Born in The City of Lights (Paris, France), Mathias
Masson spent his childhood in the middle of the famous “Quartier Latin”
surrounded by strong historical environments such as Notre-Dame or the Orsay
Museum.
After studying at the famous schools Lycée Henri IV
and Fénelon, he left France in 2000 to study music in USA and under the strong
advice of his teachers (Dr A. Lewis, Dr B. Smith) he decided to start a career
as an Opera singer.
Since then, Mathias has performed in two operettas,
sang many recitals, concerts and in December 2003 was invited by the North Port
Orchestra to perform the recitative and aria from Handel’s Messiah. In January
2004 Mathias also participated at the International Night of Sarasota Film
Festival (2004-2005) and worked with Sarasota Opera for the production of Lakme.
From 2005 to 2007 he studied at Florida State
University with world-famous Tenor Stanford Olsen. In November 2005 Mathias
performed the role of Elder Hayes in the production of Susannah and in 2007 the
role of Don Octavio in Florida State Opera' s production of Don Giovanni.
Currently living in Paris and Studying with
International Tenor Thierry Dran, Mathias is regularly singing with Paris
Company “Le Bel Canto”. Since the completion of his Bachelor Degree at Florida
State University, Mathias has performed in numerous venues, recitals and
special events such as “Air France
75th anniversary” at the Grand Palais in Paris.