Hailed by The New York Times for a voice that is "fully powered and persuasively expressive,” seasons past for Grammy award-winning baritone Matthew Worth include the title role in Il barbiere di Siviglia with Boston Lyric Opera, the title role in the world premiere of JFK with Fort Worth Opera, the world premiere of The Manchurian Candidate with Minnesota Opera, and Moby Dick with Washington National Opera. He has performed leading roles at Santa Fe Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Castleton Festival, Tanglewood Festival, Pittsburgh Opera, and Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, under such luminary conductors as James Levine, Lorin Maazel, and Sir Andrew Davis. Matthew is a committed recitalist and active concert soloist. He has performed Schumann’s Dichterliebe and Mahler’s Songs of a Wayfarer with the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, and was praised by The New York Times as “simply superb, singing with exquisite sensitivity.” He has been featured in concerts with the Atlanta Symphony, the Philadelphia Orchestra, and the Boston Pops Orchestra, and has performed with conductors Donald Runnicles, Robert Spano and James Conlon. He is a Professor of Voice at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and this past summer, Matthew joined the voice faculty at the Chautauqua Opera Conservatory.