Biography
Matija Meić was born in Zagreb. He studied at the conservatoire »Blagoje Bersa« with Viktorija Badrov, at the academy of music Zagreb with Giorgio Surian as well as at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna with Claudia Visca and Florian Boesch.In 2010, the young baritone won the international singing competition “Bruna Spiler” in Herceg Novi, Montenegro and in 2013 the “Iuventus Canti” in Slovakia. In the same year, he was awarded “Young Singer of the Year” at the Molto Cantabile competition in Zagreb. In 2014, he was the second awardee of the singing competition “Mirjam Helin” in Helsinki, where he also received the special award “Performance of a Finnish Song By a Non-Finn”.
In 2010, still during his studies, he had made his debut as Levi in Zajc’s Nikola Šubić Zrinski at the Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb and in the following year he sang the part of Escamillo/Carmen in a production of the academy of music Zagreb at the Lisinski Concert Hall as well as at the Croatian National Theatre in Rijeka.
In 2013, Matija Meić debuted in Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia at Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb, where he also sang the roles of Schaunard/La bohème and Belcore/Lʼelisir dʼamore. In addition, he covered the title role in Blagoje Bersa’s Der Schuster von Delft and took over the role of Guglielmo/Così fan tutte at the Dubrovnik Summer Festival. In 2014, he sang the title role of Don Giovanni in a production of the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna at the Schlosstheater Schönbrunn. Furthermore he performed the role of Don Alvaro in Rossini’s Il viaggio a Reims at the Bel Canto Festival in Bad Wildbad, and in 2016 he could be seen and heard as Ping/Turandot at the Bregenz Festival.
His concert work has taken him, among others, to the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra (Bach’s St. Matthew Passion), the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra (Ravel’s Don Quichotte à Dulcinée), the Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra (Mozart’s Requiem and Coronation Mass, Orff’s Carmina Burana), the Zagreb Symphony Orchestra (Haydn’s The Seasons and Handel’s Messiah), the Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra (Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9), and the Savaria Symphony Orchestra (Mendelssohn's Elijah).
Since the season 2016/2017 Matija Meić is a member of the ensemble at Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz in Munich, where his most recent highlights include his debuts as Rigoletto, Scarpia/Tosca, Miller/Luisa Miller, and Nick Shadow/The Rake’s Progress, as well as the title roles in Eugene Onegin and Il barbiere di Siviglia.
Furthermore he sang Don Giovanni and Leporello/Don Giovanni, The four villains in Les contes d’Hoffmann, Peter/Hansel and Gretel, Dandini/La Cenerentola under the direction of Brigitte Fassbaender, King/Die Kluge, Marcello/La bohème, Georges Danton/Dantons Tod, Herr Fluth/Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor, as well as Sir William Cecil in Donizetti’s Maria Stuarda under the baton of Anthony Bramall, the principal conductor of the Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz.
Further recent highlights were his Rigoletto, Conte Gil in Wolf-Ferrari’s Il segreto di Susanna and Oloferno in Frano Parać’s opera Judita, all in Zagreb, Conte di Luna/Il trovatore in Braunschweig, Giorgio Germont/La traviata at Teatro Fraschini in Pavia, Italy as well as his debut as Renato/Un ballo in maschera in Split, Croatia - the latter he also took over on short notice at Stadttheater Klagenfurt.
Projects at his parent house in Munich in season 2024/25 include a new production of Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore/Belcore as well as revivals of Tosca and Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor.
In addition, Meić can be heard in the role of Vagav in a concert performance of Frano Parać’s opera Judita with the Münchner Rundfunkorchester under Ivan Repušić at the Prinzregententheater.
