Catherine Malfitano
EDUCATION
Diploma, High School of Music & Art — 1966
Bachelor of Music, Manhattan School of Music — 1971
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Private Voice Studio — 1998 to present
DePaul University School of Music — 1998 to 2003
Manhattan School of Music — 2008 to present
MASTERCLASSES
DePaul University School of Music
Des Moines Metro Opera
Lyric Opera of Chicago
DePauw University
Indiana University
Los Angeles Opera
English National Opera
Royal Opera House
Glimmerglass Festival
NATS
UCLA
USC
George London Foundation
Houston Grand Opera
Washington National Opera
Central City Opera
San Francisco Opera Merola Program
New England Conservatory
Manhattan School of Music
AWARDS
Emmy Award — Performance as Tosca/Rome Film 1992
Phi Beta Kappa — Chicago Chapter
Honorary Doctorate — DePaul University
Opera Index
Center for Contemporary Opera
Lyric Opera 25th Anniversary
Houston Grand Opera 30th Anniversary
George London Competition
National Opera Institute
SINGING CAREER (1972 – present)
Soprano Catherine Malfitano has sung repeatedly at all the major opera houses of the world, including Salzburg Festival, Vienna Staatsoper, Deutsche Oper and Staatsoper Berlin, Hamburg Staatsoper, Bayerische Staatsoper, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, La Scala, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Paris Opera, La Monnaie, Houston Grand Opera, Los Angeles Opera, Washington National Opera, San Francisco Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago and The Metropolitan Opera.
For further details on her repertoire of over 70 leading roles, and her complete opera, concert and recital career, please refer to her management's web site (IMGArtists.com).
WORLD PREMIERES
Transformations (1973) — Conrad Susa
The Seagull (1974) — Thomas Pasatieri
Washington Square (1976) — Thomas Pasatieri
Permit Me Voyage (1976) — Thomas Pasatieri
Bilby's Doll — Carlyle Floyd (1976)
McTeague (1992) — William Bolcom
A View from the Bridge (1999) — William Bolcom
Medusa (2003) — William Bolcom
A Wedding (2004) — William Bolcom
RECORDINGS & VIDEOS
Song My Father Taught Me (1973)
Orfeo ed Euridice (1975)
Hansel and Gretel (1979)
La Clemenza di Tito (1980)
Rossini Stabat Mater (1981)
Romeo et Juliette (1983)
L'Incoronazione di Poppea (1984)
Salome (1990, 1994, 1997)
Tosca/Rome (1992), Amsterdam (1998)
Stiffelio (1993)
Mahagonny (1998)
I Pagliacci (1980)
Les Contes d'Hoffmann (1981)
George London and His Friends (1984)
The Ardis Krainik Celebration Gala (1996)
Diva: 30 Great Prima Donnas (2000)
View from the Bridge (2000)
Blue Moon Cat at Joe's Pub (2001)
Jose van Dam: 30 Years at La Monnaie (2010)
TELEVISION PERFORMANCES
CBS Camera Three/Pasatieri Works (1977)
The Saint of Bleecker Street/New York City Opera (1978)
Street Scene/New York City Opera (1979)
Les Contes d'Hoffmann/Florence (1980)
La Clemenza di Tito/PBS (1981)
Suor Angelica/Florence (1983)
Gala of Stars/PBS (1983)
Metropolitan Opera Centennial (1983)
George London Gala/Vienna (1984)
Salome/Berlin (1990)
Antony & Cleopatra/Lyric Opera of Chicago (1991)
Tosca/Rome (1992)
The Real McTeague/PBS (1992)
Stiffelio/London (1993)
Madama Butterfly/Metropolitan Opera (1994)
James Levine 25th Anniversary Gala/Metropolitan Opera (1996)
Tosca/Amsterdam (1998)
Mahagonny/Salzburg Festival (1998)
DIRECTING CAREER (2005 – present)
Madama Butterfly/Central City Opera (2005)
La Voix Humaine/La Monnaie (2006)
The Saint of Bleecker Street/Central City Opera (2007)
Tosca/Florida Grand Opera (2008)
Rigoletto/Washington National Opera (2008)
Don Giovanni/San Francisco Opera/Merola (2008)
Tosca/ English National Opera (2010)
Madama Butterfly/ Central City Opera (2010)
Manhattan School of Music faculty since 2008.
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