MAtt Corcoran

Tenor Matthew Corcoran is quickly gaining recognition as a compelling Jugendlicher Heldentenor, praised for his powerful, gleaming sound and the lyricism to shape even the most intimate lines. Recent performances include Don Jose in Carmen, Tamino in Die Zauberflöte, Jimmy in Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny, Erik in Der Fliegende Holländer, Danilo in Die lustige Witwe, and Sam in Susannah. He has appeared with the Dallas Symphony, Dallas Opera, Dallas Winds, Boston Lyric Opera, Tulsa Opera, and Painted Sky Opera. This is Matt’s first time performing with Wichita Grand Opera

An avid recitalist, Corcoran has been a fellow at the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s Tanglewood Festival and the Cincinnati Song Initiative, specializing in contemporary American composers such as Steven Mark Kohn and Tom Cipullo, while also performing works like Griffes’ Three Poems of Fiona MacLeod, Poulenc’s Tel jour, telle nuit, Burleigh’s Five Songs of Lawrence Hope and Britten’s Holy Sonnets of John Donne.

Most recently, Matt made his film debut in director Sam Davis’s short film The Singers, which won the Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film at the 98^th Academy Awards. In the film, Matt performs “Vesti la Giubba” from I Pagliacci.