Born in Pesaro in 1998, he studied opera singing and classical guitar
      from an early age and graduated with top marks and honours under Maestro
      Gianni Fabbrini at the Conservatorio 'Luigi Cherubini' in Florence. He
      also studied at the Universitat fur Musik in Vienna with Maestro Anton
      Scharinger.
    Matteo has established himself in major international competitions,
      winning prizes such as the Orchestra Sinfonica Rossini prize at the
      Giovani in crescendo Competition in Pesaro (2016 and 2017); first prize at
      the Citta' di Pienza Competition (2022); second prize at the Anita
      Cerquetti Competition in Montecosaro (2022); third prize at the Thomas
      Kuti Competition in Zagreb (2022); second prize at the Ottavio Ziino
      Competition in Rome (2023); Voci emergenti prize at the AsLiCo Competition
      in Como (2024); second prize at the CLIP Competition in Portofino (2024).
    
    In 2022, he furthered his studies at the Accademia del Belcanto 'Rodolfo
      Celletti' in Martina Franca and debuted the role of Blasio in Antonio
      Salieri's La scuola de' gelosi at the 48th Festival della Valle
      d'Itria conducted by Maestro Danila Grassi.
    In the summer of 2023, he took part in the Accademia Rossiniana 'Alberto
      Zedda' in Pesaro, as part of the Rossini Opera Festival, debuting the role
      of Don Alvaro in the opera Il viaggio a Reims conducted by Maestro
      Andrea Foti and directed by Emilio Sagi.
    He has been a member of the Accademia del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
      since 2022. With the Florentine foundation, in addition to deepening his
      study of singing and interpretation, he had the opportunity to take part
      in productions during the season, collaborating with renowned conductors
      and directors and also touring abroad (South Africa and the Enescu
      Festival in Bucharest). Among the operas he has taken part in in Florence
      are: Don Carlo (Flemish deputies), La Traviata, L'Italiana
        in Algeri (Haly), Verdi's Otello, Carmina Burana, Die
        Zauberflote (Papageno) and Don Pasquale (Malatesta). 
    He was also Figaro in Il Barbiere di Siviglia reduced version at
      the Teatro Regio in Turin, conducted by Maestro Riccardo Bisatti and
      directed by Paolo Vettori.
    He recently performed as Dandini in La Cenerentola with the Rete
      Lirica delle Marche and at the Teatro Municipal in Lima, conducted by
      Andrea Foti and directed by Matteo Anselmi; as Capitan Spavento in
      Mascagni’s Le Maschere at the Wexford Opera Festival under the
      baton of Francesco Cilluffo; as Dr. Malatesta in Donizetti’s Don
        Pasquale at the Smetana Hall in Prague conducted by Marco Armiliato;
      as Figaro in Il Barbiere di Siviglia and Mathieu in Andrea
        Chénier at the Teatro Regio in Parma conducted by George Petrou; as
      Marcello in La Bohème in Granada; Don Alvaro in Il Viaggio a
        Reims in Gorizia; and in Carmina Burana at the Accademia
      Nazionale di Santa Cecilia conducted by Michele Spotti.
    Among his engagements for the 2025-26 season are: Il
        Barbiere di Siviglia at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo and La
        Cenerentola in Cologne.
   
 April 2025