Matthew Thomas

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Bass-baritone


Last Victorian Opera performance

Bass-baritone in Heroic Bel Canto, July 2019

Last 3 major performances

  • Ambassador in La bella dormentata, Victorian Opera, 2017
  • The King in Eight Songs for a Mad King, Melbourne Recital Centre, 2017
  • Hasselbacher in Our Man in Havana, Lyric Opera of Melbourne, 2017

Education/Training

  • Diploma of Opera, Sydney Conservatorium
  • Master of Music, Canberra School of Music
  • Developing Artist Program, Victorian Opera

Age when you started singing

21

Favourite opera or musical

Orfeo ed Euridice, Gluck

Favourite opera or musical role to perform

The King, Eight Songs for a Mad King

A fun fact not many people know about you

I have spent probably thousands of hours looking at the floorplans of historical buildings.

What do you like to sing in the shower?

Tenor arias (transposed down a fifth). 'Una furtive lagrima' is a perennial favourite.