Actor
Catherine Malfitano
April 18, 1948 · New York City, New York, USA
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.
Often works with
Plácido Domingo
3 titles together
Great Performances, Tosca: In the Settings and at the Times of Tosca, Tosca
Ruggero Raimondi
2 titles together
Tosca: In the Settings and at the Times of Tosca, Tosca
Bryn Terfel
2 titles together
Salome, Puccini - Tosca
Wendy White
2 titles together
Madama Butterfly - The Met, Antony & Cleopatra - Lyric Opera of Chicago
Full filmography · 12
Tosca by Giacomo Puccini
as La Prima Donna
2019
Puccini - Tosca
cast
2007
The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
as Jenny Smith
1998
Salome
as Salome
1997
Madama Butterfly - The Met
cast
1994
Verdi Stiffelio
as Lina
1993
Tosca: In the Settings and at the Times of Tosca
as Floria Tosca
1993
Antony & Cleopatra - Lyric Opera of Chicago
as Cleopatra
1991
Salome
as Salome
1990
Tosca
as Tosca
1986
La Clemenza di Tito
as Servilia
1980