This season, Matthew Peña returns to the ensemble of the Staatstheater Braunschweig where he will appear as Le Chevalier de la Force in DIALOGUES DES CARMÉLITES, as well as in productions of IM WEIßEN RÖSSL and SCHLAFLOS by Peter Eötvös. In previous seasons, performances have included Narraboth / 1. Jew in SALOME, Mime in DAS RHEINGOLD, Bénédict in BÉATRICE ET BÉNÉDICT, Baron Kronthal in DER WILDSCHÜTZ, and soloist in CARMINA BURANA.
He has also recently appeared as Mime in SIEGFRIED at Virginia Opera, Jack/Tobby Higgins in Weill's AUFSTIEG UND FALL DER STADT MAHAGONNY at Theater Bonn, Mitch in A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE at the Landestheater Schleswig-Holstein, Heurtebise in ORPHÉE by Philip Glass at the Anhaltisches Theater Dessau, 3. Jew in SALOME at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin, and Jeweler / 1. Fisherman in SLEEPLESS at the Grand Théâtre de Genève.
Other notable engagements include appearances at Deutsche Oper Berlin, Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Oper Leipzig, Theater Magdeburg, Theater Kiel, Volkstheater Rostock, as well as Der Bucklige in DIE FRAU OHNE SCHATTEN at the Bayerische Staatsoper, conducted by Kirill Petrenko, and Edmondo in MANON LESCAUT at both the Royal Opera House Muscat in Oman, on tour with the Deutsche Oper Berlin, and the Palau de les Arts Renia Sofia in Valencia conducted by Plácido Domingo. He also recorded the role with Maestro Domingo, Andrea Bocelli and the Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, released by Decca in 2014.
He is a graduate of Oberlin College and Conservatory, where he received Bachelor degrees in Music and Politics, and a Masters from the Manhattan School of Music.
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