{{Short description|American opera singer}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2025}} {{For|the British politician|Matt Vickers}} '''Matthew Ryan Vickers''' (born 1985) is an American operatic tenor from Telford, Pennsylvania, who performs internationally in leading roles from the ''tenore spinto'' repertoire. His most frequently performed roles are Alfredo Germont in ''La traviata'', B. F. Pinkerton in ''Madama Butterfly'', and Rodolfo in ''La bohème''.
== Life and education == Vickers attended Christopher Dock Mennonite High School, where he began singing in the school choir. He performed in his first opera at the age of 20, appearing as a chorus member in Leoncavallo's ''Pagliacci''. He studied at Lynchburg College, graduating with a Bachelor of Music in 2009. He went on to study Italian singing at the Penn State School of Music at Pennsylvania State University with Graham Sanders,<ref name="Adler" /> receiving his Master of Music in Voice Performance in 2012.<ref name="Resume" /> That same year, he sang in the American Institute for Musical Studies competition in Graz, winning 3rd prize. In subsequent years he was a finalist in the 2013 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, the district of Philadelphia, and the 2014 Washington, D.C. region competition. In 2015 he came third in the Annapolis Opera Vocal Competition, and received a young alumni award from Dock Menonite Academy.<ref name="DockAlumni" /> He performed the roles of Rodolfo in ''La bohème'' with the Penn State Opera Theatre and Turiddu in ''Cavalleria rusticana'' with the Minnesota Concert Opera. He became an apprentice artist at the Sarasota Opera in 2015 and a studio artist the following year.<ref name="BioBoston" />
== Career == Vickers made his official opera debut while he was still a studio artist, stepping in as Arrigo in Verdi's ''La battaglia di Legnano'' after the first scene.<ref name="debut" /> In the same year, he also attracted attention in the role of Laerte in Franco Faccio's ''Amleto'' with Opera Delaware,<ref name="Midgette" /> in the titlerole in ''L'amico Fritz'' with Boston Midsummer Opera,<ref name="Kravitz" /> and in his debut<ref name="OWR" /> as Don José in ''Carmen'' with Opera Western Reserve.<ref name="Rollin" />
In 2017, his portrayal of Avito in Italo Montemezzi's rarely performed opera ''L'amore dei tre re'' garnered attention to the spinto qualities of his voice.<ref name="Burnett" /> He made guest appearances with numerous other role debuts, including Sam Polk in ''Susannah'' at Opera Roanoke, Luigi in ''Il tabarro'' with the Opera Company of Middlebury, the Duke of Mantua in ''Rigoletto'' at Charlottesville Opera, Arnold in ''Guillaume Tell'' at Opera Southwest, and Edgardo in ''Lucia di Lammermoor'' with Opera Western Reserve.<ref name="Resume" /> Renato des Grieux in ''Manon Lescaut'' at Sarasota Opera and B. F. Pinkerton in ''Madama Butterfly'' at Opera Memphis followed in 2018.<ref name="Resume" />
Vickers, who had specialised in Italian operas in the USA,<ref name="Resume" /> made his debut in Italy in French,<ref name="Intervista" /> performing as Don José in the French opera ''Carmen'' at the Macerata Opera Festival in the Sferisterio di Macerata arena in the summer of 2019.<ref name="Sferisterio" /><ref name="Macerata" /> The performance also marked the Italian debuts of Irene Roberts in the title role and David Bižić as Escamillo, and was aired live on Rai 3 radio.<ref name="Gelsomini" /> Soon after, Vickers was able to showcase his Italian skills in Italy as a last-minute jump in for the Duca di Mantova in ''Rigoletto''.<ref name="Moravcsik" /> Returned to the US, he debuted as Canio in ''Pagliacci'' with the Savannah Opera and as Cavaradossi in ''Tosca'' with the Virginia Opera.<ref name="Resume" /> He won a grant at the Giulio Gari International Vocal Competition in the same year.<ref name="Gari" />
