Catherine Malfitano (born 18 April 1948) is an American operatic soprano and opera director. Malfitano was born in New York City, the daughter of a ballet dancer mother, Maria Maslova, and a violinist father, Joseph Malfitano. She attended the High School of Music and Art and studied at the Frank Corsaro Studio and the Manhattan School of Music, graduating in 1971. Malfitano has championed the music of American composers, including Carlisle Floyd, William Bolcom, Conrad Susa and Thomas Pasatieri. She has sung over 70 roles throughout her career and continues to add more in her repertoire.
She is currently a member of the voice faculty at Manhattan School of Music.
Catherine Malfitano Biography / Wiki
Name | Catherine Malfitano |
Also Know | |
Gender | Female |
Known For | Acting |
Place of Birth | New York City, New York, USA |
Date of Birth | April 18, 1948 |
Age(as in 2023 Feb) | 75 |
Deathday |
Catherine Malfitano Acting Movies
Movie Name | Character | Release Date | Overview |
Salome | Salome | 1997-04-29 | Richard Strauss’s opera, from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden…. |
Madama Butterfly – The Met | 1994-12-21 | With Cio-Cio-San, the young Japanese geisha at the heart of his Madama Butterfly, Giacomo Puccini created one of the most commanding soprano roles in … | |
Puccini – Tosca | 2007-11-13 | Tosca, features an outstanding cast, including Catherine Malfitano in the title role, Bryn Terfel as Scarpia (his role debut), and Richard Margison as… | |
Tosca | Tosca | 1986-07-04 | This live version of Puccini s superbly dramatic opera was recorded in Rome in the exact locations and at the precise times of day as Puccini had writ… |
Antony & Cleopatra – Lyric Opera of Chicago | Cleopatra | 1991-12-15 | Antony and Cleopatra is an opera in three acts by American composer Samuel Barber. The libretto was prepared by Franco Zeffirelli. After an unsuccess… |
Salome | Salome | 1990-01-01 | Richard Strauss opera on a Oscar Wilde’s biblical drama…. |
Tosca: In the Settings and at the Times of Tosca | Floria Tosca | 1993-01-01 | Performed in the actual Roman settings described in the libretto. Moreover, the scenes take place at the appropriate times of day. Rome, June 1800. Fl… |
Verdi Stiffelio | Lina | 1993-07-17 | Stiffelio is considered “early Verdi” to musiclogists who classify things, but, in reality, it is a final transition between the maestro’s earlier (bu… |
Tosca | Tosca | 1992-05-22 | Contemporary Rome is the setting for this unique and highly innovative version of Puccini’s Tosca, performed in the Roman locations–and at the same t… |
Tosca by Giacomo Puccini | La Prima Donna | 2019-07-04 | As part of the 2019 Aix-en-Provence Opera Festival, filmmaker Christophe Honoré delivers an innovative staging of Giacomo Puccini’s famous drama. His… |
The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny | Jenny Smith | 1998-01-01 | Depicts the consumerism of the mythical city of Mahagonny, conveying all its ripe decadence. A Hollywood Babylon full of pyramidal towers, carved elep… |
Attrazione D’Amore/Voyage to Cythera | 1998-01-01 | Attrazione d’Amore is a touching illustration of the unique relation that has developed between the Conductor Riccardo Chailly and his famous Royal Co… | |
Patrice Chéreau, Pascal Greggory, une autre solitude | Self(Donna Elvira) | 1996-01-30 | A look at the entire process of creating and developing Patrice Chéreau’s third staging of “In the Solitude of Cotton Fields” by Bernard Marie Kolt… |
La Clemenza di Tito | Servilia | 1980-01-01 | “La Clemenza di Tito” was Mozart’s last stage work. It was commissioned for an Imperial coronation ceremony while Mozart was at work on “Die ZauberflÃ… |
Metropolitan Opera Gala James Levine’s 25th Anniversary | Herself | 1996-04-27 | This tribute to James Levine, first shown on PBS, was only part of that glorious evening. Here we have the whole performance, up to three hours. I cou… |
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