About Vanessa Moya
Vanessa Moya is a Latina mezzo-soprano based in Boston who can regularly be heard singing everything from contemporary art song to Baroque oratorios.
While in Boston, Vanessa has done justice to some of the most difficult operatic roles in the canon, including Ruggiero (Alcina), Sesto (La Clemenza di Tito), Candelas (El Amor Brujo), and Gertrude Stein (After Life). She has also performed Ruth (The Pirates of Penzance), Mamma Lucia (Cavalleria Rusticana), and Third Lady (The Magic Flute). Her notable undergraduate opera credits include Cornelia (Giulio Cesare) and L’enfant (L’enfant et les sortilèges). Most recently, she premiered the role of Cliodhna, Fear/Anxiety in Laura Nevitt’s The Ninth Wave with the Voice of Iris Ensemble.
As an oratorio soloist, Vanessa has performed The Messiah, Mozart’s Mass in C Minor, Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater, and Vivaldi’s Gloria. She additionally performed the role of Mercurius in a staged production of Phoebus und Pan with Longy School of Music.
Up next, Vanessa will cover Dulcamara (L’Elisir d’amore) with Boston Summer Opera.
Vanessa holds a Master of Music from Longy School of Music of Bard College and a Bachelor of Music from Stetson University, where she was awarded the Orestes Santos Music Scholarship for outstanding Cuban American music students in 2018.