The tenor Matthew Plenk made his Metropolitan Opera début in the 2007-2008 season, under the baton of James Levine, as the Voice of the Young Sailor in Tristan und Isolde. In the same season he joined the Lindemann Young Artist Development Program at The Met. With Yale Opera he has performed Rodolfo, La Bohème, Ferrando in Così fan tutte, Flute in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Nanki-poo in The Mikado, the Italian tenor in Capriccio, and Kudrjàs in Janàček’s Kat’a Kabanova.
While earning his Bachelor of Music at the Hartt School of Music, he was featured in Don Giovanni, as Don Ottavio. Other rôles include Roméo in Roméo et Juliette, Nemorino in L’elisir d’amore, Frederic in The Pirates of Penzance, and Sam in Susannah. His concert career has brought performances with the Orchestra Sinfonica Giuseppe Verdi di Milano, Hartford Symphony, Hudson Valley Philharmonic, Los Angeles based Musica Angelica Baroque, Connecticut Chamber Orchestra, Intermezzo Opera, and Bel Canto Northwest. With Sir Neville Marriner conducting, he has also performed with Yale Philharmonia. He was a National Finalist in the Metropolitan Opera Guild Competition.