In January 2020, Vickers sang the role of the Prince Dimitri in Alfano's ''Risurrezione'' in Rosetta Cucchi's staging at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino festival,<ref name="Risurrezione" /> which was released on DVD.<ref name="RisurrezioneDVD" />
Other planned performances planned for the year that became the first of the COVID-19 pandemic were canceled,<ref name="Resume" /> including a production of ''Carmen'' by Vicker's alma mater, the Penn State School of Music.<ref name="CarmenCOVID" /> The 50th anniversary celebration of AIMS in Graz, Austria, at which he had been invited to perform, was also canceled due to COVID-19.<ref name="Brittingham" /> However, Vickers sang in the pandemic-friendly open-air concerts Drive-Through Arias and Opera Jukebox by Opera Delaware, which was celebrating its 75th anniversary.<ref name="DriveThrough" /><ref name="Jukebox" />
In 2021, Vickers made his house and role debut as Malcolm in David McVicar's staging of Verdi's ''Macbeth'' at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, conducted by Enrique Mazzola, and starring Sondra Radvanovsky as Lady Macbeth.<ref name="Johnson" /> In 2022, he made his role debut as Foresto in ''Attila'' at Sarasota Opera, as Maurizio in ''Adriana Lecouvreur'' at Opera Baltimore, and as Romeo in Riccardo Zandonai's ''Giulietta e Romeo'' with New York's Teatro Grattacielo.<ref name="Resume" /><ref name="Jacobson" /> In November 2022, he sang the role of Charlie Silver in the world premiere of Craig Carnahan's ''Requiem for Frankie Silver'', with a libretto by Craig Fields.<ref name="Orpheus" /> The production was staged and conducted by Carnahan, and featured soprano Lauren Senden in the title role.<ref name="MacPhail" /> In 2023, Vickers sang the role of Pollione in ''Norma'' with Opera Tampa,<ref name="Resume" /> and the role of Alfredo in ''La traviata'' in a joint production by Opera Delaware and Opera Baltimore.<ref name="Obenreder" />
Vickers moved to Germany to join the soloists' ensemble at the Staatstheater Darmstadt in 2023. Once more he made his role debut, house debut and country debut in French, in the title role of Offenbach's ''Les contes d'Hoffmann'',<ref name="Boyens" /> conducted by Generalmusikdirektor (GMD) Daniel Cohen.<ref name="Zibulski2023" /> His first Italian language role in Darmstadt was Alfredo in ''La traviata'', he also sang this role as a guest at the Theater Osnabrück that same season.<ref name="Operabase" /> In 2024, Vickers sang Aegisth in ''Elektra'' in a staging by {{ill|Karsten Wiegand|de}}, the intendant of Staatstheater Darmstadt.<ref name="Operabase" /> He also made his house debuts at Staatstheater Meiningen in the title role in ''Don Carlos'' in French in Achim Freyer's staging, conducted by GMD {{ill|Killian Farrell|de}},<ref name="Dippel" /> and as Pinkerton in ''Madama Butterfly'' at the Landestheater Eisenach.<ref name="Operabase" /> The following year, in 2025, he debuted in the same role at the Stadttheater Heilbronn<ref name="Operabase" /> and the Theater Koblenz.<ref name="Ambrosius" /> Also in 2025, Vickers sang Melot in Wagner's ''Tristan und Isolde'' at the Staatstheater Darmstadt, in the staging by Eva-Maria Höckmayr, with Magdalena Anna Hofmann as Isolde and Heiko Börner as Tristan.<ref name="Freiberg" /> Vickers sang Masaniello in Auber's ''La muette de Portici'' in Paul Georg Dittrich's staging, with Megan Marie Hart as Elvire and Ricardo Garcia as Alfonso.<ref name="Kohrs" /> He sang the Drum Major in Berg's ''Wozzeck'' in Wiegand's staging, with Oliver Zwarg in the title role, and GMD Cohen conducting.<ref name="Holze" /> At the beginning of the 2025/2026 season, Vickers debuted in the role of Radamès in ''Aida'' alongside Hart in the title role, and Aris Argiris as Amonasro<ref name="Falentin" /> in a co-production between the Staatstheater Darmstadt and the Finnish National Opera directed by Noa Naamat<ref name="Naamat" /> and conducted by first Kapellmeister and deputy GMD Johannes Zahn.<ref name="Zahn" />
