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 Gilda in Rigoletto 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 in I 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 Die Entführung aus dem Serail. 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 and Requiem (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, the HansGaborPrize 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 as the Queen of the Night.
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