Past engagements include: Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia for Boston Lyric Opera, San Francisco Opera, New National Theatre, Tokyo and Canadian Opera Company; Suzuki in Madama Butterfly for Opéra National de Lyon, Boston Lyric Opera, Fort Worth Opera, Westfield Symphony, Opera Company of North Carolina, and for a production directed by David Freemanin Royal Albert Hall, London; Angelina in La Cenerentola for Opera Colorado and San Francisco Opera; Madrigal Singer in Puccini's Manon Lescaut for Opéra National de Paris, Bastille; Agnese in Beatrice di Tenda for VARA Radio Orchestra broadcast from the Concertgebouw inAmsterdam; Charlotte in Werther for Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa and Boston Lyric Opera; Cherubino in Le Nozze di Figaro for Seattle Opera.

Ms. Shigematsu has sung Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 with Yomiuri Symphony Orchestra conducted by Gerd Albrecht, which was recorded for subsequent CD release; A Midsummer Night's Dream by Mendelssohn with Kurt Masur; Sea Pictures by Elgar; several concerts and recitals in Tokyo and Osaka, one of which is to be broadcast nationwide in Japan by NHK; a Gala Concert at the Montreal Opera; concerts with Santa Barbara Symphony Orchestra; Duruflé's Requiem and El Sombrero de Tres Picos by Falla in Tokyo and solo recitals in Geneva (Grand Théâtre de Genève), Lyon (Opéra National de Lyon), San Francisco, Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka; duo recitals with counter-tenor Brian Asawa in San Francisco and Lyon (with Christophe Rousset on the harpsichord at the Opéra National de Lyon).

Recent and upcoming engagements include: (6/03) Angelina in La Cenerentola with San Francisco Opera; the role of Rosina in Minnesota Opera's production of Il barbiere di Siviglia (4/2001), Suzuki in Madama Butterfly with Opéra de Montpellier (2002) New York City Opera (2002), the San Diego Opera (2003), again at New York City Opera in the fall of (2003), Opera Pacific (2003) with Houston Grand Opera (2004), Kentucky Opera (2005)), Central City Opera (2005), and Opera Columbus (2006). Also at New York City Opera she sang Teodata in Handel's Flavio in 2003. During the Fall of 2001 Ms. Shigematsu sang the role of Romeo in a concert of I Capuleti ed I Montecchi by Bellini with the Tros Radio 4 Orchestra in Hilversum, Netherlands; she sang in The Three Cornered Hat by de Falla with the Japan Philharmonic in Tokyo under the baton of Jesus Lopez-Corbos and the Verdi Requiem with the Kyoto Symphony Orchestra. This spring she sang the Mozart Mass in C Minor and C.P.E. Bach's Magnificat with the National Chorale at Avery Fisher Hall. In 2003 Ms. Shigematsu will sing a solo recital at the Ishihara Hall Recital Series in Osaka, Japan.

Miss Shigematsu currently resides in New York City.