Matteo de Monti
bass-baritone
Matteo De Monti was born in Amsterdam and studied voice with Denis Dowling und Otakar Kraus in London. He is well known for his great variety of repertoire, ranging from WOZZECK and Dr. Schön to Bluebeard and Moses, from Mahler´s Kindentotenlieder to Schönberg´s Ode to Napleon.
2012 Dr.Schön and Jack the Ripper in the brasilian premiere of LULU (Berg) at the Amazonas Opera Festival in Manaus, 2011 Dr.Schön and Jack the Ripper in LULU in Erfurt, 2010 Benjamenta JAKOB VON GUNTEN (Schweitzer) in St.Gallen, 2010 Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen in Jerusalem and Tel-Aviv, 2008/9 Die Glückliche Hand (Schönberg) in Leipzig, 2009 William in Achim Freyer´s production of THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER in Potsdam, 2006-9 WOZZECK in Krzysztof Warlikowski´s production in Warsaw.
He performed in Paris Beethoven’s 9th Symphony, A Survivor from Warsawand Die Jakobsleiter; Amsterdam, Holland Festival WET SNOW; Berlin PETER GRIMES, Pulcinella and Dubliner Nachtszenen; Bregenzer Festspiele JULIETTE; Modena, Ferrara, and Reggio Emilia PETER GRIMES; Palermo DIE SIEBEN TODSÜNDEN; Tel-Aviv LA BELLE HELENE and Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen; Jerusalem Fauré Requiem, Bach Magnificat; Graz WOZZECK and DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE; Salzburg and Vienna LE NOZZE DI FIGARO; Athens DIE FRAU OHNE SCHATTEN; Cologne DER MEISTER UND MARGARITA; Dresden and Wiesbaden NATHANS TOD; Frankfurt Die Jacobsleiter; Hannover Ode to Napoleon; Detroit IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA and RIGOLETTO; Miami DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE; Barcelona LULU; Salzburger Festspiele JULIETTA; Clermond-Ferrand Mahler’s Kindertotenlieder and Eisler’s Ernste Gesänge; Toulouse Ode to Napoleon; Strasbourg A Survivor From Warsaw and Ode to Napoleon.
In the highly acclaimed productions by George Tabori he sang Moses in Leipzig, Dresden, Weimar and Hamburg in Schönberg´s MOSES UND ARON, as well as Bluebeard in Bartók´s DUKE BLUEBEARDS CASTLE in Amsterdam. Also directed by George Tabori he sang at the Berlin Festival Der Tod in Victor Ullmann´s DER KAISER VON ATLANTIS as well as the world premiere of Der Nackte Michelangelo (Shostakowitch´ Michelangelo Suite) at the Schaubühne in Berlin.
At the Oper Leipzig and Dresden he sang Majakowsky in the world premiere of Majakowsky´s TOD directed by Achim Freyer, and made an enormous impact in New York, as well as at the New Israeli Opera Tel-Aviv, in Chemnitz and Hannover as Moses in the world premiere of Kurt Weill´s Der Weg der Verheissung.
He is recognised for his extraordinary interpretation of modern and contemporary works. Several composers have written especially for him, and he has sung the leading role in numerous premieres: Salzburger Festspiele: Mozart in New York (Eder) ; Bregenz Festival : Nacht (Haas) ; Salzburg : The Lighthouse (Maxwell-Davies), Faust und Yorick; Wölfli Lieder (Rihm); Vienna Festival : What Where (Hölliger) ; Wien Modern: Frühe Lieder (Gielen); Sankt-Bach Passion (Kagel); Schlichtheit (Tal) ; Kindheit (Müller-Wieland); Ballade I (Gadenstätter); Tre Poemi di Michelangelo (Reimann); Vienna , Graz: Dubliner Nachtszenen (Zender) ; Berlin : Goldberg Passion (Schenker) ; Der Protagonist (Weill) ; Cologne : Das Ende Einer Welt / Der Landarzt (Henze) ; Kassel and Tel-Aviv: Wars Swept Through Here (Tal) ; Jerusalem : Kav Mar (Tal) ; Leipzig: Salut au Monde (Kelemen) ; Requiem (Trojahn); München: Das Gastspiel (Müller-Wieland); Stuttgart: Seid Still (Hamary); Wuppertal: Greek (Turnage); Berlin Festival: Heine Szenen (Krätschmar); Paris: Chronophonies (Manoury) ; Paris: La Mort de Virgile (Lancino).
His concert repertoire consists of works such as Beethoven’s 9th Symphony, the Matthäus Passion, Johannes Passion, Messiah, Die Schöpfung, Dvorak’s Stabat Mater, Rossini’s Stabat Mater, Petite Messe Solennelle, Mozart’s Requiem, Mozart’s C-Minor Mass, Fauré’s Requiem, Berlioz L´Enfance Du Christ, Stravinsky’s Pulcinella and Verdi’s Requiem. He has sung in such noted halls as the Philharmonie and the Konzerthaus in Berlin, the Salle Pleyel and Salle Olivier Messiaen in Paris, the Queen Elisabeth Hall in London, the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, the Philharmonie in Cologne, the Philharmonie in München, the Gewandthaus in Leipzig and the Konzerthaus in Vienna.
He has given Lieder recitals throughout Austria, France, Germany, Holland, Italy, the USA and Israel, notably his interpretation of Schubert´s Winterreise, Schwanengesang, and Die Schöne Müllerin has been received with great critical acclaim. He has recorded for many European Television and Radio Stations, such as the ORF, ARD, ZDF, ARTE, Bayerische Rundfunk, Israeli Broadcast, BBC and Radio France. CD recordings for Capriccio, Col Legno and Denon Records.
In 2006/7 he directed his first opera, Offenbach´s ROBINSON CRUSOE in Innsbruck.
