Described as “brilliant” and possessing “…a strong, pleasantly ringing voice with a nice extension up top, incredible stamina, and acting abilities not often seen on the operatic stage” by Opera News, tenor, Matthew DiBattista, is continually in demand on some of the world’s most prestigious stages. He has sung with such conductors as Charles Dutoit, Andris Nelsons, Robert Shaw, and Sir Andrew Davis. Mr. DiBattista has performed over 70 different roles spanning the operatic repertoire and makes his Houston Grand Opera debut in Fall 2025 as Tinca/Gherardo in Il Trittico. In 2024/25 Mr. DiBattista made his San Francisco Opera debut as the Doctor in The Handmaid’s Tale, his Carnegie Hall debut as the Teacher in Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk with the Boston Symphony Orchestra recorded on Deutsche Grammophon, and recorded as King Nebuchadnezzar in The Burning Fiery Furnace with Enigma Chamber Opera. He has been on the roster of the Metropolitan Opera and performed several seasons with Lyric Opera of Chicago singing Normano in Lucia di Lammermoor, Esquire in Parsifal, Faninal’s Major-Domo in Der Rosenkavalier and others. Highlights from recent seasons include Triquet in Eugene Onegin, Goro in Madama Butterfly, and Scaramuccio in Ariadne auf Naxos at the Santa Fe Opera, Beppe in I Pagliacci and Monostatos in Die Zauberflöte with Palm Beach Opera, the Madwoman in Curlew River with Enigma Chamber Opera, and Soloist in Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings with the Bach, Beethoven and Brahms Society, and the Captain in the Grammy nominated recording of Corigliano’s Lord of Cries with Odyssey Opera. Further performances include the Witch in Hänsel und Gretel, Triquet in Eugene Onegin, and Borsa in Rigoletto with Michigan Opera Theatre; Amrou in La Reine de Saba, and the Earl of Surrey in Saint-Saëns’ Henry VIII with Odyssey Opera; the Doctor in Poul Ruders’ The Handmaid’s Tale, Don Basilio in Le nozze di Figaro, and Flute in A Midsummer Night’s Dream with Boston Lyric Opera.
Other successes include work with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Glimmerglass Opera, Florida Grand Opera (“Matthew DiBattista was splendid in the multiple character-tenor turns, with a beautifully produced voice at his command.” – Opera News), Cincinnati May Festival, New Orleans Opera, Opera Omaha, Tulsa Opera, Opera Boston, Virginia Opera, Opera Colorado, Tanglewood, and has appeared nine seasons as principle artist with Opera Theatre of Saint Louis (“As the villain Bégearss, the mega-talented Matthew DiBattista was appropriately showy…” – Opera News).