{{Short description|Swedish operatic baritone (born 1965)}} right|thumb|Peter Mattei, 2012.<br>Photo: Håkan Flank. '''Peter Mattei''' (born 3 June 1965) in Piteå is a Swedish operatic baritone, particularly known for his performances in Mozart's baritone roles.
== Biography == Mattei studied at the Royal Swedish Academy of Music, and debuted in Mozart's ''La finta giardiniera'' as Nardo at the Drottningholm Palace Theatre in Stockholm in 1990. In 1993 Mattei starred as Pentheus in the Ingmar Bergman's TV-film ''Backanterna''. He sang the title role in Mozart's ''Don Giovanni'' for the first time at the Gothenburg Opera in the 1994–95 season. In the same season, Peter Mattei performed as Figaro in Mozart's ''Le Nozze di Figaro''.
Peter Mattei made his international debut as Don Giovanni at the Scottish Opera in Glasgow, Scotland. He was then invited to the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie, Brussels, Belgium and to the Aix-en-Provence Festival, France. His first appearance at the Salzburg Festival was in Beethoven's ''Fidelio'', singing Don Fernando conducted by Sir Georg Solti in 1996. Claudio Abbado selected him as the bass soloist in Bach's ''St. Matthew Passion'' with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. In 2002, Peter Mattei made his first appearance at the Metropolitan Opera as Count Almaviva in Mozart's ''The Marriage of Figaro''. This role has been followed by, among others the title role in Mozart's ''Don Giovanni'' in 2003 and Figaro in Rossini's ''The Barber of Seville'' in 2006. With ''Don Giovanni'' he made a very successful debut at La Scala in Milan, opening the 2011–2012 season.
== Personal life == Mattei lives in Bromma, Sweden. He is married and has two daughters. Mattei can also play the piano, the accordion and the double bass.
==Awards== *2002: received 44th Annual Grammy Awards for participation in the album ''Berlioz: Les Troyens'' in two categories: ''Best Classical Album'' and ''Best Opera Recording'' *2006: appointed Hovsångare by H.M. the King of Sweden<ref>http://www.kungahuset.se/royalcourt Swedish Royal Court official home page</ref>
==Selected recordings ==
* Berlioz, ''Les Troyens'', Ben Heppner, Peter Mattei, Tigran Martirossian, Stephen Milling, Kenneth Tarver, Toby Spence, Isabelle Cals, Petra Lang, Michelle DeYoung, Sara Mingardo, London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony chorus, conducted by Colin Davis (Recorded live at the Barbican Hall, December). 4 CD: LSO Live, Cat: LSO0010 (2000)
==Sources== *Fredén, Jonas, [https://web.archive.org/web/20091014115215/http://www.sweden.se/eng/Home/Lifestyle/Culture/Music-room/Classical-music/Reading/Peter-Mattei/ "Peter Mattei puts Luleå on the musical map"], Swedish Institute, 9 January 2009. Accessed 30 October 2009. *Metropolitan Opera, [http://archives.metoperafamily.org/archives/scripts/cgiip.exe/WService=BibSpeed/gisrch2k.r?Term=Mattei,%20Peter%20%5BBaritone%5D&limit=5000&vsrchtype=no&xBranch=ALL&xmtype=&Start=&End=&theterm=Ma%74%74%65i,%20P%65%74%65%72%20%5BBa%72i%74on%65%5D&srt=&x=0&xHome=http://archives.metoperafamily.org/archives/bibpro.htm&xHomePath=http://archives.metoperafamily.org/archives/ Mattei, Peter (Baritone)], performance record on the MetOpera Database. Accessed 30 October 2009. *Wasserman, Adam, [http://www.metoperafamily.org/operanews/issue/article.aspx?id=1882&issueID=81&archive=true "Midnight Son"] (cover story), ''Opera News'', November 2006, vol 71, no. 5. Accessed 30 October 2009.
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{AllMusic|class=artist|id=q39243}} *[http://dispatch.opac.d-nb.de/DB=2.1/REL?PPN=13506631X Peter Mattei], entry in the Deutsches Musikarchiv *[http://www.naxos.com/artistinfo/Peter_Mattei/4152.htm Biography and discography] on Naxos Records *[http://www.braathenmanagement.com/eng/artists/peter-mattei Official biography] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20110708090434/http://www.braathenmanagement.com/eng/pics_eng.php?id=53 photographs], Ann Braathen Artist Management *{{IMDb name|id=1317814}}
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