Described as "brilliant" by Opera News, tenor Matthew DiBattista has performed on both the operatic and concert stage with such conductors as James Conlon, Seiji Ozawa, Keith Lockhart, and Robert Shaw in the United States, Italy, France, and Portugal.

Matthew DiBattista's 2010-11 season currently includes joining the roster of the Metropolitan Opera for its production of Roméo et Juliette, singing the Valet Tenors in Les Contes d'Hoffman with Florida Grand Opera, Flute in A Midsummer Night's Dream with Boston Lyric Opera, Molqi in The Death of Klinghoffer with Opera Theatre of St. Louis, and appearing as soloist in Handel's Messiah with the Providence Singers. In the 2009-10 season Mr. DiBattista performed the roles of Spoletta in Tosca and the Valet Tenors in Les Contes D'Hoffman with Opera Colorado, and Basilio in The Marriage of Figaro with Opera Theatre of Saint Louis. He also rendered critically-acclaimed performances of the title role in The Good Soldier Schweik with Long Beach Opera, the role of Coleman in the world premiere of Larry Bell's opera Holy Ghosts at the Berklee Performance Center, appeared as soloist in Mendelssohn's Elijah with the Assabet Valley Mastersingers, and in Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 with the Fresno Philharmonic Orchestra.

In the summer of 2009, Matthew DiBattista gave critically-acclaimed performances of Bégearss in The Ghosts of Versailles at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis where he debuted the previous summer as the Valet Tenors in The Tales of Hoffman. Other recent successes include the Valet Tenors at Boston Lyric Opera, Yarzhkin in The Nose at Opera Boston, appearances as soloist in Britten's Nocturne with the Milwaukee Chamber Orchestra, Mozart's Requiem with New Bedford Symphony, Orff's Carmina Burana with the Brookline Chorus, and Handel's Messiah with the Worcester Chorus.

Among Mr. DiBattista's many successes on the operatic stage is his return to Opera Boston to sing Jack O'Brien in The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny after appearing with the company as Louis in the North American premiere of Eötvös' Angels in America, Martin in The Tender Land with both Opera Omaha and Skylight Opera Theater and later broadcast on PBS' "Great Performances", as well the role of Wesley in Central Park at Glimmerglass Opera which was also broadcast on PBS' "Great Performances". He also performed Ernesto in Don Pasquale, Rinuccio in Gianni Schicchi, and Ralph Rackstraw in H.M.S. Pinafore at Skylight Opera; Eisslinger in highlights from Die Meistersinger with Cincinnati May Festival; Nanki-Poo in The Mikado with both Mississippi Opera and Lyric Opera San Antonio; and added the roles of Pedrillo in Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Curley in Of Mice and Men, Dr. Caius in Falstaff, and Andrew Johnson in The Mother of Us All to his repertoire while at Glimmerglass Opera.

Equally in demand for concert engagements, Mr. DiBattista has appeared as soloist in Messiah with Charleston Symphony Orchestra, Concord Symphony Orchestra, and Boston's Masterworks Chorale. He has performed Mozart's Requiem and Samuel's Hyacinth from Apollo with the 100 Days Festival in Lisbon, Portugal; Rachmaninoff's Vespers with Cincinnati May Festival; Bach's St. John Passion with Boston University Symphony; Schumann's Mass and Requiem and Haydn's Mass in Time of War with Masterworks Chorale; Rossini's Petite Messe Solennelle and Orff's Catulli Carmina with Bel Canto Chorus; and Bach's Mass in B Minor, Bach's Christmas Oratorio, Haydn's The Creation, and Berlioz' L'Enfance du Christ with Knox Music Series. He has also appeared at the Tanglewood Music Festival as soloist in Shostakovich's From Jewish Folk Poetry and Kurtag's What is the word?, and with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra for its holiday concert series.

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