Catherine Malfitano
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.
Acting
TV
Great Performances
as Servilia
1971
TV
Great Performances
as Trina Sieppe
1971
Movie
Attrazione D'Amore/Voyage to Cythera
as Self - Tosca, soprano
1998
Movie
The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
as Jenny Smith
1998
Patrice Chéreau, Pascal Greggory, une autre solitude
as Self(Donna Elvira)
1996
Movie
Salome
as Salome
1990
Tosca: In the Settings and at the Times of Tosca
as Floria Tosca
1993
Movie
Salome
as Salome
1997
Movie
Tosca by Giacomo Puccini
as La Prima Donna
2019
Movie
La Clemenza di Tito
as Servilia
1980
Movie
Verdi Stiffelio
as Lina
1993
Movie
Metropolitan Opera Gala James Levine's 25th Anniversary
as Self
1996
Movie
Madama Butterfly - The Met
1994
Movie
Puccini - Tosca
2007
Movie
Tosca
as Tosca
1986
Movie
Antony & Cleopatra - Lyric Opera of Chicago
as Cleopatra
1991