Praised for his “Smooth, rich sound,” and “Stylish power,” by The Baltimore Sun, Matthew Curran brings a blend of intelligent musicianship and strong dramatic instincts to a variety of roles. Having sung on the stages of the Zürich Opera, Seattle, Atlanta, Memphis, and many other regional opera houses, he is a major talent with a varied career as a soloist in opera and concert as well as choral singing. His operatic repertoire includes Filippo in Verdi’s Don Carlo, Ramfis in Aida, Timur in Turandot, Sarastro in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, Oroveso in Bellini’s Norma, Frère Laurent in Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette, and Colline in La Bohème. Recent appearances include Sparafucile in Rigoletto with Opera Carolina, Opera Grand Rapids, and Toledo Opera, Orbazzano in Rossini’s Tancredi with Baltimore Concert Opera and Opera Southwest, Judge Turpin in Sweeney Todd with Baltimore Concert Opera, Simone in Gianni Schicchi with Opera Delaware, and Zuniga in Carmen with the Phoenicia International Festival of the Voice.

Also an advocate and lover of new and more modern works, he recently sang Spencer Coyle in Britten’s Owen Wingrave with Little Opera Theater of New York, Basil Howard in Lowell Lieberman’s The Picture of Dorian Grey with Odyssey Opera, Thomas Betterton in the New York premiere of Carlisle Floyd’s Prince of Players, and the role of Terry in the widely acclaimed Breaking The Waves by Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek produced by Beth Morrison Projects in its New York Premiere at the Prototype Festival.

With a voice well suited to the repertoire, he has sung the bass solos in many of the great works for the concert stage including Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, Handel’s Messiah, the Mozart, Verdi, Brahms, and Faure requiems, and many of the great Bach Oratorios.

Fortunate enough to have sung with numerous high level choral ensembles, he has recorded repertoire spanning from William Byrd to Pärt, including the Grammy nominated Tyberg: Masses with South Dakota Chorale, and performed in venues ranging from Notre Dame and Washington National Cathedrals to The Mormon Tabernacle and Carnegie Hall.