Don José
2023 Grammy Nominated Tenor, Matthew Arnold, has been hailed by Classical Voice of North Carolina as “a golden voice, strong, rich, and surprisingly mature for his
age.” A Finalist in the 2024 Lauritz Melchior International Singing Competition and a two-time Finalist in the Houston Grand Opera Eleanor McCollum Competition, Matthew has spent the last 15 years working in the world of professional opera. Recent awards include Third Place in the Charlotte Opera Guild Competition, the Encouragement Award at the 2015-2017 Heafner-Williams Competition, The Encouragement Award in 2015 from Chautauqua Opera and in April 2014, he won the Verdi Award from the Orpheus National Vocal Competition.
Mr. Arnold has sung throughout the United States and Europe with many opera companies including the Castleton Festival as Prince Yamadori in Madama Butterfly under the baton of the late Maestro Lorin Maazel, AJ Fletcher Opera Institute, Piedmont Opera, Opera Roanoke, North Carolina Opera, Chautauqua Opera, Boston Lyric Opera and Odyssey Opera. Recent role performances include Senator Matthew Arnold Fulton in Of Thee I Sing and Let ‘Em Eat Cake with Odyssey Opera, Prince Yamadori in Madama Butterfly and The Ring Announcer in Champion with Boston Lyric Opera, Policeman/Reporter in X: The Life and Times of Malcom X with Odyssey Opera, Bacchus in Ariadne auf Naxos with Miami Music Festival and the Fletcher Opera Institute, Don José in Carmen and Siegmund in Die Walküre at the Miami Music Festival Wagner Institute.
Mr. Arnold holds the BM in Voice with a Minor in Sacred Music from the University of Delaware, the Master of Music degree in Voice from the UNC Greensboro and the Artist Diploma from The University of North Carolina School of the Arts Fletcher Opera Institute. When not on the opera stage or the organ bench, Mr. Arnold is a passionate advocate for promoting, preserving, and performing vintage Jazz and Dance Band music from the 1920s and 30s, with a special focus on the music of Rudy Vallée. Mr. Arnold leads a 12-piece band, The New England Yankees, and can be seen performing across the greater Boston Area in various venues. Mr. Arnold resides in Marblehead with his wife, soprano Holly Cameron, and their four kitties: Pixie, Tilly and Rudy and Benny.