Mari Moriya

Mari Moriya was born in Oyama, Japan, and studied at the Musashino Academy of Music in Tokyo (Master of Music) and at the Mannes College of Music in New York (Professional Studies Diploma). She was a Grand Finalist at the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions in 2006 and won awards in major international singing competitions such as Cardiff Singer of the World (Concert Prize – 2007) and Belvedere Singing Competition (Hans Gabor Sonderpreis – 2008).

In 2006 Mari Moriya made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera New York as Queen of the Night under the baton of James Levine. Since then she has performed this role numerous times with leading opera companies in Europe and the United States, including Palm Beach Opera (2006), Pittsburgh Opera (2007), Portland Opera (2007), Glyndebourne Touring Opera (2008), Oper Leipzig (2009-10), Baltimore Opera (2010), Seattle Opera (2011), Scottish Opera (2012), Volksoper Wien (2012-13) and Landestheater Linz under the baton of Franz Welser-Möst (2013-14).

She first appeared in Europe with Opera Ireland in 2007 as Liù in Turandot and returned to Dublin as Zerbinetta in Ariadne auf Naxos (2008) and Zerlina in Don Giovanni (2009). Other career highlights include Konstanze in Die Entführung aus dem Serail and Lucia di Lammermoor, both with the Israel Vocal Arts Institute in Tel-Aviv, Amina in La Sonnambula with Opera Orchestra of New York, Linda di Chamonix at the Caramoor Festival, Juliette in Roméo et Juliette with Center City Opera Philadelphia, Norma at the Chopin Festival in Gdansk, Adina in L’elisir d’amore with Tulsa Opera and Clorinda at the Salzburger Landestheater.
During the current 2016-2017 season she has appeared as Pamina in Die Zauberflöte at the Aichi Triennale 2016 in Nagoya City, Konstanze in Entführung aus dem Serail at the Nissay Theatre and Donna Anna in Don Giovanni at Suntory Hall.