Having studied at Royal Holloway, Matthew has gone on to work extensively in comedic opera with a focus on operetta and The Savoy Opera’s. He has been a regular principal with The National Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company (The Major General, The Mikado, Pirate King, Sir Despard, Private Willis, Pooh Bah, Grosvenor). He has worked both in London and on tour with companies such as Opera della Luna (Jupiter, Captain Corcoran) and Charles Court Opera (Grosvenor, Katisha, Mountararat, Captain Corcoran) in several award nominated/winning productions. Matthew has been a guest soloist with Tarantara Productions and also sang Sgt Of Police in Lyric Opera Ireland’s The Pirates of Penzance. Matthew’s portrayal of Hugh Barr (Pooh Bah) at The Grimebourne Festival was shortlisted for Best Opera Performance at The Offie Awards.

Matthew recently covered Swineherd and Satan at The Royal Opera House in a double bill of Full Moon in March and Les Larmes de Couteau. He played Guglielmo in Mozart’s Così fan tutte and participated in various dementia galas and SEN workshops for the Celebrate Voice Festival. He toured with MidWales Opera’s Macbeth as Servo/Sicario and was part of the ensemble. He performed Escamillo in Carmen at Longborough Festival Opera and was proud to be part of Longborough’s Playground Opera, which brings opera workshops and performances into schools. This included The Downfall of Don Jose in 2022/23 as Escamillo and The Implausible Potions of Dr Dulcamara (L’Elisir d’Amore) in 2024 as Belcore/Dr Dulcamara.

In 2024, he returned to Longborough as Benoit/Alcindoro in La Bohème, while covering the role of Schaunard. He also performed Frank in Die Fledermaus at IF Opera. Upcoming engagements include covering a role at Opera North and, in 2025, touring with Scottish Opera.

He has performed roles at The Buxton International Festival (Jupiter in Orphée aux enfers) and Iford Arts Festival (Candide). He is proud to be a Serena Fenwick Artist with British Youth Opera and can be seen in many complete Gilbert and Sullivan Opera’s on gsopera.tv.