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The American counter-tenor, Daniel Moody, obtained his Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance (Concentration Early Music) from the Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University (2011-2014);and Master of Music degree in Vocal Performance from the Yale School of Music and Institute of Sacred Music (2014-2016). During his studied there he was Voice teacher for secondary lessons (September 2014-May 2016). He has won awards from the George London Competition ($5,000 prize), Handel Aria Competition (2nd place), Rochester Oratorio Society Classical Idol (3rd place), New York Oratorio Society Competition (Finalist), and the Russell Wonderlic Competition (1st place).
Daniel Moody is a self-emplyed singer since January 2009. He has garnered widespread acclaim for his commanding yet expressive vocal timbre and his breathtaking musicianship. Praised as having a “vocal resonance, [which] makes a profoundly startling impression” (The New York Times) and for his “vivid and powerful” voice (The Boston Musical Intelligencer), He is equally known for his “sweet and melancholy sound” (The Washington Post) and ability to “pierce hearts” and “utterly silence a room” (The Boston Musical Intelligencer) with his expressivity and connection with audiences.
Opera appearances include the title roles in George Frideric Handel’s Giulio Cesare and Rinaldo, Arsamene in G.F. Handel’s Xerxes, Oberon in Benjamin Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, L’Enfant in Ravel’s L'enfant et les sortileges and most recently, Nerone in Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea with Cincinnati Opera alongside Anthony Roth Costanzo where American Record Guide remarked on Daniel Moody’s performance “numerous moments of utter beauty… voice blossom[ing] out into something big and round and smooth. [F]loats easily into soprano range...” He drew attention in the role of Rinaldo from the San Diego Story for his unusually powerful tone: “[Mr. Moody] may help to create a new operatic vocal category: Helden Countertenor.” He has also performed roles in Mark Morris’ productions of B. Britten’s Curlew River and Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas at BAM (Howard Gilman Opera House) and at the Tanglewood Music Festival where the Financial Times noted his “inspired and absorbing performances”.
A lover of early music, Daniel Moody has performed with acclaimed groups Les Violons du Roy (Director: Bernard Labadie) in Québec City, Apollo's Fire, The Cleveland Baroque Orchestra (Director: Jeannette Sorrell) and Portland Baroque Orchestra (David Hill conducting). He has performed at the Boston, Indianapolis and Washington Early Music Festivals and with early music groups Mountainside Baroque (Maryland), Antico Moderno (Boston) and La Fiocco (Pennsylvania). A graduate of the prestigious Yale Voxtet – resident at Yale’s Institute of Sacred Music – he has performed as a soloist at such venues as Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall, London’s St. John’s Smith Square and, Cambridge’s Trinity College, with conductors David Hill, Simon Carrington, Masaaki Suzuki, and Matthew Halls. His performances have been broadcast live in concert on BBC Radio 3 in the UK, on Boston’s WGBH, Indiana’s WFIU, and WSHU’s Sunday Baroque.
Daniel Moody has been Professional Singer at Christ Church Cathedral, Cincinnati, Ohio (2009-2011); Professional Singer at Washington National Cathedral (2011-2014); Professional singer at Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City (since June 2016).
Recent highlights include the American premiere of George Benjamin’s Dream of the Song (Stefan Asbury conducting) at the Festival of Contemporary Music at Tanglewood Festival; engagements with Charleston Symphony, Winston-Salem Symphony, Illinois Symphony, G.F. Handel's Hercules with Staunton Festival singing Lichas, Great Music in a Great Space series (Kent Tritle conducting) and Boston Symphony Orchestra, standing in for Bejun Mehta. In 2016, he was one of four vocalists in Joyce DiDonato's Carnegie Hall Masterclasses, broadcast live on Medici TV. He will be making his Carnegie Hall debut with Oratorio Society of New York and with Musica Sacra in December 2018 and in 2019, he premieres with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra as soloist in Leonard Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms and Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra in a duet concert with famed mezzo-soprano Anne Sophie von Otter. |
