Hailing from Lexington, KY, tenor Matthew Pearce is praised for his “confidence, brightness and high level of control” (Operawire). In 2025-2026, he returned to the role of Lennie Small in Of Mice and Men with Lyric Opera of Kansas City, made his New Orleans Opera debut as First Commissioner in Dialogues of the Carmelites, and performed the role of Colin in The Anonymous Lover with Opera Columbus. On the concert stage, he joined the National Chorale as the tenor soloist in Messiah at David Geffen Hall, sang as a soloist in Beethoven’s 9th Symphony with the Lexington Philharmonic, and joined Syracuse Orchestra as the tenor soloist in Defiant Requiem: Verdi in Terezin. Next season’s engagements include singing Third Jew in Salome with Kentucky Opera, and returning to the West Virginia Symphony for Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9.