Carrie-Ann Matheson

Carrie-Ann Matheson is an assistant conductor at the Metropolitan Opera. Appointed to the MET's select full-time regular music staff in August 2007, she serves as a pianist, prompter, and coach. Particularly interested in the development of emerging artists, she was staff coach of the Metropolitan Opera's prestigious Lindemann Young Artist Development Program for six years, a position created for her after she served as apprentice coach/pianist for two years. Ms. Matheson is a featured pianist and vocal coach in the Metropolitan Opera's documentary film The Audition, and makes a cameo appearance, as herself, in the MET's HD release of Bellini's La Sonnambula.

Ms. Matheson has collaborated in recital with some of the world's most prominent artists, including Marilyn Horne, Diana Damrau, Barbara Bonney, and Ruth Ann Swenson. A longstanding Marilyn Horne Foundation artist, she most recently took part in a star-studded gala concert celebrating Ms. Horne's 75^th birthday at Carnegie Hall. Her chamber music credits include performances with members of the New York Philharmonic, the Cleveland Orchestra, the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, and the Montreal Symphony Orchestra. 

In addition to her work at the Metropolitan Opera, Ms. Matheson has served on the coaching staff of the Los Angeles Opera and the Cincinnati May Festival, both under the direction of Maestro James Conlon. She is a faculty member of the International Vocal Arts Institute, working in programs held in Israel, Italy, France, Japan, Canada, and Puerto Rico. Ms. Matheson previously served as co-music director of the Centro Studi Italiani Opera Festival in Urbania, Italy, and has been part of the coaching staff of the Opera Festival of New Jersey and the faculty of the Aspen Music Festival and School. She produced and music directed "Opera Night in Asia," a series of concerts in China and the Philippines, and has conducted performances of La Bohème and Così Fan Tutte for the Bar Harbor Music Festival.