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author = ["authors/jenna.md"]
categories = "Interview"
date = "2016-04-18T09:26:00+01:00"
lastmod = "2016-04-18T09:58:00+01:00"
primary_image = "https://res.cloudinary.com/schmopera/image/upload/v1545409169/media/webhook-uploads/1460968768248/2016-04-18---Matthew-Sharp.jpg.jpg"
primary_image_credit = "Photo: Raphael Klatzko"
publishDate = "2016-04-18T09:58:00+01:00"
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related_people = ["scene/people/matthew-sharp.md"]
short_description = "Matthew Sharp is one of those tirelessly creative types. He&#039;s a solo cellist, baritone, actor, director, and general theatre creator; as often as he can, Sharp combines all of the above into his work, earning himself the title, &quot;virtuoso of the arts&quot; (The Times). Our conversation was a complicated, enlightening one, so much so that a single interview wouldn&#039;t quite cut it."
slug = "talking-with-renaissance-men-matthew-sharp"
title = "Talking with Renaissance men: Matthew Sharp"

youtube_url ="https://youtu.be/mfOQ5ec84e8"
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[Matthew Sharp](/scene/people/matthew-sharp/) is one of those tirelessly creative types. He's a [solo cellist](http://www.matthewsharp.net/cellist.html), [baritone](http://www.matthewsharp.net/bass-baritone.html), actor, director, and general theatre creator; as often as he can, Sharp combines all of the above into his work, earning himself the title, "virtuoso of the arts" (*The Times*). Our conversation was a complicated, enlightening one, so much so that a single interview wouldn't quite cut it. 

In the first of a three-part series, Sharp talks about the addition of singing to his life as a cellist, his "topsy-turvy" approach to working as an opera singer, and his fruitless quest for that fourth wall.

All photo credits: Raphael Klatzko.
