Biography
Young American baritone Kenneth Mattice is earning international praise for his poignant singing, handsome appearance and his natural stage presence. In the 2012/13 season, Kenneth Mattice will make his house debut at Opera Delaware, performing Silvio/Pagliacci and a concert debut with the Falmouth Chorale & Orchestra. Last season’s engagements included the title role in the World Premiere of Carson Kievman’s Hamlet at the SoBe Institute of the Arts in Miami, Figaro/Il Barbiere di Siviglia with Florida Opera Theater, Vero Beach Opera and First Coast Opera, Dandini/La Cenerentola with Union Avenue Opera, Phoebus/The Fairy Queen with Big Apple Baroque, Baron Douphol/La Traviata with Lyric Opera Baltimore and Guglielmo in Opera Providence’s production of Così fan Tutte.
Il barbiere di Siviglia Roméo et Juliette Die Zauberflöte La Bohème Così fan Tutte
Die Zauberflöte La Bohème Così fan Tutte as Mercutio
"...not only a confident singer with rounded, bell-like projection, but also an exciting actor who kept raising the energy level on stage."
Richard Scheinin
San Jose
Mercury News
as Figaro
"Kenneth Mattice was a charismatic and robust-toned Figaro. ...Mattice roamed the stage nimbly and rattled through his famous introductory patter song, 'Largo al factotum' with aplomb."
Joshua Kosman
San Fransisco
Chronicle
***BREAKING NEWS***
Kenneth will be making his German operatic debut this week. He has just been engaged by Theater Dortmund as an Einspringer (jumping in) where he will be singing the role of Larry King in the European continental premiere production of the opera Anna Nicole. The performance is May 17th at 7:30pm.