== Repertoire (selection) == {{columns-list |colwidth=20em | * Alfano: Dimitri Ivanovich in ''Risurrezione'' * Auber: Masaniello in ''La Muette de Portici'' * Berg: Tambourmajor in ''Wozzeck'' * Carnahan: Charlie Silver in ''Requiem for Frankie Silver'' * Donizetti: Edgardo in ''Lucia di Lammermoor'' * Floyd: Sam Polk in ''Susannah'' * Leoncavallo: Canio in ''Pagliacci'' * Mascagni: Fritz Kobus in ''L'amico Fritz''<ref name="Kravitz" /> * Mascagni: Turridu in ''Cavalleria Rusticana'' * Montemezzi: Avito in ''L'amore dei tre re'' * Offenbach: Hoffmann in ''Les contes d'Hoffmann'' * Puccini: Luigi in ''Il tabarro'' * Puccini: Rodolfo in ''La Bohème'' * Puccini: B. F. Pinkerton in ''Madama Butterfly'' * Puccini: Renato des Grieux in ''Manon Lescaut'' * Puccini: Mario Cavaradossi in ''Tosca'' * Rossini: Arnold in ''Guillaume Tell'' * Strauss: Aeghist in ''Elektra'' * Verdi: Radamès and Un Messagero in ''Aida'' * Verdi: Foresto in ''Attila'' * Verdi: Alfredo Germont in ''La traviata'' * Verdi: Duca di Mantova in ''Rigoletto'' * Wagner: Melot in ''Tristan und Isolde'' * Zandonai: Romeo in ''Giulietta e Romeo'' }} <small>Sources:<ref name="Operabase" /><ref name="Resume" /></small>
== Recordings == === Video === * Alfano: ''Risurrezione''. (Dynamic 2020.) : Anne Sophie Duprels as Katerina Mihaylovna (Katyusha), Matthew Vickers as Prinz Dimitri Ivanovitch Nehlyudov, Leon Kim as Simonson, Francesca Di Sauro as Sofia Ivanovna, Romina Tomasoni as Matryova Pavlovna/Anna, Nadia Pirazzini as Maidservant, Ana Victória Pitts as Vera/Korablyova, Barbara Marcacci as Fenyichka. Orchestra and choir of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. Conductor: Francesco Lanzillotta. Staging: Rosetta Cucchi. Video: Davide Mancini. Recorded on the 17th and 21st of January, 2020.<ref name="RisurrezioneDVD" /> === Audio === * Bizet: ''Carmen''. (Euro Opera 3998, 2019.) : Irene Roberts (Carmen), Matthew Ryan Vickers (Don José), David Bizic (Escamillo), Valentina Mastrangelo (Micaëla), Gaetano Triscari (Zuniga), Stefano Marchiso (Moralès), Saverio Pugliese (Remendado), Tommaso Barea (Dancaïre). Conductor: Francesco Lanzillotta, Orchestra Filarmonica Marchigiana<ref name="Goller" /> * Auber: ''La Muette de Portici''. (La Maison de la Lyrique, Auber 0024, 2025.) : Ricardo Garcia (Alfonso), Matthew Vickers (Masaniello), Megan Marie Hart (Elvire), Georg Festl (Pietro), Zaza Gagua (Borello), Marco Mondragón (Lorenzo), Johannes Seokhoon Moon (Selva), Kwanghee Choi (Ein Fischer). Opera choir of the Staatstheater Darmstadt, Staatsorchester Darmstadt conducted by Nicolas Kierdorf.<ref name="MuetteAudio" />
== Awards and recognition == * 2012: AIMS Meistersinger Competition – 3. prize and audience price<ref name="AIMS2012" /><ref name="BioDarmstadt" /><ref name="BioBoston" /> * 2013: Metropolitan Opera National Council Philadelphia District – Winner<ref name="BioBoston" /><ref name="BioDarmstadt" /> * 2014: Metropolitan Opera National Council Washington D.C. Region – Encouragement award<ref name="BioBoston" /><ref name="BioDarmstadt" /> * 2015: Annapolis Opera Vocal Competition – 3. prize<ref name="BioBoston" /> * 2015: Dock Mennonite Academy – Young Alum Award<ref name="DockAlumni" /> * 2019: Giulio Gari Foundation International Vocal Competition – Grant winner<ref name="Gari" />
