A three-time winner of The American Prize in Vocal Performance, Justin John Moniz’s “superb high tenor” (South Florida Classical Review) and “commanding stage presence” (TalkinBroadway.com) has been thrilling audiences in opera houses, theaters, and concert halls across the nation, among them Opera Grand Rapids, Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre, Sarasota Opera, Florida Grand Opera, the Opera Company of Middlebury, Opera New Jersey, DreamCatcher Theatre/Adrienne Arsht Center, Orchestra Miami, Gulfshore Opera, Palm Beach Dramaworks, the Orchestra of Northern New York, and Chicago Symphony Center. His unique style and versatility have afforded him an active career in opera, concert, and musical theatre, having sung over 80 roles to date. Most recently, Mr. Moniz’s star turn as Prince Karl Franz in The Student Prince with Opera Grand Rapids received high praise and great acclaim, the press hailing his performance as “simply outstanding…glorious” (Encore Michigan). His performance also earned him the prestigious BroadwayWorld Award for Best Actor in a Musical.
Recent and upcoming engagements include appearances with the Columbus Indiana Philharmonic, the Terre Haute Symphony Orchestra, and the Millikin-Decatur Symphony Orchestra, in a series of classical holiday and pops concerts, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, and Handel’s Messiah. This summer, Moniz returns to Hawaii Performing Arts Festival to make his role debut as Bobby in Sondheim’s Company—a celebration of the festival’s fifteenth anniversary. In August, he will make his Mexican debut in a series of concerts at Teatro Isauro Martinez in Torreon, Mexico, with Cantos para Hermanar al Mundo. Additional engagements include recital and concert appearances in California, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, North Carolina, and Oklahoma.
Highlights of recent seasons include Prince Karl Franz in The Student Prince with Opera Grand Rapids, Cinderella’s Prince/The Wolf in Into the Woods with DreamCatcher Theatre/Adrienne Arsht Center (alongside Tituss Burgess), Alfredo in La traviata with Florida State Opera, both Pang in Turandot and Gastone in La traviata with the Opera Company of Middlebury, Old Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit with Sarasota Opera, Nanki-Poo in The Mikado with Gulfshore Opera, Something Wonderful: The Music of Rodgers & Hammerstein at the Chicago Symphony Center, Detlef in The Student Prince and a victorious debut as Cassio in Otello (with less than ten minutes notice) during the production’s closing performance with Utah Festival Opera.
Mr. Moniz holds four degrees from Florida State University, the University of Miami, and SUNY Potsdam. He has received young alumni awards from all three of his alma maters, having recently been named one of Florida State University’s Notable Noles and University of Miami’s 30 Under Thirty. In addition, Moniz was awarded the Rising Star Award from SUNY Potsdam. He is a proud member of the American Guild of Musical Artists and the Actors’ Equity Association.
