Born in Oyama, Japanese soprano Mari Moriya made her début at the Metropolitan Opera New York as the Queen of the Night in the acclaimed Julie Taymor production of Die Zauberflöte conducted by James Levine, a role she has also performedwith Glyndebourne On Tour, Palm Beach Opera, Pittsburgh Opera, Portland Opera and the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center in Washington. In 2007 / 2008 Ms Moriya made her European debut as Liù in Turandot with Opera Ireland, returning as Zerbinetta in Ariadne auf Naxos andZerlina in Don Giovanni. She also travelled to Seoul for concerts with the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra singing arias from Lucia di Lammermoor and Rigoletto.
In the USA, Ms Moriya has sung Adina in L'elisir d'amore for Tulsa Opera, the title role in Lucia di Lammermoor at the University of Indiana, the title role in Lucia di Lammermoor and Die Entführung aus dem Serail for the International Vocal Arts Institute, New York,Juliette in Roméo et Juliette for Center City Opera, Philadelphia, and was the soprano soloist in an all Handel Gala Concert with Connecticut Grand Opera where she also sang her first Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro. Her repertoire further includes Giulietta inI Capuleti e i Montecchi, Elisetta in Il matrimonio segreto, the title roles in Linda di Chamonix, Madame Mao in Nixon in China,Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni and Konstanze in. Her concert repertoire includes the J. S. Bach Passions, Beethoven Choral Symphony (which she has sung with the Bruckner Orchestra Linz), Handel Messiah and Samson, Mozart Mass in C Minor andRequiem (which she sang at the 2010 Mozart in Gdansk Festival) and Orff Carmina Burana.
Mari Moriya represented Japan at Cardiff Singer of the World 2007, and has won several singing competitions including National Finalist of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, First Prize at the Cla Muze Vocal Competition, Second Prize at the 11th National Classical Music competition, First Prize at the Veronica Dunne International Singing Competition in Dublin, theHansGabor Prize at the Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition and the Charles A. Lynman Vocal Competition. She earned her Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from The Musashino Academy of Music in her native Japan, and attended Mannes College of Music in the Professional Study Diploma programme.
During 2009 / 2010, she made her debut at the Oper Leipzig as the Queen of the Night in Die Zauberflöte, a role she repeated with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and the Seattle Opera in 2010 / 2011. Currently, she is currently a member of the Landestheater Linz, where she has sung the title role in Lakmé and Clorinda La cenerentola. During 2011 / 2012, her roles in Linz include the title role in Maria Stuarda, Fiordiligi Così fan tutte, Mimì La bohème and Sophie Der Rosenkavalier. She will also make her debut at the Wiener Volksoper and Scottish Opera as the Queen of the Night.
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Opera Repertoir
COMPOSER TITLE ROLE
ADAMS J. Nixon in China Chiang Ch'ing(Madam Mao Tse-tung)
BELLINI V. I Capuleti e I Montecchi Giulietta
BELLINI V. I Puritani Elvira
BELLINI V. La Sonnambula Amina
BIZET G. Les pêcheurs de perles Leïla
DELIBBES
L. Lakmé Lakmé
DONIZETTI
G. Don Pasquale Norina
DONIZETTI
G. L'elisir d'amore Adina
DONIZETTI
G. Linda di Chamounix Linda
DONIZETTI
G. Lucia di Lammermoor Lucia
GOUNOD C/ Roméo et Juliette Juliette
HÄNDEL G.
F. Giulio Cesare Cleopatra
MOZART W.
A. Entführung aus dem Serail Konstanze
MOZART W.
A. Le nozze di Figaro Susanna
MOZART W.
A. Die Zauberflöte Königin der Nacht.
OFFENBACLes Contes Olympia
H J. d`Hoffmann
PUCCINI G. Turandot Liu
STRAUSS
R. Ariadne auf Naxos Zerbinetta/ Najade
STRAUSS
R. Der Rosenkavalier Sophie
TOMAS A.. Hamlet Opélie
VERDI G. Falstaff Nannetta
VERDI G. Rigoletto Gilda
Concert Repertoir
BACH J. S. Matthäus-Passion
BACH J. S. Johannes-Passion
HÄNDEL G. F. Samson
MOZART W. A. Missa in C minor
ORFF C. Carmina Burana
PERGOLESI G B. Stabat Mater
SSTRAUSS, R. Brentano Lieder
