Mamie Matsuda is from Tokyo, Japan.
She made her debut in 2009 as the Sandman and Dew Fairy in Humperdinck’s
Hansel and Gretel for the Saito Kinen Festival in Japan.
Since 2009, she has performed frequently in the Seiji Ozawa Opera Project
and Saito Kinen Festival, with roles including La Cugina in Puccini’s Madama
Butterfly and the Barbarina in Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro.
In 2011 she performed the first soprano solo in Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy
for the Saito Kinen Festival in China with Keiko Mitsuhashi, conductor, and
Peter Serkin, pianist. In 2013 she appeared as une pastourelle in Ravel’s
L’enfant et lessortilèges conducted by Seiji Ozawa, which recording won
Grammy Awards of best opera recording.
She played the leading role of Cio-cio san in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly in
Bury Court Opera.
In 2025 she appeared as one of six flowermaidens in Wagner’s Parsifal
conducted by Marek Janowski at “Spring Festival in Tokyo” and as soloist in
Orff’s Carmina Burana.
In 2010, she won second prize in ‘Das Festival Voitsberg’ competition and third
prize in the prestigious 11th OSAKA International Music Competition.
She is prizewinner of numerous song and composition competitions and has
made many concert, oratorio and opera appearances in Vienna, Spain,
France and Japan at distinguished venues including the Musikverein and
Suntry Hall.
Mamie studied voice with Claudia Visca, art song and oratorio with Gabriele
Fontana, and stage performance with Paul Esterhazy at the University of
Music and Performing Arts Vienna, graduating with honours.
She currently studies with Nelly Miricioiu.