Madama Butterfly (Giacomo Puccini)
Review by Kevin Kirby 

"Mathew Edwardsen is the Pinkerton, ...he sings effortlessly."

Madama Butterfly (Giacomo Puccini)
Review by Janos Gereben 

"Edwardsen sings the role with ease, his liquid voice capturing the young officer's careless optimism, his offhanded sense of mastery."

La Traviata (Giuseppe Verdi)
Review by Sarah Boslaugh 

"The tenor, Mathew Edwardsen, sparkled in the role of Alfredo Germont, the young poet in love with Violetta."

Il Tabarro (Giacomo Puccini)
Review by Sarah Boslaugh 

"All the voices are strong, but the principals are particularly good. ...Mathew Edwardsen finds the right mix of desperation and bravado for Luigi, who knows that the consequences of his behavior may well be death, yet continues on his course."

Carmen (Georges Bizet)
Review by Marvin Sosna 

"There was an agonizingly conflicted Don Jose in Mathew Edwardsen's solid tenor, matched with skillful acting..."

"Matthew Edwardsen... essaying a singing role that has famously brought all three of The Three Tenors to their knees, sings with grace and ease, accomplishing every highest note as if it were the most natural of expressions.  He holds the stage both musically and as an actor..."

Gianni Schicchi (Giacomo Puccini)
Review by Gary Scott

"Principals... and romantic leads Matthew [sic] Edwardsen and Shawnette Sulker as Rinuccio and Lauretta, respectively, were equally vibrant."

Roméo et Juliette (Charles Gounod)
Review by Carol Kaufman Segal

"Mathew Edwardsen sang the role of Romeo with bravado."

"The duets between Edwardsen and Lynn were breathtaking. What voices! Tenor and soprano! Soaring!"

The Santa Fe Opera announced today the recipients of its annual rewards for outstanding apprentice singers and technicians. Each will receive a cash award. 

"These talented young people provide invaluable service to the Company each season and we are pleased to acknowledge their exceptional work," noted General Director Richard Gaddes in announcing the awards. 

...The National Federation of Music Clubs Award: tenor Matthew [sic] Edwardsen, Indianapolis, IN...

The Desert Sun (Palm Springs,CA) December 9, 2003

Opera guild hands out awards
By Jeff Britton

The 20th anniversary of Palm Springs Opera Guild’s annual scholarship vocal competition was celebrated appropriately with a bumper crop of fine talent. The judges at Sunday’s Annenberg Theater event were able to cull the cream of the crop, although as usual, the audience had its own favorites.

...A tie for fourth place eliminated the third-place prize. A $1,000 grant sponsored by Patrick and Baba Macnee and Gerry and Ron Hoefer went to Mathew Edwardsen, 29, of Las Vegas, and Rachael von Hoffman, 26, of Henderson.

The former scored with his sturdy, lithe tenor in a devotional aria from Verdi’s final opera, "Macbeth." He also brought out in one sustained breath the rich romanticism of an aria from Bizet’s "Carmen."

The Desert Sun (Palm Springs, CA) December 3, 2002

Opera Guild Rewards Regions Best Voices
By Jeff Britton

The cream of the crop engaged in voice-to-voice combat Sunday at the Annenberg Theater.

The Palm Springs Opera Guild's annual scholarship competition boasted 12 impressive finalists from a field of 66. A bumper crop indeed.

The only tenor in the lot, Mathew Edwardsen , 28, of Sherman Oaks tackled a plaintive Tchaikovsky aria from "Eugene Onegin," garnering the fourth-place Gerry and Ron Hoefer scholarship...

His stalwart handling of the difficult Russian phrasing was admirable...

The Redlands Daily Facts (Redlands, CA) September 22, 2001

Hometown Poo-Bah Stands Out In 'Mikado'
By Nelda M. Stuck

Edwardsen, who is new to Bowl operatic productions, provided an impressive tenor voice - bright, forthright and at ease in all ranges.  His brought out the right touch of bewilderment as the son of the ruling Mikado who has fled the court to find his love, Yum-Yum...