Duane Adolph Moody (born December 3, 1970) is an American

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solo artist and also a member of the African-American trio Three Mo' Tenors. In addition to performing, he is an associate professor teaching voice at

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and former instructor and coach with the

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in Washington DC.

Life and career

Moody was born in

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He studied vocal performance and operatic studies at The Peabody Institute, from which he graduated in 1994. In addition, he went to

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and obtained his Master of Music in Vocal Performance in 1997. After his M.M. in music, he went back to The Peabody Institute in 2001 and graduated with a

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in opera performance. After finishing his musical studies, he went on an international tour as Sportin' Life in Gershwin's ''

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'' from 1999 to 2005. He has been involved with the Three Mo' Tenors group since 2007. Moody has made multiple debuts as a tenor at The

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(London), Tel Aviv Opera (Israel), Hamburg Staatsoper (Hamburg, Germany), Alte Oper (Frankfurt, Germany), Des Moines Opera, Dayton Opera, New York City Opera (touring company) and has been presented in a premiere solo recital at The Terrace Theatre of The

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(Washington, DC). He has also done orchestral appearances with The Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra, The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra (Pop Series), The Spokane Symphony (Pop Series), The Reading Symphony and The Frederick Symphony in their presentation of Beethoven’s 9th symphony. In 2014 he sang in the world premiere of Lawrence Reis's

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, ''Sea Surface Full of Clouds'' with the Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic,Parker, Robin (March 26, 2014)
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''Mount Vernon Gazette'' and in 2015 released his latest album ''Sur Mon Voyage'' which includes works by

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Franz Liszt Franz Liszt, in modern usage ''Liszt Ferenc'' . Liszt's Hungarian passport spelled his given name as "Ferencz". An orthographic reform of the Hungarian language in 1922 (which was 36 years after Liszt's death) changed the letter "cz" to simpl ...

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and Elliot Carter.

Awards

* 2002

DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities The D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities (CAH) is an agency of the District of Columbia government. As of October 2022, the Interim Executive Director is David Markey. CAH was created as an outgrowth of the U.S. Congress Act that established ...

, Outstanding Emerging Artist * 1995 Regional Semi-Finalist, Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions

Performances

Opera

* Leoncavallo, Tonio in I Pagliacci, MD L. Opera * Principal Artist, Three Mo’ Tenors, Little Schubert * Proto/Chenault, Young Joe in Shadowboxer, MD Opera Studio * Gershwin, Sportin’ Life in Porgy and Bess, International Tours * Weiser, Phillip Herriton in Where Angels Fear To Tread, Peabody Opera (world premiere) * Massanet, Des Grieux in Manon Peabody Opera * Mozart, 2nd Priest in Die Zauberflöte Peabody Opera

Oratorio

* G. F. Handel Messiah Reading Symphony * Dubois The Seven Last Words St. Luke’s Episcopal * Saint-Saens Christmas Oratorio St. Luke’s Episcopal * L. V. Beethoven 9th Symphony Reading Symphony

Discography

* 2001 Three Mo’ Tenors, Three Mo’ Tenors: Live in Chicago Recorded at The Oriental Theater * 2010 INSPIRATA, Sacred Sounds. Recorded at A1A Studios, Jacksonville, FL * 2013 A Christmas Recital: Live * 2016 Sur Mon Voyage

References

External links

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Biography
on the official website of Three Mo' Tenors {{DEFAULTSORT:Moody, Duane A. American operatic tenors Singers from Washington, D.C. Boston University College of Fine Arts alumni Berklee College of Music faculty 1970 births Living people 21st-century American opera singers 21st-century American male singers 21st-century American singers Peabody Institute alumni