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Toogood was born in Adelaide, South Australia. He studied piano (Bachelor’s degree) and conducting (Master of Music) at the University of Melbourne.[1]

Career

Between 2016/2017 to 2018/2019 seasons, he was a Kapellmeister and Assistant to the General Music Director at the National Theatre Mannheim.[2] There, he conducted the world premiere of Björk's Vespertine under the title Björk's Vespertine: A Pop Album as an Opera with the orchestra and soloists of the National Theatre Mannheim, which was released as an album by Oehms Classics in 2019.[3][4][5]

In the 2019/2020 and 2020/2021 seasons, Toogood served as Interim Music Director and Kapellmeister at the Konzert Theater Bern.[6] In 2021, he arranged a smaller orchestration of Janáček's Jenůfa for the Konzert Theater Bern. The production, including the arrangement, was praised in the German magazine Opernwelt:

“The grandeur here is the musical form...the musical director Matthew Toogood created a radically soloistic score, necessary because the full orchestra could never fit in the pit under social distancing rules.” Egbert Tholl, Opernwelt, August 2021. [7]

In 2022, he conducted the world premiere of the children's opera Pippi Longstocking at the Komische Oper Berlin, composed by Franz Wittenbrink and directed by Dagmar Manzel.[8] Also at the Komische Oper Berlin he conducted Barrie Kosky's direction of Monteverdi's Orpheus with orchestration by composer Elena-Kats Chernin. For Australian Contemporary Opera Company he conducted Alice's Adventures in Wonderland composed by Will Todd. [9]

References

  1. ^ Mühlhaus, Gregor (2019-08-13). "Dirigent formiert aus „buntem Haufen" in Marth ein klassisches Orchester". www.thueringer-allgemeine.de (in German). Retrieved 2024-07-28.
  2. ^ "Dirigent steht unter der funkelnden Diskokugel". www.mannheimer-morgen.de (in German). 2017-07-24. Retrieved 2024-07-28.
  3. ^ deutschlandfunkkultur.de. "Björk-Oper am Nationaltheater Mannheim - Weit entfernt von Kitsch". Deutschlandfunk Kultur (in German). Retrieved 2024-07-28.
  4. ^ Zeitung, Westdeutsche (2018-05-25). "Nationaltheater Mannheim: Björk-Album „Vespertine" als Pop-Oper". Westdeutsche Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2024-07-28.
  5. ^ Nachrichten, Stuttgarter. "Björks „Vespertine" als Oper in Mannheim: Donnerlittchen, ein doppeltes Lottchen". stuttgarter-nachrichten.de (in German). Retrieved 2024-07-28.
  6. ^ "BERN/ Konzert Theater: DIE FLEDERMAUS - Derniere". Online Merker (in German). Retrieved 2024-07-28.
  7. ^ Theaterverlag, Michael Merschmeier, Der. "Artikel "Grandios"". Der Theaterverlag (in German). Retrieved 2024-07-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  8. ^ Nöther, Matthias (2022-11-07). "„Pippi Langstrumpf" begeistert in der Komischen Oper". www.morgenpost.de (in German). Retrieved 2024-07-28.
  9. ^ Miller, Nick (2022-03-02). "Forget the footy: Yarra Park plays host to a new weekend wonderland". The Age. Retrieved 2024-07-28.

Recordings: https://www.naxos.com/Bio/Person/Matthew_Toogood/335571

German wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Toogood