Peter Mattei

Career Trajectory

Peter Mattei's career arc traces from his 1990 debut in Mozart's La finta giardiniera at Stockholm's Drottningholm Palace Theatre to his emergence as one of the world's preeminent Mozart baritones, a trajectory crystallized by his acclaimed performances in Peter Brook's Don Giovanni at Aix-en-Provence in 1998. His voice—described as possessing luxuriant beauty and multihued richness—has graced the stages of La Scala, the Metropolitan Opera, the Vienna State Opera, and the Paris National Opera, where he has become the definitive interpreter of the Count in Le nozze di Figaro and the title role in Don Giovanni. Honored as Musical America's Vocalist of the Year in 2020 and a Grammy Award winner for his participation in the Berlioz Les Troyens recording, Mattei represents the apotheosis of Swedish vocal artistry and the enduring power of Mozart's greatest baritone creations.