World-renowned baritone soloist appearing at The Metropolitan Opera, Opéra National de Paris & Teatro alla Scala

 

Swedish baritone Peter Mattei returns to the Metropolitan Opera in the 2026/27 season for the title role in Lincoln in the Bardo, Amfortas in Parsifal, and the Diamond Jubilee Gala. On the European stage, he also sings the title role in a new production of Don Giovanni at Opéra National de Paris.

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Highlights from recent seasons include Wozzeck at Bayerische Staatsoper, alongside role debuts as Forester in The Cunning Little Vixen at Gran Teatre del Liceu, and as Jochanaan in Salome and Starbuck in Moby-Dick at the Metropolitan Opera in New York.

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Peter Mattei’s international breakthrough came with the title role in Peter Brook’s staging of Don Giovanni at the Aix-en-Provence Festival in 1998. He has since collaborated with many of the world’s foremost conductors and directors on major stages across Europe and the U.S.

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A frequent guest at the Metropolitan Opera, he has performed leading roles such as the title roles in Don Giovanni and Eugene Onegin, Amfortas in Parsifal, Wolfram in Tannhäuser, Figaro in Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Il Conte in Le nozze di Figaro, Rodrigo in Don Carlo, Marcello in La bohème, Yeletsky in Pique Dame, Shishkov in From the House of the Dead, and, in 2020, his critically acclaimed role debut in the title role of Wozzeck. His other notable roles include Billy Budd (Oper Frankfurt and the Göteborg Opera) and Don Fernando in Fidelio (Teatro alla Scala).

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With one of his signature roles, Don Giovanni, Mattei has worked with celebrated directors such as Peter Brook and Michael Haneke. He has delighted audiences at Opéra National de Paris, the Royal Opera House in London, Teatro alla Scala, Wiener Staatsoper, Bayerische Staatsoper, Opernhaus Zürich, Palau de les Arts Valencia, San Francisco Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Semperoper Dresden, the Royal Swedish Opera, and the Norwegian Opera, as well as the prestigious festivals of Salzburg, Verbier, Aix-en-Provence, Lucerne, and Tanglewood.

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Peter Mattei studied at the Royal Academy of Music and the University College of Opera in Stockholm. He made his professional debut in 1990 as Nardo in Mozart’s La Finta Giardiniera at the Drottningholm Court Theatre, followed by a sensational Royal Swedish Opera debut as Pentheus in Daniel Börtz’s The Bacchae, directed by Ingmar Bergman, in 1991.

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He was appointed Hovsångare (Court Singer) in 2004 and was awarded the medal Litteris et Artibus in 2011 by H.M. The King of Sweden. In 2020, he was named Musical America’s Vocalist of the Year, and in 2024, he was honored with the insignia of Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Ministry of Culture.

Conductor Sascha Goetzel is the founder of our Summer Academy, together with Eivind Gullberg Jensen.

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