Matthew Surapine, Tenor, has won acclaim across North America for the beauty and incisiveness of his singing and for his spirited stage portrayals. His performances of Hortensius in La Fille du Régiment led the Toronto Globe and Mail to laud his "brilliant timing, breezily free movement, and the spirit of Franklin Pangborn," and the Charleston Post and Courier to proclaim that the accomplished young tenor "stole every scene he was in."

Mr. Surapine's 2006-07 season includes his re-engagement New York City Opera as Goro in Madama Butterfly. He performs Goro at the Lyric Opera of Kansas City as well. In the 2005-06 season Mr. Surapine appeared with Camerata New York as Pedrillo in Die Entführung aus dem Serail, as the Chef in The Most Happy Fella, and as one of the servants in New York City Opera's new production of Capriccio.

His 2004-05 season included his third appearance with the Lyric Opera of Kansas City as Curley in Of Mice and Men and a reprise of Kaspar in Amahl and the Night Visitors with Little Orchestra Society of New York. In the 2003-04 season, he sang Goro in Madama Butterfly with El Paso Opera, Curley in Of Mice and Men with Opera Grand Rapids, and Kaspar in Amahl and the Night Visitors with New York's Little Orchestra Society. Also in 2003-04, Mr. Surapine joined the Metropolitan Opera roster for the third straight season.

Highlights of Mr. Surapine's recent seasons include the role of Baron Puck in La Grande Duchesse de Gérolstein with Opera Theatre of St. Louis, Pedrillo in Die Entführung aus dem Serail and Monostatos in Die Zauberflöte, both with Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Remendado in Carmen with both Central City Opera and the Jacksonville Symphony, Basilio in Le Nozze di Figaro with Portland Opera (Maine), and performing with the American Symphony Orchestra at the Bard Music Festival.

Other credits of this versatile artist include Beppe in Pagliacci with the Opera Theater of Connecticut, Count Almaviva in Il Barbiere di Siviglia with the Oswego Opera, Ernesto in Don Pasquale with Crystal Opera, Goro in Madama Butterfly with the Westfield Symphony, Pedrillo in Die Entführung aus dem Serail with the Bronx Opera, Remendado in Carmen with Syracuse Opera, Hortensius in La Fille du Régiment with the New York City Opera National Company, Herr Springer in The Bartered Bride with the New York City Opera Educational Department, and Sam Polk in Susannah with the Brandenburg Opera. Mr. Surapine has also appeared as a guest artist with the Bar Harbor Festival.

Matthew Surapine's orchestral repertoire includes Messiah, the Mozart "Coronation" Mass, and Bach's Christmas Oratorio. He is a graduate of the Hartt School of Music.