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The American mezzo-soprano, Claudia Catania, obtained her Bachelor of Music degree in voice from Temple University (1964-1968), and pursued postgraduate study at the Curtis Institute of Music (1968-1969). She received a Master of Arts degree in psychoanalysis from the Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis (1992-2002), and holds a Psya D. (ABD) in that school’s Institute for the Study of Violence. She received her Certification in Psychoanalysis from the Center for Modern Psychoanalytic Studies in March of 2000.
In 1982, Claudia Catania was chosen by Music Director James Levine to sing as well as dance the role of The Cook in the Metropolitan Opera’s production of Igor Stravinsky's Le Rossignol. She appeared in in over 22 roles at the Metropolitan Opera, including premieres of Francesca da Rimini and Le Rossignol (where she danced as partner to the great Natalia Makarova), under the baton of her mentor James Levine. She is featured on DVD Live from the Met performances of Il Trittico, The Trojans, and Francesca da Rimini. She also appeared with the music companies of Philadelphia, Washington D.C., Santa Fe, Dayton, Toledo, Lake George, Milwaukee, Baltimore, Miami, and Fort Worth. Her concert credits include performances with the Denver Symphony , Baltimore Symphony, and Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Cleveland Orchestra, and, most notably, two series of J.S. Bach concerts with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra.
Claudia Catania considers herself a true Renaissance woman in the world of vocal music. She has been seen and heard on Broadway as Marie in the Tony-nominated revival of The Most Happy Fella (1992), and is featured on that cast recording, and regionally as Lady Thiang in The King and I, Bloody Mary in South Pacific, Ida Strauss in Titanic, and with Zero Mostel in Fiddler on the Roof,
Claudia Catania taught voice at Boston University: College of Fine Arts for 9 years, and was an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Voice and Music Theater at Westminster Choir College of the Arts of Rider University (2004-2016). Since 2017, she is Music Theater Professor at the Manhattan School Of Music. She has also taught at Mannes College of Music, and Hunter College, and in the summers in Italy for Wichita State University, and in the Marlena Malas Vocal Institute in Chautauqua.
Claudia Catania has received numerous honors and awards in her career, including the Philadelphia’s Medal of Honor, the Temple University Alumni Fellow of the Year, the Temple University Certificate of Honor, and The Voice Foundation’s Master Teacher of the Year and VERA awards. She currently lives in New York City. |
