Matthew Rose

British bass Matthew Rose studied at Christ Church University, Canterbury and at the Curtis Institute of Music in the United States before becoming a member of the Young Artists’ Programme at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.

For the Royal Opera his roles have included Bottom (A Midsummer Night’s Dream), Colline (La bohème), Masetto (Don Giovanni) and, in concert, Albert (La Juive).

In 2005 he made an acclaimed debut at the Glyndebourne Festival as Bottom for which he received the John Christie Award. Other appearances include Bottom at the Opera National de Lyon; Collatinus at the Teatro Réal in Madrid; Speaker (The Magic Flute) and Colline at the English National Opera and, for the Welsh National Opera, the Monk (Don Carlos) and Mozart’s Figaro. In the U.S. he has performed with the Opera Company of Philadelphia and for the Opera Festival of New Jersey.

His future engagements include Bottom at La Scala, Milan, and for Houston Grand Opera; Mozart’s Figaro in Lille; Polyphemus (Acis and Galatea) at Covent Garden; his role debut as Leporello (Don Giovanni) at Santa Fe and returns to the Glyndebourne Festival.

In concert, his recent engagements have included appearances with the LSO with Sir Colin Davis, Daniel Harding and Michael Tilson Thomas; the SCO with Norrington; the Philharmonia Orchestra and the Dresden Staatskapelle with Mackerras and the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich with Dutoit.

In recital he has appeared at the Chester and Cheltenham International Festivals and he has performed Schubert’s ‘Schwanengesang’ with Malcolm Martineau at St John’s Smith Square and in Edinburgh.

His recordings include Der Steuermann (Tristan und Isolde) with Pappano; Ratcliffe (Billy Budd) with Harding and Bel Canto arias with Natalie Dessay and Evelino Pido for EMI; Mozart arias with the Classical Opera Company for Sony; Mozart’s ‘Requiem’ with Belohlávek and Tippett's ‘A Child of our Time’ and Berlioz’s ‘L’enfance du Christ’ with Sir Colin Davis for LSO Live.

He is the recipient of the Independent Opera/Wigmore Hall Fellowship.