Catherine Malfitano

Born: 1948-04-18

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.


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Metropolitan Opera Gala James Levine's 25th Anniversary

as Self
Released: 1996-04-27

This tribute to James Levine, first shown on PBS, was only part of that glorious evening. Here...

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Salome

as Salome
Released: 1997-04-29

Richard Strauss's opera, from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.

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Tosca

as Tosca
Released: 1986-07-04

This live version of Puccini s superbly dramatic opera was recorded in Rome in the exact...

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La Clemenza di Tito

as Servilia
Released: 1980-01-01

"La Clemenza di Tito" was Mozart's last stage work. It was commissioned for an Imperial...

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Verdi Stiffelio

as Lina
Released: 1993-07-17

Stiffelio is considered "early Verdi" to musiclogists who classify things, but, in reality, it...

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The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny

as Jenny Smith
Released: 1998-01-01

Depicts the consumerism of the mythical city of Mahagonny, conveying all its ripe decadence. A...

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Salome

as Salome
Released: 1990-01-01

Richard Strauss opera on a Oscar Wilde's biblical drama.

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Antony & Cleopatra - Lyric Opera of Chicago

as Cleopatra
Released: 1991-12-15

Antony and Cleopatra is an opera in three acts by American composer Samuel Barber. The libretto...

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Puccini - Tosca

as uncredited
Released: 2007-11-13

Tosca, features an outstanding cast, including Catherine Malfitano in the title role, Bryn...

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Madama Butterfly - The Met

as uncredited
Released: 1994-12-21

With Cio-Cio-San, the young Japanese geisha at the heart of his Madama Butterfly, Giacomo...

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini

as La Prima Donna
Released: 2019-07-04

As part of the 2019 Aix-en-Provence Opera Festival, filmmaker Christophe Honoré delivers an...

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Great Performances

as Servilia
First aired: 1971-01-28

The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse...

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Great Performances

as Trina Sieppe
First aired: 1971-01-28

The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse...

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