Editing Grace Moore (section)

===Opera===
After training in France, Moore made her operatic debut at the [[Metropolitan Opera]] in New York City on February 7, 1928, singing the role of Mimì in [[Giacomo Puccini]]'s ''[[La bohème|La&nbsp;bohème]]''. She then sang Juliette in ''Roméo et Juliette'', which led to a European tour''.'' She debuted at the [[Opéra-Comique]] in Paris on September 29, 1928 as Mimì, which she also performed in a Royal Command Performance at [[Covent Garden]] in London on June 6, 1935. During her sixteen seasons with the Metropolitan Opera, she sang in several Italian and French operas as well as the title roles in ''[[Tosca]]'', ''[[Manon]]'', and ''[[Louise (opera)|Louise]]''. ''Louise'' was her favorite opera and is widely considered to have been her greatest role. She also sang in ''Carmen'', ''Faust'', ''Pagliacci'', ''Gianni Schicchi'', and others.<ref name=":0" />

In the 1930s and 1940s she gave concert performances throughout the United States and Europe, performing a repertoire of operatic selections and other songs in German, French, Italian, Spanish, and English.  During [[World War II]], she was active in the [[USO]], entertaining American troops abroad.<ref name=Gown>Frank H. McClung Museum, {{cite web|url=http://mcclungmuseum.utk.edu/objectmo/ob-9803.htm |title=Grace Moore Concert Gown |access-date=2006-11-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070211070554/http://mcclungmuseum.utk.edu/objectmo/ob-9803.htm |archive-date=February 11, 2007 }}. University of Tennessee, Knoxville.</ref> In 1945 she sang Mimi to [[Nino Martini]]'s Rodolfo in ''La bohème'' for the inaugural performance of the [[San Antonio Grand Opera Festival]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CE8xiT3pV6QC&pg=PT1161|title=Handbook of Texas Music|author=Laurie E. Jasinski|publisher=[[Texas A&M University Press]]|year=2012|isbn=9780876112977}}</ref>

She also performed during and after WWII in support of Allied Forces.  From the personal memoire of Lt. Gen. [[John C. H. Lee]], on 24 July 1945: "After an early dinner drove in convoy to the Paris Opera House for the gala performance entitled "Pacifique 45" given by the French for the benefit of the families of French war veterans.  The program laid particular emphasis on the war in Japan and included the showing of two films - "Fighting Lady" and "Iwo Jima" and the rendition of several songs and the French and American national anthems by Grace Moore.  Seated in the box of honor were General [[Alphonse Juin]], the French Minister of Information [[Jacques Soustelle]], and a number of important American and French officers.  It seemed to be a great success and was particularly appreciated by the crowd of some 20,000 gathered in the square outside the Opera House."