Gregory Moomjy

Gregory Moomjy received his Master of Science in Journalism from Columbia University. He earned his bachelors in Historical Musicology from Fordham University. Opera is his life-long passion, his critical reviews and commentaries have been published in New Jersey Monthly, Opera Today, Wolfgang's Tonic, Pro Ópera and Music & Vision. He is also a grant writer and researcher for Gotham Chamber Opera in New York City, where he lives.

He is totally immersed in the world of opera, both as a fan and a scholar, and has seen performances in venues around the world such as New York’s Metropolitan Opera, Santa Fe Opera Festival and the Salzburg Festival.

Articles by Gregory Moomjy

Nico Muhly's opera 'Two Boys'

Gregory Moomjy discusses docu-opera, bad language, taboo subjects and negative reviews in the context of Mark-Anthony Turnage's 'Anna Nicole'

Gregory Moomjy pays tribute to New York City Opera

Some harsh criticism from Gregory Moomjy on Offenbach's 'La Périchole' at New York City Opera

Gregory Moomjy experiences a Divaria Productions concert

Opera New Jersey's midsummer concert

Gregory Moomjy discusses what works on stage

The Grand Finals Concert of New York Metropolitan Opera's National Council Auditions

Gregory Moomjy has some reservations about New York City Opera's 'La Traviata'

Rossini's 'The Barber of Seville' at New York Metropolitan Opera

Willian Christie's 'The Enchanted Island'

Gounod's 'Faust' at New York Metropolitan Opera

Gaetano Donizetti's 'Anna Bolena' at New York Metropolitan Opera, reviewed by Greg Moomjy

Gregory Moomjy describes the sly return of Janácek's 'The Cunning Little Vixen' to the magical forest of New York's Lincoln Center

Offenbach's 'Tales of Hoffmann'

'Ariadne auf Naxos' in New York

Rossini's 'William Tell' at the Caramoor Festival

Gregory Moomjy takes a sneak peek at the divas and divos of tomorrow, as heard at New York Metropolitan Opera's National Council auditions

Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic

Gregory Moomjy listens to Tchaikovsky from Alan Gilbert and the New York Philharmonic

For Sciarrino, a modern mad scene: non-Kafka lovers, attend at your own risk

Greg Moomjy writes about the art of the outstanding production

La Scala gives 'Maria Stuarda' the royal treatment. '... the cast was in fine voice ...'

Bellini's 'La Somnambula' provides a long-awaited answer to an age-old question