Management
Artist Manager
Ingunn Sighvatsdóttir
Artist Manager
ingunn@orlob.net
Mobil: +49-173-2 067 821
Repertoire
Repertoire Concert
Bach, J.S. | Christmas Oratorio |
Magnificat | |
St. John Passion (Jesus) | |
St. Matthew Passion (Jesus) | |
Beethoven | Symphony no 9 |
Britten | Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo |
Duruflé | Requiem |
Fauré | Requiem |
Finzi | Shakespeare Songs |
Händel | Messiah |
Haydn | The Seasons |
Liszt | Tre Sonetti del Petrarca |
Mendelssohn | Elijah (Elijah) |
Monteverdi | Vespro della Beata Vergine |
Mozart | Coronation Mass |
Requiem | |
Various masses | |
Pylkkänen | Kuoleman joutsen |
Ravel | Don Quichotte à Dulcinée |
Wolf | Michelangelo Lieder |
Repertoire Opera
Bizet | Carmen | Escamillo |
Dodorer | Liliom | Ficsur |
Donizetti | L'elisir d'amore | Belcore |
Maria Stuarda | Sir William Cecil | |
von Lindpaintner | Vespro Siciliano | Re Carlo |
Morse | Frau Schindler | Guard 3/Peter Gorlinsky |
Mozart | Così fan tutte | Guglielmo |
Don Giovanni | Don Giovanni | |
Leporello | ||
Masetto | ||
Le nozze di Figaro | Figaro | |
Offenbach | Les contes d'Hoffmann | Four villains |
Parać, Frano | Judita | Oloferno |
Vagav | ||
Puccini | La Bohème | Marcello |
Schaunard | ||
Tosca | Scarpia | |
Turandot | Ping | |
Rossini | Il barbiere di Siviglia | Figaro |
La Cenerentola | Dandini | |
L'italiana in Algeri | Taddeo | |
Viaggio a Reims | Don Alvaro | |
Stravinsky | The Rake's Progress | Nick Shadow |
Tschaikowsky | Eugene Onegin | Onegin |
Verdi | Un ballo in maschera | Renato |
Luisa Miller | Miller | |
Rigoletto | Rigoletto | |
La traviata | Giorgio Germont | |
Il trovatore | Conte di Luna | |
Wolf-Ferrari | Il segreto di Susanna | Count Gil |
Zajc | Nikola Subic Zrinjski | Levi |
News
Verdi in the open air!
The Croatian baritone Matija Meic will once again be able to demonstrate his outstanding qualities as an interpreter of Verdi!At the same time, this summer the Braunschweig opera audience can once again look forward to great musical moments in the open air. This year’s Burgplatz production is Il trovatore, which will be performed on the open-air stage from 24 August 2024.
Under the direction of Jan Eßinger and the musical direction of Srba Dinic, Matija Meic will be embodying Count Luna for the first time on the following evenings:
24/28/31 August & 03/06/08 September 2024
In addition, Marina Prudenskaya can be seen and heard in the role of Azucena on the following dates
25./27.08. & 01./04./08/11.09.2024
For more information about the production and the cast:
www.staatstheater-braunschweig.de/...
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Press
Il trovatore / Staatstheater Braunschweig / 25.08.24 / Braunschweiger Zeitung
"Matija Meic singt ihn denn auch mit kraftstrotzendem Bariton, noch seine Liebeserklärung an Leonora erfolgt mit schwerer, tragender Stimme."
Il trovatore / Staatstheater Braunschweig / 25.08.24 / operablog.org
"Matija Meic gibt einen Grafen Luna, der gerade durch die natürliche Darstellung der Wut, Eifersucht und Rachegelüste mit runden, warmen Bariton der Rolle besondere Bösartigkeit verleiht."
Luisa Miller / Gärtnerplatztheater München / 13.05.23 / Das Opernmagazin
"Matija Meic kann seine Fähigkeiten zumindest vokal ganz entfalten und singt den Miller feinfühlig, da, wo es sein muss, aber auch mit einem Wotan-würdigen Donnern."
