Mathew Edwardsen

Sarasota Observer - March 2011

Mathew Edwardsen gives such a ringing and resounding tenor cut to Judge Danforth and his lack of humility and shame, you know from his first notes this is a "hanging judge."

June LeBell
Review of Sarasota Opera's The Crucible

Palm Beach Arts Paper - March 2011

Judge Danforth, as sung by seasoned opera artist Matthew Edwardsen was excellent; his stentorian tenor was very commanding.

Rex Hearn
Review of Sarasota Opera's The Crucible

St. Louis Post Dispatch - August 2010

Tenor Mathew Edwardsen, as the obsessive officer Gherman, sang strongly throughout
his long and difficult role, with an unstrained upper range...

Sarah Bryan Miller
Review of Union Avenue Opera's Pikovaya Dama

BroadwayWorld.com - August 2010

Mathew Edwardsen is a good fit as Gherman, possessing a powerful tenor voice
that makes easy work of Tchaikovsky's dramatic and soaring score. He also acquits himself
well dramatically, and by the end of his tale you feel for him and the reckless choices he's made.

Chris Gibson
Review of Union Avenue Opera's Pikovaya Dama

San Francisco Classical Voice - May 2009

Edwardsen sings the role with ease, his liquid voice capturing the young officer's careless
optimism, his offhanded sense of mastery.

Janos Gereben
Review of West Bay Opera's Madama Butterfly

Roswell Daily Record - February 2009

The tenor, Mathew Edwardsen, sparkled in the role of Alfredo
Germont, the young poet...

Sarah Boslaugh
Review of The Roswell Symphony Orchestra's La traviata

KDHX - November 2008

Mathew Edwardsen finds the right mix of desperation and
bravado for Luigi...

Sarah Boslaugh
Review of Union Avenue Opera's Il tabarro

San Luis Obispo Tribune - April 2008

There was an agonizingly conflicted Don José in Mathew Edwardsen's
solid tenor, matched with skillful acting...

Marvin Sosna
Review of Opera San Luis Obispo's Carmen

Web Review - August 2007

Mathew Edwardsen sings with grace and ease, accomplishing every
highest note as if it were the most natural of expressions. He holds the stage both musically and as an actor.

Dr. Jim Lundstrom
Review of Center Stage Opera's L'elisir d'amore

KDHX - July 2007

Principals... and romantic leads Mathew Edwardsen and Shawnette Sulker as Rinuccio
and Lauretta, respectively, were equally vibrant.

Gary Scott
Review of Union Avenue Opera's Gianni Schichhi

ReviewPlays.com - April 2006

The duets between Edwardsen and Lynn were breathtaking. What voices! Tenor and soprano! Soaring!

Robert Axelrod
Review of The Los Angeles Theare Center's The Tree

St. Louis Post-Dispatch - July 2005

She [Carla Thelen Hanson as Ariadne] was well-matched by her clarion-voiced Bacchus, Mathew Edwardsen.
...this is a fine young tenor.

Sarah Bryan Miller
Review of Union Avenue Opera's Ariadne auf Naxos