Naomi Matsumoto

Dr. Naomi Matsumoto is a Reader in Music at Goldsmiths, University of London, specializing in opera studies, music historiography, and Baroque performance practices. She serves as Convenor of the Integrated Degree in Music and International Admissions Tutor, bridging academic administration with research leadership.

• Key affiliations: Royal Musical Association, Society for Seventeenth-Century Music, Japan Musicological Society
• Fellowships: Royal Society of Arts, Royal Historical Society

Research Interests include:

• Operatic madness from Monteverdi to Donizetti
• Baroque performance conventions and manuscript studies
• Transnational reception of Western opera in Japan
• Interdisciplinary work with medical history and cultural studies

Her publications focus on Lucia di Lammermoor, Carmen, and Madama Butterfly, examining their cultural adaptations and diagnostic representations. Recent projects explore Wagner's influence on Japanese theatre and Bess of Bedlam's identity crisis.

Scientific Awards:

• Overseas Research Scholarship
• British Federation of Women Graduates Award
• Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation Award
• Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation Award
• Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Award
• Royal Musical Association Prize

As an educator, she supervises areas in 17th-19th century Italian opera, intercultural reception studies, and Baroque performance. She contributes to critical editions and liner notes for major musical releases.