There are six characters in the world premiere of “The End of the Affair,” being performed by Madison Opera next weekend. In one of those key roles is Thomas Moore, a European opera star who has performed all the principal opera leads from Hoffmann to Faust throughout Germany, France, Austria and elsewhere on the continent.
Moore, who plays Smythe the rationalist in this premiere, lives in Switzerland, but grew up on a farm in Middleton. He got his start here at the UW- Madison, studying under now retired music director and Prof. Karlos Moser.