Moulson studied voice in Boston and New York, among others with Frederick Jagel. He started his
career at the New York City Opera in 1958 (debut as Sam Polk in Susannah by Carlisle Floyd).
Until 1984, he appeared at many major US opera theaters: Houston, Seattle, Portland, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Boston, San Francisco, New
Orleans, Central City, and several times at the New York City Opera. Internationally, he sang in Vancouver, but above all a lot in
Germany: he belonged to the respective troupes in Hannover (1963–65), Bonn (1965–67) and Frankfurt (1965–69, first as a
permanent guest, then as a regular member); in addition, he appeared in Hamburg, Stuttgart, Köln, Düsseldorf and Duisburg.
His big moment came in 1970: on January 22nd, he sang Lennie Small in the Seattle world premiere of Carlisle Floyd's Of mice and
men – it became his signature role. Other than that, his repertory included Don José, Edgardo, Fernand, Hoffmann,
Gounod's Faust, Radames, Duca, Alfredo, Don Carlo, Cavaradossi, Canio, Oedipus rex or Ägisth. I guess to appreciate him, it was
indispensable to see him on stage: he was a fantastic actor. On the level of pure singing, well... he is a bit tough on the ears, and I'm
having a difficult time imagining him as Fernand or Hoffmann.
Upon quitting the stage in 1984, he opened a restaurant in Georgia, where he lived. The last six years of his life, he worked as a school
bus driver. He died from leukemia.
Reference 1, reference 2, reference 3: Kutsch & Riemens
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