Praised for his “wonderfully sweet–toned, lyric tenor voice that is an instrument of great beauty,” (Classical Review) American Matthew Swensen has emerged as one of the most versatile and charismatic tenors of his generation. Recent projects include Handel’s Samson with the Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart, Count Almaviva in Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia with the New Orleans Opera, a debut at the Rheingau Music Festival in Mendelssohn’s Lobgesang Symphony, and Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis with the NDR Orchestra. Other European credits include Ferrando in Così Fan Tutte with Adam Fischer (after giving his first performance in the role under Zubin Mehta) as well as Fenton in Falstaff (with Sir John Eliot Gardiner) and Tom Rakewell in The Rake’s Progress (with Daniele Gatti), all at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. He also made several concert appearances in Florence, Dresden and Leipzig with conductors such as Franz Welser-Möst and Alain Altinoglu.