==References== <references>
<ref name="Adler">{{Cite magazine |title=Belcanto-Athlet – Der Tenor Matthew Vickers, frisch in Darmstadt engagiert, liebt Herausforderungen. |magazine=Opernwelt |last=Adler |first=Silvia |url=https://www.der-theaterverlag.de/opernwelt/archiv/artikel/belcanto-athlet/ |url-access=subscription |page=75 |issue=4 |year=2024 |language=de-DE}}</ref>
<ref name="Resume">{{cite web |url=https://www.matthewvickerstenor.com/resume |title=Matthew Vickers tenor {{!}} Resume |date=<!--Not stated--> |website=matthewvickerstenor.com |access-date=September 9, 2025}}</ref>
<ref name="DockAlumni">{{cite web |url=https://resources.finalsite.net/images/v1735667474/dockhsorg/ojnzq2h4jzue7bwk6cxg/AlumnioftheYearRecipients.pdf |title=Dock Mennonite Academy – Alumni of the Year Recipients |website=dock.org |format=PDF; 94 kB |date=December 31, 2024 |access-date=September 18, 2025}}</ref>
<ref name="BioBoston">{{Cite web |title=PERFORMER BIOS |url=https://bostonmidsummeropera.wordpress.com/performer-bios/ |date=<!--Not stated--> |website=bostonmidsummeropera.wordpress.com |access-date=September 9, 2025}}</ref>
<ref name="debut">{{Cite web |title=Grand finale indeed for Verdi cycle in Florida, where matters of the stage are serious business |url=https://nationalpost.com/entertainment/theatre/grand-finale-indeed-for-verdi-cycle-in-florida |date=March 31, 2016 |website=National Post |access-date=September 9, 2025}}</ref>
<ref name="Midgette">{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/a-lost-hamlet-operas-revival-offers-two-happy-endings/2016/05/15/57655fb4-1aa5-11e6-b6e0-c53b7ef63b45_story.html |title=A lost 'Hamlet' opera's revival offers two happy endings |first=Anne |last=Midgette |date=May 15, 2016 |newspaper=The Washington Post |quote=Matthew Vickers — in the short but strong tenor role of Laerte – [was] among the other strong cast members. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160516053859/https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/a-lost-hamlet-operas-revival-offers-two-happy-endings/2016/05/15/57655fb4-1aa5-11e6-b6e0-c53b7ef63b45_story.html |archive-date=May 16, 2016 |access-date=September 9, 2025}}</ref>
<ref name="Kravitz">{{Cite web |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2016/07/21/boston-midsummer-opera-offers-boisterous-appealing-italian-comedies/qSR9Tnsp1tPxBtVeXPMjYL/story.html |title=Boston Midsummer Opera offers boisterous, appealing Italian comedies |first=David |last=Kravitz |date=July 21, 2016 |website=bostonglobe.com |quote=Matthew Vickers as Fritz had ardency and a clear tenor on his side. |access-date=September 9, 2025}}</ref>
<ref name="OWR">{{cite web |url=https://www.operawesternreserve.org/performances/carmen-2016/ |title= Carmen – 2016 |date=November 11, 2016 |website=operawesternreserve.com |access-date=September 9, 2025}}</ref>
<ref name="Rollin">{{cite web |url=https://clevelandclassical.com/opera-western-reserve-carmen-at-stambaugh-auditorium-nov-11/ |title=Opera Western Reserve: Carmen at Stambaugh Auditorium |first=Robert |last=Rollin |date=November 15, 2016 |website=clevelandclassical.com |quote=Mezzo-soprano Rhea Olivacce (Carmen) and tenor Matthew Vickers (Don José) brought their roles to life with exceptional singing and fine acting. |access-date=September 9, 2025}}</ref>
<ref name="Burnett">{{cite web |url=https://operawarhorses.com/2017/03/13/review-sarasota-operas-affectionate-mounting-of-love-for-three-kings-lamore-dei-tre-re-march-11-2017/ |title=Review: Sarasota Opera's Affectionate Mounting of "Love for Three Kings [L'Amore dei Tre Re]" – March 11, 2017 |first=William |last=Burnett |date=2017-03-13 |website=operawarhorses.com |quote=Vickers possesses the requisite spinto voice and command of the role's high tessitura. |access-date=2025-09-09}}</ref>
