Personal Info
Catherine Malfitano
Acting
Biography
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.
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Filmography
Movies
Tosca by Giacomo Puccini
as La Prima Donna
Puccini - Tosca
Attrazione D'Amore/Voyage to Cythera
as Self - Tosca, soprano
The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
as Jenny Smith
Salome
as Salome
Patrice Chéreau, Pascal Greggory, une autre solitude
as Self(Donna Elvira)
Metropolitan Opera Gala James Levine's 25th Anniversary
as Self
Madama Butterfly - The Met
Verdi Stiffelio
as Lina
Tosca: In the Settings and at the Times of Tosca
as Floria Tosca
