Matthew Rose was born in Brighton, UK. He studied at The Curtis Institute of Music with Marlena Malas and Mikael Eliasen.
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He was a member of the Young Artists Programme at the Royal Opera from 2003-2005. He has since performed many roles there, including Pimen, Baron Ochs, Polyphemus, Bottom, Colline, Sarastro, Sparafucile, and Masetto, amongst others. He was Artistic Advisor to the Metropolitan Opera’s Lindemann YAP, and has performed Phillippe II, Claudio, Oroveso, Ashby, Colline, Leporello, Masetto, Frere Laurent, Talbot, Bottom, Raimondo, and The Night Watchman for the Met.
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At Glyndebourne, where he was awarded the 2006 John Christie Award, he has sung Bottom, Leporello, Nick Shadow, Collatinus and Callistene. He has also sung at Berlin Staatsoper and Deutsche Oper, Bayerische Staatsoper, Teatro Real, Valencia, Chicago Lyric Opera, Semperoper, Opera Philadelphia, Santa Fe Opera, Opera de Bordeaux, Houston Grand Opera, English National Opera, Grange Park Opera and La scala, Milan.
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In concert he has sung with Berlin Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, Boston Symphony, New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, London Symphony Orchestra , The Philharmonia, BBC Symphony, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Dutch Radio Orchestra and Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra of Radio France, Het Concertgebouw Orchestra, Swedish Radio Orchestra, Bergen Philharmonic, Budapest Festival Orchestra, Melbourne Symphony, Vienna Symphony, Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Monteverdi Choir and Orchestras, Academy of Ancient Music, Arcangelo, and The English Concert amongst others.
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He has sung at Edinburgh, Aldeburgh, Georges Enescu, Salzburg, Berlioz, Verbier, Mostly Mozart Festivals and at BBC Proms.
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Amongst the conductors he has worked with are Sir Charles Mackerras, Sir Colin Davis, Sir Andrew Davis, Sir Antonio Pappano, Daniel Harding, Jakub Hrusa, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Edward Gardner, Jonathan Cohen, Fabio Luisi, James Levine, Corrado Rovaris, Charles Dutoit, Robin Ticciati, Simone Young, Emmanuelle Haïm, Harry Bicket, Richard Hicox, Karina Canellakis, James Gaffigan, Donald Runnicles, Yannick Nezet Seguin, and Vladimir Jurowski.
In recital he has performed at Wigmore Hall, Carnegie Hall, Het Concertgebouw, with pianists Anna Tilbrook, Iain Burnside, Julius Drake, Malcolm Martineau, Joseph Middleton, Tom Poster, Vlad Iftinca and Helen Collyer.
With Gary Matthewman he recorded a celebrated Winterreise, which they performed at Wigmore Hall, and he has recorded Schubert’s Schwanengesang with Malcolm Martineau.
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With Jonathan Cohen and Arcangelo he recorded a recital of Arias for Benucci.
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He can be found in many DVDs and CDs.
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As an educator he ran his own course in Urbania, Italy La Scuola di Belcanto, has run courses at Britten Pears Arts and has taught at Chautauqua Institution and Royaumont Academy. He has given masterclasses at Michigan State University, The Juilliard School, Manhattan School of Music, and The Curtis Institute of Music.
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He is Artistic Director of Folkestone on Song, bringing song and singing to Folkestone and East Kent UK and of The Spoleto Vocal Arts Workshop in collaboration with Mahler LeWitt Studios in Umbria.