Paul Matthen
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Paul Seymour Matthen was an American bass-baritone, musical scholar and music pedagogue. [1]
He studied music and chemistry at Columbia University, and was a student of Friedrich Schorr.
Paul Matthen had international concert and operatic career, and was a leading baritone at the Stuttgart State Opera for several years. He won wide acclaim as an interpreter of opera, early music, and German Lieder. From 1940 to 1965, he appeared with major symphony orchestras, including those of Boston Symphony Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, and National Symphony Orchestra (Washington). He regularly appeared in operas staged by Wieland Wagner. He was a leading soloist with many of New York's major choral groups in Carnegie Hall, Town Hall, and on major radio and television networks. His musical experience ranged from appearances as soloist for two years at Radio City Music Hall to the musical directorship of the American Bach Society of New York. Matthen was offered Metropolitan Opera contracts in 1943 and 1950, but declined in order to fulfill previous contracts and devote time to his family.