Luna was educated at
Portland State University where she graduated with a Bachelor of Music degre in 2001. She earned her master’s degree from the
University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. She made her debut at the
Metropolitan Opera (Met) as the Queen of the Night in
Julie Taymor's production of Mozart's
The Magic Flute, and continued with roles such as Najade in
Ariadne auf Naxos and Fiakermilli in
Arabella, both by R. Strauss, and Olympia in Offenbach's
The Tales of Hoffmann. About her performance of Ariel in
The Tempest at the Metropolitan Opera,
The New York Times said, "Mr. Adès's Ariel is a dazzling creation, and Ms. Luna conquers the role." The
Calder Quartet and Luna toured Europe in 2016 with
Péter Eötvös's
song cycle The Sirens. In 2017, Luna set the record for singing the highest written note on the Metropolitan Opera stage,
A6, during the American premiere production of Thomas Adès' new opera
The Exterminating Angel; Luna was part of that opera's world premiere at the
Salzburg Festival in 2016, and a production by the
Royal Opera House, London, in 2017. Other roles in Luna's repertoire include Zerbinetta in
Ariadne auf Naxos, the title role in Donizetti's
Lucia di Lammermoor, Madame Mao in Adams'
Nixon in China, Gilda in Verdi's
Rigoletto, the title role in
Lakmé by Delibes, and Chief of the Gepopo in Ligeti's
Le Grand Macabre. In the 2017/18 season, she sang two Donizetti roles for the first time, Norina in
Don Pasquale and Marie in
La fille du régiment. Luna has appeared on the concert stage with
Berlin Philharmonic,
London Symphony Orchestra,
New York Philharmonic,
Los Angeles Philharmonic,
San Francisco Symphony,
Minnesota Orchestra,
Seattle Symphony, and others. Her concert repertoire includes
Brahms' Requiem, Orff's
Carmina Burana, Handel's
Messiah,
Unsuk Chin's
Cantatrix Sopranica,
Makris' Symphony for Soprano and Strings, Vivaldi's
Gloria, Ligeti's
Requiem and
Le Grand Macabre, George Crumb's
Star-Child, Amy Beach's
Grand Mass, and Debussy's
Le Martyre de saint Sébastien. ==Discography==