<ref name="Sferisterio">{{cite web |url=https://www.sferisterio.it/macerata-opera-festival/carmen2019 |title=Carmen {{!}} Sferisterio – Macerata Opera Festival |website=sferisterio.it |language=it |access-date=September 9, 2025}}</ref>
<ref name="Intervista"> See "Intervista a Matthew Ryan Vickers [Interview with Matthew Ryan Vickers] on YouTube" in External links at 0 minutes 40 seconds. Retrieved September 9, 2015.</ref>
<ref name="Gelsomini">{{cite web |url=https://www.cronachemaceratesi.it/2019/07/20/carmen-sexy-ma-non-volgare-rosso-relativo-allo-sferisterio/1277818/ |title=Carmen sexy ma non volgare, rosso relativo allo Sferisterio |trans-title=Carmen sexy but not vulgar, red relating to the Sferisterio |first=Maria Stefania |last=Gelsomini |date=July 20, 2019 |website=cronachemaceratesi.it |language=it |access-date=October 12, 2025 |quote=Spicca la direzione del maestro Lanzillotta, bene i tre protagonisti principali al loro debutto assoluto in Italia: in particolare il mezzosoprano Irene Roberts e il tenore Matthew Ryan Vickers. |trans-quote=Maestro Lanzillotta's conducting stands out, and the three main protagonists make a fine debut in Italy: in particular, mezzo-soprano Irene Roberts and tenor Matthew Ryan Vickers.}}</ref>
<ref name="Macerata">{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbG7po6voog |title=Carmen - Macerata Opera Festival 2019 |date=2019-10-16 |last=Macerata Opera Festival - Arena Sferisterio |type=trailer |language=french |access-date=2025-10-16 |via=YouTube}}</ref>
<ref name="Moravcsik">{{cite web |url=https://operatoday.com/2019/08/rigoletto_at_macerata_opera_festival/ |title=Rigoletto at Macerata Opera Festival |first=Andrew |last=Moravcsik |date=August 17, 2019 |website=operatoday.com |quote=On less than 24 hours’ notice, American Matthew Ryan Vickers, who was performing Don José in Carmen, stepped in to replace the tenor originally schedule to sing the Duke of Mantua. |access-date=September 9, 2025}}</ref>
<ref name="Gari">{{cite web |url=https://giuliogari.org/2019-winners/ |title=2019 International Vocal Competition Winners |website=giuliogari.org |access-date=September 9, 2025}}</ref>
<ref name="Risurrezione">{{cite web |url=https://www.maggiofiorentino.com/events/resurrezione |title=Risurrezione – Maggio Musicale Fiorentino |date=2020 |website=maggiofiorentino.com |language=it |access-date=September 9, 2025}}</ref>
<ref name="CarmenCOVID">{{cite web |url=https://www.psu.edu/news/arts-and-entertainment/story/canceled-production-bizets-carmen-be-presented-eisenhower |title=CANCELED: Production of Bizet's 'Carmen' to be presented at Eisenhower |date=March 4, 2020 |website=Pennsylvania State University |access-date=September 9, 2025}}</ref>
<ref name="Brittingham">{{cite web |url=https://www.csmusic.net/content/articles/aims/ |title=AIMS |first=Joanie |last=Brittingham |date=February 24, 2020 |website=csmusic.net |access-date=September 9, 2025}}</ref>
<ref name="DriveThrough">{{cite web |url=https://outandaboutnow.com/drive-through-arias/ |title=Drive-Through Arias – Out & About Magazine |date=June 17, 2020 |website=outandaboutnow.com |access-date=September 9, 2025}}</ref>
<ref name="Jukebox">{{cite web |url=https://www.operade.org/opera-jukebox-75 |title=Opera Jukebox |website=operade.org |access-date=September 9, 2025}}</ref>
