Khori Dastoor

{{subst:proposed deletion|concern=unknown living person with outdated information}} Khori Dastoor is an American operatic soprano and actress. A native of Pasadena, California, as of 2010, she is an Artist in Residence with Opera San Jose. Her voice has been recognized for its formidable, silvery upper register and graceful, crisp sound.

Dastoor graduated with honors from the New England Conservatory of Music, and as of 2010 was concluding her doctoral studies at the University of California, Los Angeles, where she was the recipient of the Dean's Award for the School of Arts and Architecture.

She has performed in such venues as Los Angeles Opera, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Opera San Jose, the Colburn School, Aspen Music Festival, Royce Hall, Lake George Opera, and the Los Angeles Master Chorale, and Songfest 2004 at Pepperdine University.

She has appeared internationally with orchestras such as the American Youth Symphony, the California Philharmonic, and the Presidential Symphony Orchestra of Turkey.

The operatic repertoire which she has performed includes such roles as Gilda (Rigoletto), Pamina (Die Zauberflöte), Sophie (Werther), Adina (L'elisir d'amore), Despina (Così fan tutte), Susanna (Le nozze di Figaro), Micaela (Carmen), Clorinda (La Cenerentola), Manon (Manon), Miss Wordsworth (Albert Herring), Gabrielle (La Vie parisienne), Mabel (The Pirates of Penzance), Lauretta (Gianni Schicchi), and Lakmé (Lakmé), Gretel (Hansel and Gretel), Oscar (Un ballo in maschera), Lucia (Lucia di Lammermoor) and Cunegonde (Candide).

Dastoor's contemporary repertoire has included such premier roles as La Novia in Lorca, Child of the Moon and Mary in the world premiere of Paul Chihara's Magnificat.