ALEXIA  MATE 

Alexia is a Greek-American soprano from New York, currently based in Arizona. She has received numerous accolades, including Third Place in the 2020 American Vocal Arts Collegiate Singing Championship and Grant Prize Winner in the 2019 Gerda Lissner Song/Lieder Competition. She was also named a finalist in the 2025 International McCammon Voice Competition, 2024–25 John Alexander Voice Competition, 2024 Opera Birmingham Vocal Competition, and the 2020 National Opera Association’s Carolyn Bailey and Dominic Argento Competition. In addition, she was a national semi-finalist in the 2019 Camille Coloratura Awards Competition, and an international semi-finalist in the 2020 James Toland Vocal Arts Competition.

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Recently, Alexia made her role debut as Frasquita in Carmen with the Chandler Opera Company in March 2025 and appeared in concert with Arizona Opera. She also performed selections as Sophie in Der Rosenkavalier for the Metropolitan Opera Guild’s Master Class Series and appeared in concert at the New York Chamber Music Festival’s Love Duets Showcase.

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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 soprano soloist in the Fauré Requiem with the Carnegie Mellon University choir. She also premiered the role of Idealized Martha in a newly composed opera titled 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.

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In addition, she has been a Professional Fellow with SongFest, a Studio Artist with the Redwoods Opera Workshop, the Savannah Voice Experience Festival, and IVAI. In 2015, Alexia was featured as 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, accompanied by a resolution from the New York State Senate.

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

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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.