Matthew Carey
Baritone - Opera | Concert | Theater
Meet Matt
Baritone Matthew Carey has sung with opera companies throughout the United States as well as Germany, where he was lead baritone at the Stadts Oper Lübeck for four years. His leading roles include Guglielmo in Cosi fan tutte, Wolfram in Tannhäuser, Valentin in Faust, Figaro in Barbiere di Seviglia, Taddeo in La Cenerentola, Alfonso in La Favorita, Heerufer in Lohengrin ,Lescaut in Manon, Marcello and Colline in La Bohème, Ford in Falstaff, Silvio in I Pagliacci and Don Giovanni. Matt has performed with the symphony orchestras of Hamburg, Kotka (Finland), Santa Barbara, the NDR Orchester of Bremen, the Delta Symphony Orchestra and the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra. In concert, he has performed Carmina Burana, Messiah, The Creation, Elijah, the Requiems of Mozart, Brahms and Fauré, Five Mystical Songs (Vaughan-Williams), Old American Songs (Copland) and Drum Taps (Richard Pearson Thomas). Recent appearances on the theater stage include engagements with The Link Theatre Company as Henry in The Fantasticks and as a member of the New Rochelle Ensemble in Ragtime.
Matt has been a member of the voice faculty at Arkansas State University since 1997. In addition to applied voice, he also teaches Lyric Diction for Singers, Vocal Pedagogy and Song Literature. He has been the music director and conductor for the ASU Theater Department's Musical and has co-hosted the College of Fine Arts radio program "Spotlight on the Arts" on public radio NPR affiliate KASU 91.9 FM.
Matt is a prolific recitalist, performing all styles of song literature, and specializing in songs cycles. Most recently, he toured Schubert’s Die Winterreise in Alabama. He has conducted Vocal Master Classes throughout Arkansas, as well as Louisiana and Alabama. Along with his other voice colleagues, he conducts a weekly Studio Class open to all voice students. He is a regular adjudicator at State and Regional NATS competitions, where his students frequently reach the Finals, as well as other local and regional competitions. Matt continues to perform in opera, recital and concert both at A-State and around the country.
For the last 12 years, Matt has been a licensed Speech-Language Pathologist, specializing in Singing Voice Therapy- the habilitation of the injured singing voice. In the Fall of 2014, in collaboration with A-State Assistant Professor of Communication Disorders Shanon Brantley, Matt conducted a 30 day pilot study examining the effectiveness of two different types of vocal exercises. More recently, he has been presenting The Singer’s Preventative Maintenance Program at universities in Arkansas, Tennessee, Louisiana, Alabama and New Jersey.
Watch Matt
Cabaret Songs - Richard Pearson Thomas
I Was There - Lee Hoiby
Te Deum - Tosca - Giacomo Puccini
Die Winterreise - Franz Schubert
Deh vieni alla finestra-Don Giovanni-Mozart
When the Air Sings of Summer-The Old Maid and the Thief-Menotti
O vin , dissipe la tristesse-Hamlet-Thomas
Zwei Lieder aus 'Des Knaben Wunderhorn' von Mahler
Arias from Handel's 'Messiah': Thus Saith the Lord...But Who May Abide; For Behold I tell You a Mystery...The Trumpet Shall Sound
Scintille, diamant-Les Contes d'Hoffman-Offenbach
A Tribute to French Baritone Martial Singher
Vision fugitive from Hérodiade by Massenet
O du mein holder Abendstern from Tannhäuser by Wagner
Rivolgete a lui lo sguardo from Cosi fan tutte by Mozart
Find more on Matt's YouTube channel.
