Award-winning lyric baritone Kenneth Mattice is earning praise for his compelling singing and expressive acting.  He has recently been called ‘outstanding’ by the Chicago Tribune and ‘charismatic and robust-toned’ by the San Francisco Chronicle.  A native of Wisconsin and former Resident Artist with Opera San José, Mr. Mattice received rave reviews for his recent debuts as Figaro/Il barbiere di Siviglia, Papageno in Die Zauberflöte, Mercutio/Roméo et Juliette, Enrico/Lucia di Lammermoor and Sharpless/Madama Butterfly.  Other recent performances include Escamillo/Carmen at the Ravinia Festival, Schaunard/La Bohème with Baltimore Opera, Guglielmo/Così fan Tutte with Shreveport Opera, Malatesta/Don Pasquale with the Newton Symphony (Boston) and the title role in Don Giovanni for the Opera Institute at Boston University.

Mr. Mattice has also performed with Chicago Opera Theater, Opera Idaho, Chautauqua Opera, the Pine Mountain Music Festival, Opera Theater North, Townsend Opera and Opera Quad Cities.
      Il barbiere di Siviglia           Roméo et Juliette     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