<ref name="Johnson">{{cite web |url=https://chicagoclassicalreview.com/2021/09/after-18-month-covid-hiatus-lyric-opera-reopens-with-a-murky-monastic-macbeth/ |title=After 18-month Covid hiatus, Lyric Opera reopens with a murky, monastic "Macbeth" |first=Lawrence A. |last=Johnson |website=chicagoclassicalreview.com |date=September 18, 2021 |quote=Matthew Vickers displayed a ringing tenor in his company debut as Malcolm. |access-date=September 9, 2025}}</ref>
<ref name="Jacobson">{{cite web |url=https://parterre.com/2022/06/10/romeo-and-gilda/ |title=Romeo and Gilda Review {{!}} Parterre Box |first=Eli |last=Jacobson |date=June 10, 2022 |website=parterre.com |quote=Tenor Matthew Vickers as Romeo managed the typical verismo high declamatory vocal writing with a rich, plangent tone that was never compromised by forcing or shouting always maintaining a flowing lyric line. |access-date=September 9, 2025}}</ref>
<ref name="Orpheus">{{cite web |url=https://www.orpheusmusicproject.org/index.php/projects/musical-projects/ |title=Requiem for Frankie Silver – Orpheus Music Project |website=orpheusmusicproject.org |access-date=September 9, 2025}}</ref>
<ref name="MacPhail">{{cite web |url=https://www.macphail.org/requiem-for-frankie-silver/ |title=Requiem for Frankie Silver - MacPhail |date=October 14, 2022 |website=macphail.org |access-date=September 9, 2025}}</ref>
<ref name="Obenreder">{{cite web |url=https://www.broadstreetreview.com/reviews/operadelaware-and-opera-baltimore-present-verdis-la-traviata |title=OperaDelaware and Opera Baltimore present Verdi's La traviata |first=Gail |last=Obenreder |date=April 4, 2023 |website=broadstreetreview.com |access-date=September 9, 2025}}</ref>
<ref name="Boyens">{{cite news |last=Boyens |first=Bettina |date=October 2, 2023 |title=Flaschengeister unter sich – Als düstere Glitzerrevue eröffnen "Hoffmanns Erzählungen" die Darmstädter Opernsaison |trans-title=Bottled genies among themselves – As a dark, glittering revue, "The Tales of Hoffmann" opens the Darmstadt opera season |page=7 |work=Frankfurter Neue Presse |url=https://www.genios.de/document/FNP__b113bb90b25d3e50fd041ca34dbc284c11a3fabb |url-access=subscription |quote=Tenor Matthew Vickers, seit dieser Saison im Darmstädter Ensemble, trifft in seinem Rollendebüt als selbstverliebter Hoffmann mit glattpolierter Stimme den Ton. |trans-quote=Tenor Matthew Vickers, with the Darmstadt ensemble since this season, hits the note in his role debut as the self-absorbed Hoffmann with a smoothly polished voice. |language=de-DE}}</ref>
<ref name="Zibulski2023">{{cite web |url=https://www.faz.net/aktuell/rhein-main/kultur/hoffmanns-erzaehlungen-am-staatstheater-darmstadt-der-kopf-faehrt-karussell-19214268.html |title=Wenn der Kopf Karussell fährt |first=Axel |last=Zibulski |date=October 1, 2023 |website=Frankfurter Rundschau |quote=Der amerikanische Tenor Matthew Vickers [singt] bei seinem Deutschlanddebüt prächtig, durchschlagend und höhensicher. |trans-quote=The American tenor Matthew Vickers sings magnificently, powerfully and with a secure high note in his German debut. |access-date=September 9, 2025}}</ref>
<ref name="Operabase">See "Matthew Vickers Operabase" in External links. Retrieved September 9, 2025)</ref>
<ref name="Dippel">{{cite web |url=https://www.nmz.de/kritik/oper-konzert/don-carlos-meiningen-ein-meisterstueck-von-freyer-farrell |title="Don Carlos" in Meiningen: Ein Meisterstück von Freyer & Farrell |trans-title="Don Carlos" in Meiningen: A masterpiece by Freyer & Farrell |first=Roland H. |last=Dippel |date=September 7, 2024 |website=Neue Musikzeitung |quote=Schlichtweg ideal klingt Vickers in den ariosen Passagen und Romanzen-Tönen Verdis |trans-quote=Vickers sounds simply ideal in Verdi's ariosic passages and romantic tones |url-access=subscription |access-date=September 4, 2025 |language=de-DE}}</ref>
