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The Canadian baritone, Matthew Zadow, was born into an family of amateur singers and musicians; he studied piano, guitar, trombone and singing as a teenager, and was a frequent actor on the stage. Still he began his university studies in science, only switching to formal music study in his last year, when he began his vocal studies with fellow Canadian baritone Bruce Kelly, first at Queen's University in Kingston and subsequently in Toronto. He also studied in France with Pierre Fleta.
Matthew Zadow enjoys a growing international reputation as a compelling interpreter of opera, oratorio and concert repertoire, with recent debuts at Brussels' Théâtre Royal de La Monnaie in Verdi’s La Traviata and Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd, the Palais des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles as Masetto in W.A. Mozart's Don Giovanni and Orff's Carmina Burana, and with de Nederlandse Opera Amsterdam as Baron Wurmerhelm in Prokofiev’s The Gambler.
Recent opera roles include Eisenstein in J. Strauss' Die Fledermaus, Almaviva in W.A. Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro, General Boum in Offenbach's La Grande Duchesse de Gerolstein, Danilo in Lehar's The Merry Widow, Belcore in Donizetti's l’Elisir d’Amore, Dancaïro in Georges Bizet's Carmen, Baron Douphol in Verdi's La Traviata, Cristiano in Verdi's Un Ballo in Maschera, and Le Chat/L'Horloge Comtoise in Ravel's l’Enfant et les Sortileges.
Much in demand internationally as a concert artist, Matthew Zadow has appeared in Canada, Ireland, Belgium, the Netherlands, and China, performing virtually all of the major oratorio and concert repertoire for the solo baritone and bass voice ranging from the Baroque to Contemporary periods, and as a disciple of the art song tradition he has frequently interpreted Berlioz’s Les Nuits d’Eté, Schubert’s Die Schöne Müllerin, Gustav Mahler's Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen, Johannes Brahms' Vier ernste Gesänge, and Ralph Vaughan Williams' Songs of Travel and Five Mystical Songs.
His J.S. Bach performances include the solo cantata Ich will den Kreutzstab gerne tragen BWV 56, Magnificat (BWV 243), Mass in B minor (BWV 232), Himmelfahrts-Oratorium (BWV 11) with the Melos ensemble under conductor David Cameron, Kingston; Cantata Wachet auf, ruft uns die stimme BWV 140 and the Weihnachts-Oratorium (BWV 248) with Toronto’s Stephanie Martin and Pax Christi Chorale, and with conductor Howard Dyck in Toronto, and also in Deurne (Antwerp) with the Orkest La Passione and conductor Marleen de Boo, and with Emile Engel in Zieuwent, Netherlands. He performed the arias in Johannes-Passion (BWV 245) with Antwerp’s Jaak Gregoor and Vocaal Collectief, and the role of Christus in Johannes-Passion (BWV 245) with Paul Dinneweth and Musica Nova Antwerp. He performed arias in Matthaus-Passion (BWV 244) with Octopus Ensemble and conductor Bart Van Reyn in Sint-Niklaas, with Chorale Caecilia (now: deCHORALE) and conductor Paul Dinneweth in Antwerp, and with Helicon, the Orchestre La Passione, and conductor Geert Hendrix in Lier.
Matthew Zadow has performed J.S. Bach's Cantatas BWV 207 Vereinigtre Zweitracht der wechselnden Saiten and BWV 208 Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd! with Paul Van Loey and the Flanders Baroque Academie at Antwerp’s Sint-Carolus Borromeuskerk, and Ich habe genug BWV 82 at St. Andrew’s Church of Scotland, Brussels with Piers Maxim. A frequent performer with Brussels’ Choeur et Orchestre de la Chapelle des Minimes he has performed cantatas Bleib bei uns, denn es will Abend werden BWV 6, Meinen Jesum lass ich nicht BWV 124, and Mein liebster Jesus ist verloren BWV 154 with Thierry Fiévet; Schwingt freudig euch empor BWV 36, Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland BWV 61 (performing both the bass and tenor parts), Wachet! betet! betet! Wachet! BWV 70, Siehe, ich will viel Fischer aussenden BWV 88, and Es reißet euch ein schrecklich Ende BWV 90 with Philippe Gérard; Ich will den Kreutzstab gerne tragen BWV 56 with Jan Caals; Bisher habt ihr nichts gebeten in meinem Namen (BWV 87) with Piers Maxim; Christ lag in Todes Banden BWV 4, Herr Gott, dich loben wir BWV 16, and Sie werden aus Saba alle kommen BWV 65, Ich habe genug BWV 82, Herr Christ, der einge Gottessohn BWV 96, Ich steh mit einem Fuß im Grabe BWV 156, and Der Friede sei mit dir BWV 158 with Jacques Vanherenthals, and Wer weiß, wie nahe mir mein Ende BWV 27, Wer nur den lieben Gott läßt walten BWV 93, and Höchterwünschtes Freudenfest BWV 197 with Julius Stenzel. In October 2017, he performed in Brussels with Hildebrandt Consort Bach Grosse Messe 1739 für Bach und Luther based on J.S. Bach's Clavierübungen, composed and conductedd by Wouter Dekoninck who added the original Lutheran chorale texts on top and built vocal scores based on the text and music.
Recent performance of J.S. Bach's works (since 2018): Matthaus-Passion (BWV 244) - Christus with Emile Engel in Zieuwent, Netherlands; Matthaus-Passion (BWV 244)- Pilatus, Petrus, Pontifex with Sigiswald Kuijken and La Petite Bande in Concertgebouw Amsterdam; Johannes-Passion (BWV 245) - Arias, Christus, and other solo roles with Hans Wils and the Amici Vocaal Ensemble; Matthaus-Passion (BWV 244) - - Petrus, Pilatus, Judas, Pontifex, Arias with Ignace Thievelin and Collegium de Dunis, Amsterdam; Matthaus-Passion (BWV 244) - - Choir 1 - Christus, two bass arias with Bart Naessens and Ensemble BachPlus and Cantoribus Hamme; Johannes-Passion (BWV 245) - Arias, Pilatus with Michael Gieler and Music Stages, Musiekgebouw aan 't Ij, Amsterdam, and again at the International Bach Festival, Auditorio Alfredo Kraus, Las Palmas; Weihnachts-Oratorium (BWV 248) with Joris Verscheuren and BachWerk Brussels; Mass in B minor (BWV 232) with Jacques Vanherenthals and the Ensemble Orchestrale de Brussels; Grosse Messe 1739 für Bach und Luther with Wouter Deconinck in Brussels, Leuven, and Waltershausen for the Thüringer Bachwochen; Cantata BWV 6 with Ludo Claes and Kooracademie Brugge; Cantata BWV 7 with Ignace Thievelin and Kooracademie Brugge.
New performances J.S. Bach's Cantatas with the Choir & Orchestra of the Minimes: BWV 14, BWV 81, BWV 157 with Frederic Matagne; BWV 40, BWV 57, BWV 82, BWV 172, BWV 208, BWV 211 with Jacques Vanherenthals; BWV 71, BWV 119 with Thierry Fiévet; BWV 83, BWV 100 with Gabriel Hollander; BWV 89, BWV 147 with Philippe Gérard; BWV 112 Der Herr ist mein getreuer Hirt and BWV 85 Ich bin ein guter Hirt with conductor Aldo Platteau. |
