MatthewRose
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Representation
Worldwide general management with Askonas Holt
About Matthew
British bass 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.
Matthew's international career has seen him enjoy a close relationship with The Metropolitan Opera, for whom he gave his 100th performance in 2022. His roles there include Filippo II and Monk (Don Carlos), Raimondo (Lucia di Lammermoor), Claudio (Agrippina), Masetto and Leporello (Don Giovanni), Oroveso (Norma), Ashby (La Fanciulla del West), Talbot (Maria Stuarda), Bottom (A Midsummer Night's Dream), Night Watchman (Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg), Frère Laurent (Roméo et Juliette) and Colline (La bohème).
The 2023/24 season includes his house and role debut as Fasolt in Das Rheingold for the Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin, Der Rosenkavalier (Baron Ochs) for Santa Fe Opera and the Grand Théȃtre de Genève, Die Zauberflöte (Sarastro) for Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia, and Cadmus/Somnus in Handel's Semele at Blackheath Halls.
On the concert platform he sings Janáček's Glagolitic Mass with the Montréal Symphony Orchestra and Rafael Payare, Dvořák's Stabat Mater with the Berliner Philharmoniker and Jakub Hrůša, Christus in Bach's St John Passion with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and Trevor Pinnock, as well as Beethoven Symphony No. 9 with both Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France and Mikko Franck and the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra with Nicholas Collon.
Representation
Worldwide general management with Askonas Holt
Season Highlights
Audio
- Schubert - Einsamkeit from WinterreiseCredit: Stone Records
- Schubert - Die Nebensonnen from WinterreiseCredit: Stone Records
- Schubert - Grenzen der MenschheitCredit: Wigmore Hall
Selected Repertoire
Bellini | Norma (Oroveso) |
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Berlioz | Roméo et Juliette (Frère Laurent) |
Britten | Billy Budd (Claggart) • Curlew River (Abbott) • A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Bottom) • Noye’s Fludde (title role) • Peter Grimes (Swallow) • The Rape of Lucretia (Collatinus) |
Donizetti | Anna Bolena (Henry VIII) • Lucia di Lammermoor (Raimondo) • Maria Stuarda (Talbot) • Poliuto (Caliestene) |
Handel | Acis and Galatea (Polyphemus) • Athalia (Abner) • Hercules (title role) • Theodora (Valens) |
Janáček | The Cunning Little Vixen (Harasta) |
Monteverdi | L’incoronazione di Poppea (Seneca) |
Mozart | La clemenza di Tito (Publio) • Don Giovanni (Leporello) • Die Entführung aus dem Serail (Osmin) • Le nozze di Figaro (title role) • Die Zauberflöte (Sarastro) |
Puccini | La bohème (Colline) • Turandot (Timur) |
Ravel | L’Enfant et les sortileges (Le Fauteuil / Un Arbre) |
Rossini | Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Don Basilio) • Guillaume Tell (Walter) • Il Viaggio a Reims (Lord Sidney) |
Strauss | Der Rosenkavalier (Ochs) |
Stravinsky | The Rake’s Progress (Nick Shadow) |
Tchaikovsky | Eugene Onegin (Gremin) |
Verdi | Macbeth (Banco) • Rigoletto (Sparafucile) |
Wagner | Die Walküre (Wotan) • Tristan und Isolde (King Marke) • Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Pogner) • Das Rheingold (Fasolt) |
News
Press
Dvořák Stabat Mater with Berlin Philharmonic and Jakub Hrůša
Berlin PhilharmonieOct 2023...with Matthew Rose an excellent foil, Fasolt-like in sincerity, though building later to quite a fury.
- Mark Berry, Seen and Heard International
- 18 October 2023