Bass-baritone Matthew Acuff received his degree in voice from from CalArts and later studied, toured, recorded and appeared in France, Germany, Holland. Matthew now lives and sings in Southern California.

• Escamillo in Bizet's Carmen (LA Metropolitan Opera, Oct-Nov '11)
• Don Alfonso in Mozart's Cosi fan tutte (California Opera, Aug '11)
• The Blur in Peter Wing-Healey's The Blur (Mesopotamian Opera Co, Jul '11)
• Marullo in Verdi's Rigoletto (LA Metropolitan Opera, Jun '11)
• Betto in Puccini's Gianni Schicchi (Celestial Opera, Apr '11)
• Don Alfonso in Mozart's Cosi fan tutte (LA Metropolitan Opera, Feb '10)
• Méphistophélès in Gounod's Faust (Celestial Opera, May '09)
• Achilla in Handel's Julius Caesar (Celestial Opera, Nov '08)
• Krusina in The Bartered Bride (Celestial Opera, Apr '08)
• Simon in Die Jahreszeiten (Palisades Symphony, Dec '07)
• Masetto in Don Giovanni (Palisades Symphony, Aug '07)

Ensemble/Concert Work:

• Soloist and/or section leader in a variety of concerts from Gregorian chant to Baroque and Classical
• Extensive experience in Europe 2003-2007 with over 20 different groups.
• J.S. Bach: B-minor mass (chorus & solos), Christmas Oratorio (chorus & solos), Matthew Passion (chorus & solos), Johannes Passion (chorus & solos), Magnificat (chorus & solos), Catatas 127, 140, 156, 182, 245, 124, 159, 129, …
• Handel: The Messiah (chorus & solos), Julius Caesar (role of Achilla), Athalia (chorus)...
• Mozart: Mass in C minor (chorus), Vesperae solennes de Confessore (chorus), Requiem (chorus)...
• Purcell: Dido & Aeneas (chorus), various songs...
• Telemann, Haydn, Gounod, Beethoven...

Education:

• Currently studies voice with Conrad Immel in Santa Monica, CA.
• Amsterdam Academie Voor Oude Muziek (under the direction of Max van Egmond)
• Oberlin’s Baroque Performance Institute 2002
• San Fransisco Early Music Society's Baroque, Renaissance, & Medieval workshops 1996
• Sequentia’s Medieval workshops in Vancouver, B.C. 1996
• BFA in Voice in 1997 from the CalArts conservatory in Los Angeles, California.

Other Notable Performance Experience:

• Telemann Kantate 1:797 chorus and solos (Christuskirche Dec '11)
• J.S. Bach B-minor Mass chorus and solo (LA Bach Festival Oct '11)
• The Pacelli Project -- Italian 16th century Music (Italy, June '07)
• Death in Holst's Savitri (Helios Ensemble, March '07)
• Groom's Confidante in Canticum Canticorum (Academia d'amore, Seattle, Aug '06)
• Roles of The Giant Redwood Chief (patriarch) and Hank (antagonist) in The Tree (LA Theatre Center, Apr '06)
• Don Alfonso in Cosí fan tutte (LA Repertory Opera, March ‘06)
• Belcore in The Elixir of Love (Intimate Opera, Feb ’06)
• Sarastro in The Magic Flute (Opera Pasadena, Nov ’05)
• Quadruple-role of The Villains in Les contes d’Hoffmann (LA Repertory Opera, Oct ’05)
• Roles of Amantio and Dr. Spinelloccio in Gianni Schicchi (Intimate Opera Co,Sept '05)
• Masetto in Don Giovanni (LA Repertory Opera Co, June 2005)
• Don Pasquale in Donizetti's Don Pasquale (Opera Pasadena, May '05)
• Soloist in Vesperae Dominicales: Baroque Polish Vespers Reconstruction with Baroque period ensemble Cappella Confluentes touring Germany & Holland. (Spring 2004)
• Bass/baritone soloist at the International Young Composers Meeting in Holland, presenting the world-premieres of eleven new works. (Feb 2004)
Role of Seneca in Monteverdi's L'incoronazione di Poppea (CalArts '95)
• Long Beach Opera Company chorus for four years
• Los Angeles early music ensemble Musica Angelica (directed by Michael Eagan)
• Starring role in a modern operatic setting of Dr. Seuss’s book Fox in Socks
• Soloist in the Balkan music ensemble The Toids
• Roles in three new musical comedies:
  • Oh, Hamlet: The Musical!; Dune Warriors: A Post Apocalyptic Musical; The $5 Show
• Burningman Opera 2002
• Various new plays, 2 radio plays, several short films, numerous performance-art pieces, etc.