Carmen, Linneateatern “Matilde Wallevik succeeded in mediating Carmen’s personality with accuracy, yes at times she was Carmen! Her mezzo voice rang with both power and beauty.” Barometern, Kalmar “The stage is dominated by Matilde Wallevik. She sings with stunning beauty with her gorgeously dark soprano voice. When she makes her entrance with the Habanera one shudders with pleasure. She performs Carmen as Carmen should be.” Smålandsposten, Växjö

Cosi fan Tutte, Tiroler Landesteater: “As Dorabella there was Matilde Wallevik- pretty as a picture -a tall young lady from the far North with a notably beautiful timbre of voice and rounded tones. Her aria in the 2nd Act was a feast for the ear without compare.” Diettmar Plattner, BTV, Austria

Partenope, Cambridge Handel Opera: “…and Matilde Wallevik, beautifully velvety of tone as the lovesick Prince of Rhodes.” Rodney Milnes, The Times / “Matilde Wallevik sang Armando’s music with charming warmth and purity of tone” Winton Dean, Opera Magazine

Matilde Wallevik-Cooke
Mezzo Soprano

Matilde Wallevik is Danish and lives inCopenhagen and London with her family. She completed the soloist singing class at The Royal Danish Conservatoire and came to the UK to study at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Following her debut as Dorabella at the Tiroler Landesteater in Insbruck, Matilde’s roles have included Carmen in Sweden, Eboli in Verdi’s Don Carlo and Florence Pike in Brittens Albert Herring for the Britten-Pears Opera. Early operatic credits include the world premiere of Anacleto Morones at the Spoleto Contemporary Music Festival, Armindo in Handel’s Partenope, the title role in Holst’s Savitri, and also for the Britten-Pears Opera, Bianca in the The Rape of Lucretia. In 1998 she was one of the winners of the European Union Opera Competition in Baden-Baden. She has sung Waltraute in Die Walküre and Flosshilde in Das Reinhold for the Wagner Society, both conducted by Tony Legge, and was a finalist in the Bayreuth Wagner competition. In the UK, Matilde’s numerous operatic roles include Cherubino Le nozze di Figaro, Niklausse Les Contes d’Hoffmann, and Prince Orlofsky in Die Fledermaus. Matilde also performed in the final season of the Batignano Festival, Tuscany, as Dardano in Amadigi (Handel), to great critical acclaim. She worked on the Royal Ballet production of L’invitation au voyage and also covered the role of Prince Andronico in the Royal Opera’s production of Handels Tamerlano.
Her oratorio schedule is extensive and her concert repertoire includes Sibelius song recitals, Elgar’s Sea Pictures and Duparc Orchestral Songs and also Wagner’s Wesendonk lieder which she performed at The St. Peters Festival conducted by Steven Moore. Matilde made her Barbican debut with Beethoven’s cantata “Der glorreiche Augenblick” with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and City of London Choir. A recoding of this work later recorded at The Cadogan Hall has recently been released by Naxos.
Matilde has recently moved into the dramatic mezzo repertoire, performing Ulrica in Verdis Un Ballo in Maschera, Berta in Rossinis Barber di Sevilla and Schwertleite in Die Walkure- all for the Royal Danish Opera. She is preparing La Principessa in Puccinis Suor Angelica, Zeta in Gianni Schicchi and Maddelena in Verdis Rigoletto to perform in Sicily in the summer of 2022.

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