Matthew Rose (bass)

Matthew Rose (born 1978 in Brighton) is an English operatic bass.

Biography

Rose studied at Seaford College and the Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia.^[1] In 2003 he joined the Young Artists Programme at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.^[2]

He has performed at La Scala, Milan, Santa Fe Opera, The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Glyndebourne, Welsh National Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Opéra National de Lyon, Teatro Real, Madrid and English National Opera. He has sung most of the standard oratorio repertoire in concert, working with orchestras such as the London Symphony Orchestra, the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Tonhalle Orchester Zürich, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, The Monteverdi Choir, and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, and has given recitals at venues such as the Wigmore Hall.^[3]

Operatic repertoire

Doctor in Vanessa by Barber Don Fernando in Fidelio by Beethoven Zuniga in Carmen by Bizet Claggart, Lieutenant Ratcliffe & Mr Flint in Billy Budd by Britten Abbott in Curlew River by Britten Bottom in A Midsummer Night's Dream by Britten Noye in Noye's Fludde by Britten Swallow in Peter Grimes by Britten Collatinus in The Rape of Lucretia by Britten Raimondo in Lucia di Lammermoor by Donizetti Talbot in Maria Stuarda by Donizetti Albert in La Juive by Halévy Haraschta in The Cunning Little Vixen by Janáček Seneca in L'incoronazione di Poppea by Monteverdi Speaker & Sarastro in The Magic Flute by Mozart Leporello in Don Giovanni by Mozart

Publio in La clemenza di Tito by Mozart Title role in The Marriage of Figaro by Mozart Crespel in The Tales of Hoffmann by Offenbach Colline in La bohème by Puccini Don Basilio in The Barber of Seville by Rossini Truffuladino in Ariadne auf Naxos by Strauss Tutor in Elektra by Strauss Tiresias in Oedipus Rex by Stravinsky Nick Shadow in The Rake's Progress by Stravinsky Gremin in Yevgeny Onegin by Tchaikovsky Il re in Aida by Verdi Monk in Don Carlos by Verdi Pistola in Falstaff by Verdi Lodovico in Otello by Verdi Tom in Un ballo in maschera by Verdi Pogner in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg by Wagner Fasolt in Das Rheingold by Wagner

Recordings

He has recorded with Sir Colin Davis (Berlioz L'enfance du Christ and a Child of our Time for LSO Live), Sir Charles Mackerras (Mozart Vespers and Schubert Mass in E flat with Dresden Staatskappelle), Richard Hickox (Schubert Mass in E flat), Antonio Pappano (Tristan and Isolde) and a CD of Liszt songs with Iain Burnside.

References

1. ^ Houston Grand Opera biog
2. ^ Article in The Times
3. ^ Askona Holt agency website

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