Matthew Merolla

• Civic Morning Musicals Vocal Competition: Helen Boatwright Award, First Place, 2025
• Classical Singer Vocal Competition: Young Artist/Emerging Pro, Semifinalist, Washington, DC, 2024
• National Association for Teachers of Singing Competition: Advanced Classical TBB, First Place, 2022
• National Association for Teachers of Singing Competition: Third Year TBB, First Place, 2020
• National Association for Teachers of Singing Competition: Third Year College, First Place, 2020
• National Association for Teachers of Singing Competition: Lower College, First Place, 2020
• National Association for Teachers of Singing Competition: Second Year College TBB, First Place 2019
• National Association for Teachers of Singing Competition: Lower College, First Place, 2019
• National Association for Teachers of Singing Competition: First Year Classical Men, First Place, 2018

Matthew Merolla, a baritone based in Scranton, PA, received his Bachelor of Music degree from Mansfield University and graduated with a Master of Music degree from Binghamton University. As a Vocal Performance major at Mansfield University, he performed roles including John Proctor in Robert Ward’s The Crucible, Mr. Ford in Otto Nicolai’s The Merry Wives of Windsor, Guglielmo in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Cosi Fan Tutte, and Betto in Giacomo Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi. At Binghamton he performed the roles of the Black Cat, the Clock, and the Armchair in Maurice Ravel’s opera, L’Enfant et Les Sortilèges, as well as the roles of Ottone in Claudio Monteverdi’s L’Incoronazione di Poppea, Peter in Englebert Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel, and Gianni Schicchi in Giacomo Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi. At Tri Cities Opera he performed the role of Big Al in Edward Barnes’ opera Mystery on the Docks, and Il Conte Di Ceprano in Giuseppe Verdi’s Rigoletto. Matthew has won numerous First Place awards at National Association for Teachers of Singing competitions, was a Semifinalist at the Classical Singer Vocal Competition (2024), and won First Place at the Civic Morning Musicals Competition (2025).