Luisa Miller / Gärtnerplatztheater München / 08.05.23 / Abendzeitung München
"verströmt als guter Vater Miller geradezu körperlich spürbare Wärme"
Luisa Miller / Gärtnerplatztheater München / 06.05.23 / onlinemerker.com
"Stimmgewaltig ist sein Miller dort, wo es die Partitur verlangt, mitfühlender Vater seiner Tochter Luisa gegenüber. Den großen Rollen von Verdi, Puccini, Offenbach und anderen Komponisten hat er mit dieser Partie einen neuen Glanzpunkt angeschlossen."
Luisa Miller / Gärtnerplatztheater München / 06.05.23 / nmz.de
"zu der dramatischen Fülle, mit der Matija Meics schier überbordender Bariton Luisas Vater Miller gestaltete"
The Rake's Progress / Gärtnerplatztheater München / 18.10.22 / bachtrack.com
"Spielerisch ganz hervorragend verkörperte Matija Meic im weit wallenden Mantel den shicksalspielenden Shadow[...] Auch stimmlich stand Meic immer wieder im Zentrum: mit füllig ausgeglichenem Bariton, kraftvollen Akzenten in höllisch schwarzen Tiefen wie feurig ldernder Höhe.""
The Rake's Progress / Gärtnerplatztheater München / 10.10.22 / abendzeitung-muenchen.de
"der teuflische Nick Shadow von Matija Meic [lässt] das Blut in den Adern gefrieren"
The Rake's Progress / Gärtnerplatztheater München / 08.10.22 / klassik-begeistert.de
"Matija Meic als eindrucksvoll vollen und wuchtigen Bariton in der Rolle des Teufels alias Nick Shadow. [...] Meic singt Nick Shadow voll brodelnder Energie"
The Rake's Progress / Gärtnerplatztheater München / 08.10.22 / nmz.de
"Für den berechnenden Teufel brachte Matija Meic zur imposanten Bühnenerscheinung auch den entsprechend voluminösen Bassbariton mit"
Tosca / Gärtnerplatztheater München / 23.06.22 / sueddeutsche.de
"mit großem Erfolg und Überzeugungskraft"
Il barbiere di Siviglia / Gärtnerplatztheater München / 12.07.21 / apemusicale.it
"Con la sua grande voce dal timbro bronzeo e la sua presenza scenica gli hanno fatto ampiamente meritare gli applausi"
Il barbiere di Siviglia / Gärtnerplatztheater München / 11.07.21 / merkur.de
"Matija Meic kann es in der Titelrolle locker mit Vorbildern und aktuellen Star-Kollegen aufnehmen"
Il barbiere di Siviglia / Gärtnerplatztheater München / 10.07.21 / onlinemerker.com
"Singen ist für ihn keine Aufgabe, sondern pures geniales Vergnügen, in allen Registern beglückend."
Il barbiere di Siviglia / Gärtnerplatztheater München / 09.07.21 / br-klassik.de
"Der kroatische Bariton Matija Meic ist stimmlich wie schauspielerisch ein wunderbar agiler Barbier"
Liederabend / Gärtnerplatztheater München / 19.02.20 / Abendzeitung München via pressreader.com
"So eine Naturgewalt muss man erst einmal finden"
La Bohème / Gärtnerplatztheater München / 10.05.19 / onlinemerker.com
"füllt den Kosmos einer weiten Bariton Stimme in allen Lagen souverän"
La Bohème / Gärtnerplatztheater München / 05.04.19 / munichandco.blogspot.com
"livre un superbe Marcello avec un baryton puissant et sonore et une immense présence scénique"
La Bohème / Gärtnerplatztheater München / 29.03.19 / sueddeutsche.de
"die stimmlich überzeugendste männliche Partie"
La Bohème / Gärtnerplatztheater München / 29.03.19 / onlinemerker.com
"spielt und singt seinen Marcello überzeugend"
Dantons Tod / Gärtnerplatztheater München / 13.10.18 / concerti.de
"erfüllt [...] glänzend alle musikalischen Voraussetzungen"