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 “Truly beautiful” - The Washington Post
“Startlingly immediate” - Wall Street Journal
 “Darkly brilliant” - Classical Review
 “Gritty, colorful, often profane and clearly true-to-life” - Opera News

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Upcoming PERFORMANCES
The Sanctuary Mass - Leipzig
RECENT PERFORMANCES
Otroligt Avlägset, Extremt Nu - Stockholm
Otroligt Avlägset, Extremt Nu - Stockholm
Otroligt Avlägset, Extremt Nu - Stockholm
Otroligt Avlägset, Extremt Nu - Göteborg
Otroligt Avlägset, Extremt Nu - Haninge
PREMIERE: Otroligt Avlägset, Extremt Nu
WORLD PREMIERE: Swedish Radio Choir and Dalasinfoniettan
WORLD PREMIERE: Swedish Radio Choir and Dalasinfoniettan
Stockholm Saxophone Quartet
Västerås Sinfonietta - Vagabond
Rockford Symphony Orchestra - Dawn Redeeming Radiant
Rockford Symphony Orchestra - Dawn Redeeming Radiant
First Baptist San Antonio - Dawn Redeeming Radiant
First Baptist San Antonio - Dawn Redeeming Radiant
Montana State - Corde Natus
Montana State - Corde Natus
Dalasinfoniettan - And all the trees
Uppsala Kammarorkester - Vagabond
WORLD PREMIERE: Swedish Radio Choir
Dalasinfoniettan - Four Northern Visions
Henrik Alinder - LAUD - Falun
Henrik Alinder - LAUD - Ludvika
Henrik Alinder - LAUD - Bielefeld
Henrik Alinder - LAUD - Hägersten
Henrik Alinder - LAUD - Malmö
Henrik Alinder - LAUD - Kalmar
WORLD PREMIERE: Sofia Vokalensemble
Ekens Vokalensemble - Ljusfälten
Ekens Vokalensemble - Ljusfälten
Shamans of the Digital Wasteland - Den Haag
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Christ Johnson prize from Royal Swedish Academy of Music
Christ Johnson prize from Royal Swedish Academy of Music
Matthew Peterson interview in Nordic Highlights
Matthew Peterson wins 2023 Swedish MPA Award / Musikförläggarnas Pris
Matthew Peterson wins 2023 Swedish MPA Award / Musikförläggarnas Pris
Matthew Peterson awarded prestigious Carin Malmlöf-Forssling composer prize from the Royal Swedish Academy of Music
Matthew Peterson awarded prestigious Carin Malmlöf-Forssling composer prize from the Royal Swedish Academy of Music
Matthew Peterson awarded first Sven-David Sandström Choral Composition Award
Matthew Peterson awarded first Sven-David Sandström Choral Composition Award
Matthew Peterson wins Classical of the Year, Dalecarlia Music Awards
Matthew Peterson wins Classical of the Year, Dalecarlia Music Awards
Sofia Ågren on Matthew Peterson's Ljusfälten: #Swedishchoralmusic 2020
RAVE REVIEWS & VOIR DIRE WORLD RELEASE
RAVE REVIEWS & VOIR DIRE WORLD RELEASE
Voir Dire original-cast album Americas Release
Voir Dire original-cast album Americas Release
BroadwayWorld: Redhouse to release VOIR DIRE August 7 2020
BroadwayWorld: Redhouse to release VOIR DIRE August 7 2020
"Classical of the year" nomination for 2020 Dalecarlia Music Awards
"Classical of the year" nomination for 2020 Dalecarlia Music Awards
Interview with Dalarnas Tidningar
Interview with Dalarnas Tidningar
Interview on 1 Track Podcast
Interview on 1 Track Podcast
Kulturrådet funds Matthew Peterson commission
Kulturrådet funds Matthew Peterson commission
Review: Peregrinations, Södermanlands Nyheter
Peterson wins Washington International Competition
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL Voir Dire Review: True Crime in the Opera House

The Wall Street Journal Review

THEATERJONESTruth Be Told

TheaterJones Review

THE COLUMN Voir Dire - a review

The Column Review

FORT WORTH WEEKLY Just the System

Fort Worth Weekly Review

TEXAS CLASSICAL REVIEW Fort Worth Opera premiere makes the case for darkly brilliant Voir Dire

Texas Classical Review

THE STAR TELEGRAM FW Opera’s Voir Dire tries to do justice to crime-and-punishment tales

The Star Telegram Review

DALLAS NEWS Courtroom dramas, and damaged lives, vividly portrayed in Fort Worth Opera's new Voir Dire

Dallas News Review

FORT WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM Journalist’s case notes get a musical score in Fort Worth Opera’s Voir Dire

Fort Worth Star Telegram Interview

THE STAR TELEGRAM Case closed: Voir Dire sells out ahead of Fort Worth Opera Festival

The Star Telegram Interview

WRR 101.1 Voir Dire - an interview with David Gately, director, Viswa Subbaraman, conductor and Christina Pecce, soprano

WRR 1011 Interview

CLASSICAL VOICE AMERICATrio Of 20-minute Operas Premiered In WNO Showcase

Classical Voice America Review

THE WASHINGTON POSTOpera as lively art - or not so lively

Washington Post Review

Voir Dire premiere mentioned on NPR's "First Impressions"
BROADWAY WORLDWashington National Opera commissions Lifeboat

RECENT PHOTOS

Berwaldhallen släppte idag biljetter till nästa säsongen 26-27. Om du gillar planera långt i förväg kan du köpa biljetter till 20-21 maj 2027 då @sverigesradiossymfoniorkester Sveriges Radios Symfoniorkester
A little workshop for our new opera Anders & Emma Zorn - featuring the great Göran Eliasson, pictured. #opera #composer
Beautiful evening hunting beavers on Dalälven. #composer #jakt #bäverjakt
This beautiful recording by the great women’s choir Carolinae Röster @carolinaeroster and conductor Ulrika Emanuelsson @eekamusic is now released on an album titled for the same work, “You Are My Hiding Place” @gehrmansmusikfor

FEATURED VIDEO

VOIR DIRE a true crime opera Music by Matthew Peterson, libretto by Jason Zencka Based on and adapted from librettist Jason Zencka's experiences as a crime reporter. Production directed by David Gately and conducted by Viswa Subbaraman for Fort Worth Opera.
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  “Composer Matthew Peterson painted an unruly nature, snorting with life and power” - Sundsvalls Tidning
“Unrelenting drama, variously tragic, violent and ineffably sad.” - Dallas Morning News
 “An absorbing atmosphere, a hypnotic, mystical soundscape” - St Paul Pioneer Press