Anthony Mattson

• AWARDS
• American Protégé International Competition of Romantic Music (Virtual) - Intermediate Category:
• - 1st Place Winner Oct 2020
• - 1st Place Winner Oct 2022
• Management Italian Festivals (MIF) Association - International Online Competition:
• - Jr Division 1st Place Winner June 2020
• - Sr Division 1st Place Winner June 2021
• HIGHLIGHTS/EXPERIENCE:
• Italian American Baseball Foundation Gala Dinner-Solo vocalist, US and Italian National Anthems
• NYC Police Department Columbia Association Luncheon- Solo vocalist, US and Italian National Anthems (2022)
• Major League Baseball - New York Mets, Citifield
• Solo vocalist, “Star Spangled Banner” (2022)
• Opera Viva! Verona, Italy (2022) - Tenor vocalist (admission via audition; youngest accepted performer) J; 3-week opera study, vocal performance, and Italian language immersion program
• Narnia Festival Vocal Arts Program Narni, Italy
• Emerging Artist & Opera Gala Programs (2021)
• Tenor vocalist (admission via audition; youngest accepted performer); 2-week opera study, oratorio, sacred works, and Italian language study immersion program
• The Metropolitan Opera-Non-singing Actor:
• ● Turandot; Akhnaten (cast as young King Tut) 2022
• ● Tosca 2021
• ● Turandot 2021, 2019
• ● Mefistofele; Romeo et Juliette; L’Elisir d’Amore 2018
• ● Turandot 2017
• ● Die Meistersinger; The Death of Klinghoffer 2014
• ● Der Rosenkavalier 2013

Anthony J. Mattson, from NYC is a Cathedral Preparatory High School senior. Anthony began formal vocal instruction at age 7 as singing had shown to be his true passion. Anthony has been in the National Children’s Chorus for 7 years and is currently a Scholars Division tenor. Since 2013 Anthony has been performing as a supernumerary at The Metropolitan Opera. He participated in summer vocal festivals (“Narnia Vocal Arts Festival” and “Opera Viva!”) in Italy in 2021 and 2022. In 2020 and 2021 he won four first place classical vocal awards in the American Protégé and the Management Italian Festivals (MIF) Association competitions. Anthony supports his community and heritage as a church choir member and a regular performer at NYC Italian-American events. In 2022 Anthony sang the US national anthem for the NY Mets at Citifield and both the US and Italian anthems at NYPD and Nassau County PD events.