Guy Matthews

Guy made his Gilbert & Sullivan debut at age 14 as Yum-Yum in a school production of "The Mikado". He later played principal tenor roles with amateur societies, before joining the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company as a tenor chorister in 1974. He served in the chorus until the Company shut down in February 1982, filling in on occasion as First Yeoman (1975-79) and Leonard Meryll (1980-81) in "The Yeomen of the Guard". Matthews later toured in the chorus of the New Sadler's Wells Opera Company in the mid to late 1980s, playing the smaller roles of Annibale in "The Gondoliers" and Little Ajax in "La Belle Helene". He performed in a production of The Pirates of Penzance in Perth, Scotland, in September 1987. He served in the chorus of the "New" D'Oyly Carte Opera Company during it's early seasons from 1988. Guy later appeared in "The Phantom of the Opera" in 1989 as The Auctioneer and chorister, with The Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company in the 1990s, and has appeared regularly with The Magic of D'Oyly Carte (later The Magic of Gilbert and Sullivan) concert group.