Trond Halstein Moe

Trond Halstein Moe was born in Trondheim, Norway and was educated at the University of Trondheim as well as The Norwegian Musikkhøgskole. He had his breakthrough in 1987 as he received the first price at the prestigious Belvedere Competition in Vienna. This event led to engagements in Hungary, Austria, Germany, France, Ireland, Sweden as well as Russia where he gave several concerts. Now in Norway he has had a productive period performing in more than 20 roles in addition to church concerts. Some of the critic favourites are The Count in Le Nozze de Figaro and Figaro in Il Barbiere di Siviglia. Trond Halstein Moe has been a central performer when new Norwegian music is performed, among them Nagel in Mysteries (1994) of Johan Kvandal and the part as Johannes in Egil Hovlands Fange og Fri (1995). This season Trond Halstein Moe had the title role at the World premiere of Grieg and Ragnar Søderlinds opera Olav Tryggvason in Bergen and Oslo. This season he performs as Alfio in Cavalleria Rusticana, Figaro in Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Anckarström in Un Ballo in Maschera and Dr. Falke in Die Flädermaus. For the last two seasons his repertoire has included Figaro (Il Barbiere di Siviglia), Sharpless (Madama Butterfly), Dancairo (Carmen), Marcelo (La Bohéme), Ein Musiklehrer (Ariadne auf Naxos) in Santiago de Campostela during a guest performance by The Norwegian National Opera.