ALEXIA  MATE 

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Soprano Alexia Mate graduated with her Master of Music degree in Voice from The New School – Mannes School of Music in May 2020. Most recently she performed selections from Der Rosenkavalier as Sophie in the Met Opera Guild 2023 Master Class Series and was named one of 10 finalists in the Opera Birmingham 2024 Vocal Competition. She will be seen in concert with the Chandler Opera Company and NY Chamber Music Festival this fall.

 

Alexia was awarded Third Place in the 2020 American Vocal Arts International Collegiate Singing Championship and was the recipient of a Grant Prize from the 2019 Gerda Lissner Song/Lieder Competition. She was also named one of 9 finalists in the 2020 National Opera Association’s Carolyn Bailey and Dominic Argento Competition, a national semi-finalist in the 2019 Camille Coloratura Awards Competition, and international semi-finalist in the 2020 James Toland Vocal Arts Competition. She is currently on the artist roster for Opera on Tap NYC. In the summer of 2020, Alexia was also contracted as a Professional Fellow with SongFest which was held remotely due to COVID-19.

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Alexia received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Carnegie Mellon University where she was featured as Queen of the Night in Die Zauberflöte, Jenny Slade in Roman Fever, Adele (cover) in Die Fledermaus, Cunegonde in Candide scene selections, and the soprano soloist in the Fauré Requiem with the Carnegie Mellon University choir. She also premiered the role Idealized Martha in a newly composed opera called Trapped in a Mind with a Friend of Mine by Andrew Dewey. In 2018, she performed the role of Amy in Little Women with the Hawaii Performing Arts Festival. In addition, she has been a Studio Artist with the Redwoods Opera Workshop, the Savannah Voice Experience Festival, and IVAI. In 2015, Alexia was featured as the soprano soloist in Beethoven’s 9th Symphony with the Clinton Symphony Orchestra under the baton of maestro Charles Schneider.  

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Alexia received the Derdeyn Award in Voice in 2017 from Carnegie Mellon University. She has also been a recipient of the Jacobs School of Music Premier Young Artist Award from Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music and the Robert E. McGuire Music Award from the Veterans of Foreign Wars with a resolution from the New York Senate.   

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Alexia has had the privilege of studying under the tutelage of Jon Fredric West, Beth Roberts, and Maria Spacagna,

 

In addition to opera, Alexia is very passionate about the violin and has been a classical violinist for 19 years. She has performed as a soloist and concertmaster of various chamber and symphony orchestras.

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