Matthew trained at the Royal Northern College of Music and at London’s Associated Studios. Recent roles include Bourgeois (Fortunio) with Grange Park Opera, Schaunard (La Boheme) with Opera Up Close which won the Olivier Award in 2011 for best opera production, Hobson (Peter Grimes) with Nottingham Philharmonic Orchestra, Frank (Die Fledermaus) with Fulham Opera, Noye (Noye’s Fludde) with Monmouth Opera, 2nd Knight (Parsifal) with Elemental Opera, Gerald (La belle de la Bete) at Tete a Tete Opera Festival, Baron (La Traviata) with Opera UK and Petaling Jaya Arts Theatre in Kuala Lumpur and Tom (Merrie England) with Opera South. Recent ensemble appearances include Iris, La Boheme and The Queen of Spades at Opera Holland Park. Other ensemble credits include Turandot with Northern Ireland Opera as well as Peter Grimes, Queen of Spades, Madama Butterfly, Idomeneo, Tosca, Love for Three Oranges and Tristan und Isolde at Grange Park Opera. Matthew looks forward to returning to Opera Holland Park in 2017 to sing in Kat'a Kabanova and Zaza. On the solo concert platform he has sung at numerous venues across the UK, performing recently at the London Handel Festival with the Amade Players and also in the title role in Elijah at the Cadogan Hall with the LGMC. Other solo Oratorio performances have included Where no Shadows Fall with Worcester Chamber Choir, Bach’s St. Matthew Passion & Christmas Oratorio with King Edward Choral Society, Mozart’s Requiem and Bach’s Matthew Passion with Bournemouth Sinfonietta Choir, Handel’s Israel in Egypt and Haydn’s Nelson Mass at the RNCM. Matthew also sings with the Blossom Street Singers, The J-Tones Quartet, Barbershop-O-Gram and is also a member of Eschoir who recently performed for the Prime Minister at 10 Downing Street.
