Opera Masterclass: Matthew Rose by Various, Du (2022/2022)

Matthew Rose studied at the Curtis Institute of Music before becoming a member of the Young Artist Programme at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. In 2006 Matthew made an acclaimed debut at the Glyndebourne Festival as Bottom in Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream – for which he received the John Christie Award – and has since sung the role at Teatro alla Scala, The Royal Opera House, Opéra National de Lyon, Houston Grand Opera and the Metropolitan Opera. He has sung under the baton of Sir Colin Davis, Gustavo Dudamel, Sir Andrew Davis, Vladimir Jurowski, Sir Charles Mackerras, Yannick Nézet-Seguin and Antonio Pappano and is already a critically acclaimed recording artist, winning a Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording for Ratcliffe Billy Budd. Other recordings include Winterreise with pianist Gary Matthewman and Schwanengesang with Malcolm Martineau (Stone Records). 21/22 season included Wotan Die Walküre for ENO and the Staatstheater Darmstadt, Monk Don Carlos and Raimondo Lucia di Lammermoor for the Metropolitan Opera and Filippo II Don Carlos for Wroclaw Opera. On the concert platform, Matthew sings Christus St Matthew Passion with Arcangelo at the BBC Proms and Messiah with the Rotterdam Philharmonic and Jonathan Cohen as well as with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and Reinhard Goebel.