Sally Matthews

Sally Helanna Matthews (born July 1975) is a British soprano opera singer.

Early life

She was born in Southampton. Her father was an aspiring popular musician.

She attended The Gregg School, a local independent school. She went to the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.

Career

She made her professional debut at the Royal Opera House in January 2001[1] as Nannetta in Verdi's Falstaff conducted by Bernard Haitink. She trained under the institution's Young Artist Programme from 2001-2003.

She made her BBC Proms debut in 2001 in Vaughan Williams' Serenade to Music, performing with the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leonard Slatkin.

She was a member of the BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists scheme from 2002-2004. She played Josephine in the acclaimed BBC Proms version of H.M.S Pinafore.

In 2014 Naïve released the first-ever recording of Le Vaisseau fantôme by Dietsch, conducted by Marc Minkowski with Matthews as Minna.[2] Other recordings by Matthews include Schubert and Strauss lieder, Der Freischütz under Colin Davis and Carmina Burana with the Berlin Philharmonic under Simon Rattle.

References

  1. ↑ Lucerne Festival
  2. ↑ Rohan, Michael Scott. Reviews of recording of Le Vaisseau fantôme. Opera, February 2014, Vol 65 No 2, p223-225.


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