American tenor Matthew Newlin is one of the most versatile tenors of his generation and inspires audiences in a wide range of roles from baroque operas to contemporary pieces.

In the 2025/26 season, he will appear as Tamino (Die Zauberflöte) at the Hamburg State Opera and once again in the eponymous role in Atys by Lully in Versailles. He returns to Berlin State Ballett for Christian Spuck’s choreography of Winterreise, before making his debuts as Parsifal in a new production at the National Opera in Prague and as Siegmund (Die Walküre) at the Deutsche Oper Berlin. In the summer of 2026, he will sing the Steersman (Der fliegende Holländer) under Asher Fish at the Tyrol Festival in Erl.

In the 2024/25 season he was heard as Don José (Carmen) and Tamino at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, with his role and house debut as Vova in Kirill Serebrennikov’s new production of Schnittke’s Life with an Idiot at the Zurich Opera, as Narraboth in the new production of Salome at the Grand Théâtre de Genève, with his house debut at La Monnaie in Brussels in the Monteverdi project I Grotteschi, as well as in Winterreise at the Staatsballett Berlin. 

Matthew Newlin was a member of the ensemble of the Deutsche Oper Berlin from the 2013/14 to the 2023/24 season. There, he has sung roles such as Tamino, Don José, Belmonte (Die Entführung aus dem Serail), Conte Almaviva (Il barbiere di Siviglia), Alfredo (La traviata), Lensky (Eugene Onegin), Andres (Wozzeck), Prunier (La rondine), Don Ottavio (Don Giovanni), Italian Singer (Der Rosenkavalier), Arturo (Lucia di Lammermoor), Pong (Turandot), the Steerman (Der fliegende Holländer), God’s Fool (Boris Godunov) and Cassio in Verdi’s Otello, among others.

In addition, Matthew Newlin has performed at many major opera houses and festivals. Recent highlights include his debut in the title role of Leonard Bernstein’s Candide at the Theater an der Wien, his debut at the Bayreuth Festival 2024 as the Steersman among others, his highly successful role and house debut as Matteo in Christof Loy’s new production of Richard Strauss’ Arabella at the Teatro Real in Madrid, Jupiter/Apollo in Handel’s Semele at Komische Oper Berlin and the title role in Joachim Raff’s Samson at Weimar National Theater. Other guest appearances have taken him to the Leipzig Opera as Tamino, to the Opéra national de Paris as Pong in the new production of Turandot under the direction of Gustavo Dudamel and as Andres in Wozzeck, to Berlin State Opera as Conte Almaviva, to the Grand Théâtre de Genève and the Opéra Royal de Versailles in the title role of Lully’s Atys, to the Semperoper Dresden as Belmonte. He sang Froh (Das Rheingold) at the Opéra national de Paris and at the Munich Opera Festival,  Pong at the Bavarian State Opera, Hugo et.al. in Judith Weir’s Blonde Eckbert at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Léopold in Halévy’s La Juive at Hanover State Opera, Alfredo at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein and Tom Rakewell (The Rake’s Progress) at Basel Theater. He has appeared several times at the Festival d’ Opéra Baroque & Romantique de Beaune and the Festival Musical de Namur. His collaboration with Leonardo García Alarcón at these festivals has resulted in several CD recordings. He has also been a guest at the Dutch National Opera Amsterdam, the Atlanta Opera, the Klagenfurt Municipal Theater, the Wexford Opera Festival, the Magdeburg Theater, the Buxton International Festival, the Florida Grand Opera, the Santa Fe Opera and others.

Equally comfortable in concert and recital, Matthew was a guest of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony and Bach’s Magnificat, and also sang in Beethoven’s Ninth with the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra at the Quincena Musical San Sebastián and the Festival Internacional Santander. He has appeared under the baton of Michael Tilson Thomas with both the San Francisco Symphony and New World Symphony in performances of Stravinsky’s Pulcinella and Beethoven’s Fidelio. Other concert appearances include performances of Verdi’s Requiem, Handel’s Messiah and Solomon, Mozart’s Requiem, Vaughan Williams’ On Wenlock Edge, and Janáček’s The Diary of One Who Disappeared, both in Czech and in his own English translation.

In competitions, Matthew has been awarded the Opera Prize at the International Vocal Competition ‘s- Hertogenbosch in 2014. In 2013 he placed 2nd at the Marcello Giordani Foundation International Vocal Competition, 3rd at both The Fritz and Lavinia Jensen Foundation Competition and Young Patronesses of the Opera Competition. He is the winner of the 2012 Opera Birmingham Competition, the 2011 American Opera Society of Chicago’s Scholarship Competition, and the 3rd Place winner of 2012 The Metropolitan Opera National Council Audition Regional Finals.

Born in the village of Georgetown, IL, Matthew received his Bachelor of Music with a minor in business administration from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. He received his Master’s Degree in Vocal Performance from the Chicago College of Performing Arts, where he also received an Artist Diploma in conjunction with two seasons in Chicago Opera Theater’s Young Artist Program.