<ref name="Ambrosius">{{cite web |url=https://www.rhein-zeitung.de/rheinland-pfalz/kultur/madama-butterfly-neue-sicht-auf-grosse-gefuehle_arid-4053547.html |title="Madama Butterfly": Neue Sicht auf große Gefühle |trans-title="Madama Butterfly": A new perspective on great emotions |first=Claus |last=Ambrosius |date=July 6, 2025 |website=rhein-zeitung.de |url-access=subscription |access-date=September 4, 2025 |language=de-DE}}</ref>
<ref name="Freiberg">{{cite web |url=https://www.ioco.de/staatstheater-darmstadt-tristan-und-isolde-richard-wagner-2/ |title=Darmstadt, Staatstheater, Tristan und Isolde - Richard Wagner |first=Ingrid |last=Freiberg |date=February 6, 2025 |website=ioco.de |quote=Charakterstark erweist sich Matthew Vickers als Tristans hinterhältiger Freund Melot. Er gestaltet den Intriganten mit Intensität, durchschlagend, mit aufbrausendem Tenor. |trans-quote=Matthew Vickers proves himself a strong character as Tristan's treacherous friend Melot. He portrays the schemer with intensity, resounding power, and a fiery tenor. |access-date=September 4, 2025 |language=de-DE}}</ref>
<ref name="Kohrs">{{Cite magazine |title=Der Wutbürger schießt – La Muette de Portici Darmstadt Staatstheater |magazine=Opernwelt |last=Kohrs |first=Klaus Heinrich |url=https://www.der-theaterverlag.de/opernwelt/aktuelles-heft/artikel/der-wutbuerger-schiesst/ |page=56 |issue=6 |year=2025 |url-access=subscription |access-date=September 9, 2025 |language=de-DE}}</ref>
<ref name="Holze">{{cite web |url=https://www.faz.net/aktuell/rhein-main/kultur/staatstheater-darmstadt-so-ist-alban-bergs-oper-wozzeck-110486854.html |title=Von allen Seiten gedemütigt – Bergs "Wozzeck" in Darmstadt |first=Guido |last=Holze |date=May 19, 2025 |website=Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung |access-date=September 4, 2025 |url-access=subscription |language=de-DE}}</ref>
<ref name="RisurrezioneDVD">{{Cite web |title=Franco Alfano, Francesco Lanzillotta – Risurrezione – DVD |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/33144588-Franco-Alfano-Francesco-Lanzillotta-Risurrezione |access-date=2025-09-18 |website=Discogs}}</ref>
<ref name="Falentin">{{Cite web |url=https://www.die-deutsche-buehne.de/kritiken/darmstadt-aida-noa-naamat/ |title=Kein Ägypten, keine Liebe |trans-title=No Egypt, No Love |first=Andreas |last=Falentin |date=October 5, 2025 |website=Die Deutsche Bühne |quote=Matthew Vickers und Megan Marie Hart, beide aus dem Ensemble des Staatstheaters, verkörpern Radames und Aida glaubhaft, harmonieren auch im Duett-Gesang. |trans-quote=Matthew Vickers and Megan Marie Hart, both from the State Theatre ensemble, convincingly portray Radames and Aida, and also harmonize in their duets. |language=de-DE |access-date=October 26, 2025}}</ref>
<ref name="Naamat">{{Cite web |url=https://www.noanaamat.com/work/aida |title=Aida |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=<!--Not stated--> |website=noanaamat.com |access-date=October 26, 2025}}</ref>
<ref name="Zahn">{{Cite web |title=Musiktheater |url=https://www.staatstheater-darmstadt.de/ueberuns/backstage/musiktheater/ |date=<!--Not stated--> |access-date=2025-10-26 |website=Staatstheater Darmstadt}}</ref>
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== External links == * {{official|https://www.matthewvickerstenor.com/}} * [https://www.operabase.com/matthew-vickers-a25202/en Matthew Vickers] Operabase * [https://www.staatstheater-darmstadt.de/kuenstler/1025/ Matthew Vickers profile] on the Staatstheater Darmstadt website (in German.) * {{YouTube |id=tBTuUQP5RQ4 |title=Intervista a Matthew Ryan Vickers [Interview with Matthew Ryan Vickers]}} * {{YouTube |id=RWs2I76REB4 |title=AIMS Meistersingerkonzert 2012}}
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