Christopher Mooney, baritone has been delighting American audiences since his debut as Marcello in La Bohème at the Aspen Music Festival. He has since appeared nationally with New York City Opera, Santa Fe Opera, the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, the Aspen Opera Theatre, Opera Northeast, Connecticut Grand Opera, State Repertory Opera of New Jersey and the Caramoor Festival. Mr. Mooney's versatile repertoire includes such varied roles at Tarquinius in Rape of Lucretia, Achilles in Julius Ceasar, Count Almaviva in Le Nozze di Figaro and Billy Bigelow in Carousel. While still a student at Julliard, Mr. Mooney was chosen to star with Vivica Geneaux in La Cenerentola at the Caramoor Festival, directed by Will Crutchfield, which drew rave reviews in The New York Times. He has shared the stage with such notables as Sherrill Milnes, Jerry Hadley, Jerome Hines, Renee Flemming and Marcello Giordani. He made his Carnegie Hall debut in Opera Orchestra of New York's production of Lucrezia Borgia. May 2000 found him in the South Pacific, taking a bow as Schaunard in Opera of the Pacific's inaugural production of La Bohème. Recent New York engagements included a return to Carnegie Hall in Adriana Lecouvreur, and Polydorus with Sir Charles Mackerras in L'Enfant du Christ.

         Mr. Mooney received his Bachelor's Degree from the University of Texas at Austin and his Master's Degree from The Julliard School. After moving to Williamsburg, he was an adjunct for the voice faculty at Virginia Commonwealth University where he was the "Artist-in-residence" with the VCU Opera Department. He is currently on the voice faculty of Christopher Newport University, residing at the new Ferguson Center of the Performing Arts. Locally, he regularly sings with the Virginia Opera, the Virginia Symphony and the Norfolk Chamber Consort, as well as a popular yearly Broadway "pops" event at the Kimball Theatre in Williamsburg to benefit the Youth Orchestra. Mr. Mooney recently performed a sold-out concert entitled "Vienna Dreams-Broadway Lights" with Art Song of Williamsburg. Recent local events have included Samuel in The Pirates of Penzance with the Virginia Opera and The Messiah with the Virginia Symphony, as well as Puccini's Messa di Gloria and Dvorak's Te Deum with the Virginia Symphony and Chorus.