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Repertoire
Opera:
Bizet
Dancaire and Morales in Carmen
Britten
Sid in Albert Herring
Debussy
Pelléas in Pelléas et Mélisande
Donizetti
Alfonso in La Favorita
Gounod
Valentin in Faust
Humperdinck
Father in Hänsel und Gretel
Leoncavallo
Silvio in I Pagliacci
Massenet
Lescaut in Manon
Mozart
Guglielmo in Cosi fan tutte
Nicolai
Herr Fluth in Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor
Puccini
Marcello in La Bohème
Colline in La Bohème
Rossini
Figaro in Il Barbiere di Seviglia
Taddeo in L'Italiana in Algeri
Verdi
Ford in Falstaff
Marquis D'Obigny in La Traviata
Wagner
Wolfram in Tannhäuser
Theater:
Will Rogers in The Will Rogers Follies
Henry Albertson in The Fantasticks
Festivals:
Opera Maya International Opera Festival
-June, 2017; Lead baritone soloist with festival orchestra
Recent Solo Recitals:
2019-Die Winterreise by Franz Schubert (Auburn University, University of Alabama, University of Arkansas, Arkansas State University)
2018-An American Music Recital (Tulane University, University of Memphis)
2016-Das Italienisches Liederbuch by Hugo Wolf (Arkansas State University; with Marika Kyriakos and Bethania Baray)
2014-A Tribute to Martial Singher (Arkansas State University; with Victoria Kirsch; upcoming performance at The American Church in Paris, France-2022)
Selected Concert Repertoire:
Five Mystical Songs by Vaughan Williams (most recent performance with the Concert Choir of Arkansas State University, 2020; Dr. Ryan Sullivan, conductor)
Coffee Cantata by J.S. Bach (most recent performance with the music faculty of Arkansas State University, 2020)
Carmina Burana by Orff (most recent performance with the Delta Symphony Orchestra, 2019)
Drum Taps for Baritone and Wind Ensemble by Richard Pearson Thomas (2017)
Messiah by Händel (most recent performance: 11/8 and 11/9, 2015 in Blytheville and Jonesboro, Arkansas with members of the Memphis Symphony)
Messiah by Händel: annual Messiah Sing with Kelly Craft and Forum Sinfonia (Krackow, Poland)
Gloria by Vivaldi
Elijah by Mendelssohn
Carmina Burana by Orff
Liverpool Oratorio by Paul McCartney
Vesperae Solemnes by Mozart
Johannes Passion by Bach
Magnificat by Bach
Ich habe genug by Bach
The Creation by Haydn
Requiems by Mozart, Fauré and Brahms (most recent Fauré Requiem: 11/1 and 11/7, 2016 in Blytheville and Jonesboro, Arkansas with members of the Memphis Symphony)
Fantasia on Christmas Carols by Vaughan Williams
Selected Song Repertoire:
I Was There by Lee Hoiby (2015 and 2018)
A Tribute to Martial Singher by various French composers (2014)
Italienisches Liederbuch by Hugo Wolf (2015)
Trois Mélodie de Francois Villon by Claude Debussy (2014)
Pilgrimage by Carlisle Floyd (2017 and 2018)
Spanisches Liederbuch by Schumann
Schwanengesang by Schubert
Gypsy Songs by Dvorak
Die Winterreise by Schubert
Dichterliebe and Liederkreis Opus 39 by Schumann
Songs of Travel and Five Mystical Songs by Vaughan-Williams
La Bonne Chanson by Fauré
The Hermit Songs by Barber
Cabaret Songs by Bolcom
Drum Taps by Richard Pearson Thomas
Cabaret Songs by Richard Pearson Thomas
Selected songs by Brahms, Debussy, Schubert, Schumann, Wolf, Mahler, Strauss, Weill, Fauré, Ravel, Poulenc, Finzi, Barber, Duke, Ives, Bolcom, Gershwin, Cole Porter, Johnny Mercer, Rogers and Hart, Cy Coleman, Van Heusen, Burleigh, Mann and Hilliard, Pearson Thomas
Songs with Orchestra and Wind Ensemble:
Drum Taps by Richard Pearson Thomas (premier with A-State Wind Ensemble, (2/10/17)
Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen by Mahler
Old American Songs by Copland
Don Quichotte à Dulcinée by Ravel
Featured on Recording:
Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte by Schönberg for Disque Montaigne (with Stefan Litwin and the Arditti String Quartet)
Narration:
Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte by Schönberg (Arditti String Quartet and Stefan Litwin; University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 2009)
Peter and the Wolf by Prokofiev (Northeast Arkansas Symphony, 2001)
Lincoln Portrait by Copland (Northeast Arkansas Symphony, 2000)