Wikipedia Draft:Mathias Masson

Mathias MASSON (born May 3rd 1979) the nephew of the singer Jocelyne Jocya, is a French lyrical tenor who has had an active international career in operas and concerts since 2005. He has sung with several opera companies, including the Florida State Opera. He was a regular performer at the Bel Canto Paris from 2007 until 2010 where he gave weekly performances with renown singers such as Clementine Margaine and Vasyl Slipak. Specializing in light lyric tenor roles, he performed in the operas of Mozart, Bizet and Massenet. He continues to perform on the concert platform in addition to his work in the Airline Cargo business.

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 1999 to study music in USA and under the strong advice of his teachers (Dr A. Lewis, Dr B. Smith) he decided to Major in Voice Performance.

Since then, Mathias has performed in Operas and operettas, sang many recitals, concerts. In December 2003, he was invited by the North Port Orchestra to perform extract 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 famous teacher Raphael Sikorski, Mathias and regularly sang 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.

== References ==

http://www.mathiasmasson.com/home.html

Jocelyne Jocya

le choeur d'air france, tenor section

Raphael Sikorski

International Night of Sarasota Film Festival

Florida State Opera