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Rigoletto
Baritone Nathan Matticks (Rigoletto) is a thunderous yet sympathetic jester, whose vengeful wrath is heartfelt and terrifically portrayed.
"[Rigoletto] is a role that has to carry a lot of vocal power and emotional range and stamina. It’s the sort of role that can be hard to cast with singers at an earlier stage of their career. So we have someone in Nathan Matticks who specializes in these Verdi roles."
Il Trovatore
Mr. Matticks is the perfect bad guy throughout – his stunning baritone voice conveying equal portions of lust and hatred.
The breakout performance here was baritone Nathan Matticks as Count di Luna. Never has the creepy villain of this opera sounded so appealing as Mr. Matticks did during "Il balen," the great Act II aria in which he obsessed over Leonora. His final cry of the opera brought the curtain down in thundering fashion. He got the loudest shouts at the end of the performance, having walked the line between sober villainy and all-out madness all the way to its end.