grammphon; the DVD was awarded a French Diapason d’Or, and the 2013 Grammy Award for “Best Opera Recording.”
Comfortable in both conventional and contemporary opera roles, Ms. Luna’s repertoire includes Zerbinetta in Ariadne auf Naxos, the title role in Lucia di Lammermoor, Madame Mao in Nixon in China, Gilda in Rigoletto, Queen of the Night in Die Zauberflöte, the title role in Lakmé, Gepopo in Le Grande Macabre, Norina in Don Pasquale, and Marie in La Fille du Regiment. Ms. Luna has appeared on the concert stage, with Berlin Philharmonic, London Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, The Cleveland Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra, Seattle Symphony, and others. Her repertoire for the concert stage includes Brahms’ Requiem, Orff’s Carmina Burana, Handel’s Messiah, Unsuk Chin’s Cantatrix Sopranica, Makris’ Symphony for Soprano and Strings, Vivaldi’s Gloria, Ligeti’s Requiem, Le Grande Macabre, George Crumb’s Star Child, Amy Beach’s Grand Mass, and Debussy’s Martyrdom of St. Sebastien. A new collaboration with composer Peter Eötvös and the Calder Quartet of his new work, The Sirens cycle toured Europe and is now available on BMC Records.
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