MATTHEW DUNCAN

Matthew Duncan is currently a postgraduate student at the Royal Northern College of Music where he is undertaking the Vocal & Opera course with Thomas Schulze. After graduating in Music at the University in Hull in 2004 he attended the Morley Opera Course in London and also studied in Perugia and Hamburg.

Earlier this year he sang the title role in Britten’s Billy Budd at the RNCM and also appeared in the college’s recent production of Le Nozze di Figaro. In 2007 he sang the role of Masetto (Don Giovanni) with Opera Anywhere and also appeared in Strauss’s ‘The Bat's Revenge’ with Alternative Opera Company.

Roles performed at Morley College Opera included Gugliemo & Don Alfonso (Cosi fan Tutte), Ottone, (Coronation of Poppea), Figaro (Barber of Seville) as well in extracts from Manon, Don Pasquale, Lucia di Lammermoor and Dido & Aeneas.

Matthew sings frequently as an oratorio soloist and recitalist. He has recently sung Bach’s Cantata no. 23 ‘Halt im gedachtis Jesum Christ’ with the Yorke Trust in Norfolk and in Schubert’s Mass in A flat and Mass in G with Ulveston Choral Society.