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Biography

Hailed by The New York Times as “a bass with an attitude and the goods to back it up,” Matt Boehler has been critically acclaimed for both his dramatic ability and his vocalism. With Wolf Trap Opera Company, Mr. Boehler garnered much praise in the title role in Sweeney Todd.  The Washington Post raved, “There are times, in fact, when this young man with a huge crossover career ahead of him is standing in a crowd of actors, and you’d swear he was the only person onstage.”

In the 2011-2012 season, he will sing Drebednev in Shostakovich’s Moscow, Cheryomushki with Chicago Opera Theater, Kuligin in Káťa Kabanová for the Dallas Opera, Nourabad in Les pêcheurs de perles for Hawaii Opera Theater, and The Officer in Philip Glass’ In The Penal Colony with American Opera Projects. He also returns to the New York Festival of Song in recital with Steven Blier.

In the 2010-2011 season, Mr. Boehler joined the roster of Lyric Opera of Chicago for their production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream; he also joined the New York Festival of Song for “Manning the Canon: Songs of Gay Life”, the St. Thomas Choir for Handel’s Messiah, and the Oratorio Society of New York for Saint-Saëns’ Requiem. He sang Sarastro in Die Zauberflöte with Minnesota Orchestra, and appeared in recital with the Lotte Lehmann Foundation in their first annual Emerging Artists Concert Series. Mr. Boehler also created two roles in two world premieres: the role of Adolfo in John Musto’s new opera The Inspector with Wolf Trap Opera and the role of The Professor in Michael Dellaira’s The Secret Agent with Center for Contemporary Opera. During the  summer, he sang the role of the Secret Police Agent in The Consul with Opera New Jersey and he returned to Wolf Trap to perform in their 40^th Anniversary Alumni Concert under the baton of Stephen Lord.

Mr. Boehler joined the roster of the Metropolitan Opera in the 2009-2010 season for their production of The Nose.  He returned to The Minnesota Opera as Businello in Casanova’s Homecoming and Leporello in Don Giovanni with both Opera New Jersey and Opera North.  In concert he was seen with the New York Festival of Song for “Where We Come From,” the Portland Baroque Orchestra for Handel’s Messiah, and Sacred Music in a Sacred Space for both Mozart’s Requiem and Pärt’s Miserere. Engagements for 2008-2009 included Basilio in Il barbiere di Siviglia with The Minnesota Opera, Spencer Coyle in Owen Wingrave with Chicago Opera Theater, and Pooh-Bah in The Mikado with Opera New Jersey.  In concert, he was seen in his debut with the New York Philharmonic in Elektra, with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra for Bernstein’s Mass, with Musica Sacra as Christus in Bach’s St. John Passion, and with Oratorio Society of New York for the bass solos in Messiah.
Mozart’s Leporello has become a signature role for Mr. Boehler, having also performed Don Giovanni with Opera Lyra Ottawa, Chicago Opera Theater and Wolf Trap Opera.  Recent seasons have seen him give critically acclaimed performances with Opera Theatre of Saint Louis as Pooh Bah in The Mikado and with New York Festival of Song in the world premieres of two one-acts, Bastianello and Lucrezia, by John Musto and William Bolcom.  Mr. Boehler has performed with Greenwich Music Festival, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Florentine Opera, Hawaii Opera Theater and Festival Lyrique-en-mer.  He is a graduate of the Juilliard Opera Center and he held a three year tenure as a resident artist with The Minnesota Opera, appearing as Sarastro in Die Zauberflöte, Njegus in The Merry Widow, Colline in La bohéme, and Il Frate in Don Carlo.  At Viterbo University, his first alma mater, he was featured in several opera, musical theater and straight roles while completing his B.A. in Theatre Arts.

Mr. Boehler has had success in several competitions, winning prizes in the Palm Beach Opera Vocal Competition, the National Opera Association’s competition and the Midwest Region of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. He is a three-time first prizewinner of the Schubert Club vocal competition and a recipient of a Richard F. Gold Career Grant from the Shoshana Foundation.