Mezzo-soprano
Grace Gori has been praised by The Washington Post for her "fine sense of style" and "strong dramatic impact". She is known in the Washington, DC area as an acclaimed performer in both the concert and operatic repertoire. A versatile artist, her opera repertoire ranges from Cherubino to Carmen and even the Beggar Woman in Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd. As a concert artist, Ms. Gori's credits include guest appearances with orchestras in the US and Canada. She has placed as a Semi-Finalist in both the Center for Contemporary Opera Vocal Competition (1998) and the Oratorio Society of New York Vocal Competition (1999) and twice has been a Finalist in the Annapolis Opera Vocal Competition.
In the Washington, DC metropolitan area, Ms. Gori has been a featured soloist with major organizations including the Cathedral Choral Society, the Master Chorale of Washington, the New Dominion Chorale, the Washington Bach Consort, the Maryland Handel Festival, and the Washington Women's Chorus. She has been invited to solo several times on the Concert Hall stage of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, including an appearance in the Kennedy Center's annual "Sing-Along Messiah" (December 2004). She also enjoyed her television debut from the Kennedy Center during the national broadcast of the 2007 Kennedy Center Honors, in which she appeared as the Soprano II soloist in a gala performance of Beethoven's Choral Fantasy in honor of legendary pianist Leon Fleisher.
During the 2009-2010 season, Ms. Gori was featured as the alto soloist in the Central Maryland Chorale's holiday sing-along performance of Part I of Handel's Messiah. In March, she joined the In Series for their critically acclaimed collaboration with the Washington Ballet Studio Company, WAM! Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Later, she joined Choralis in June 2010 under Maestra Gretchen Kuhrmann for Mendelssohn's dramatic oratorio Elijah, along with fellow soloists Danielle Talamantes, soprano, Dennys Moura, tenor, and Kerry Wilkerson, baritone.
Ms. Gori opened this past season with the In Series in their smash-hit critically acclaimed double bill of Leonard Bernstein's Trouble in Tahiti and William Bolcom's Casino Paradise. In October, she joined the In Series again for their "Big Birthday Bash" 10th Anniversary Party and Performance at the Gala Tivoli Theater.
Upcoming performances during the 2011-2012 season include Frederick Delius' Songs of Sunset with the Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic and the NVCC Community Chorus in March and April of 2012.
In addition to her solo career, Ms. Gori performs regularly as part of Opera Night Live, a troupe of Washington's finest classical singers and entertainers, and as part of the duo Amanti Cantanti with her husband, baritone Aurelius Gori. For more information or to receive e-mail updates about upcoming performances by Opera Night Live or Amanti Cantanti , please contact Ms. Gori at grace.gori@verizon.net.
Ms. Gori also enjoys sharing her knowledge of singing with students of all ages. For more information on Ms. Gori's teaching practice, please visit www.GoriVoiceStudios.com.