Maria Natale will debut as soloist in Antonín Dvořák’s Te Deum with Amadeus Concert Ensemble’s (ACE) Season of Stellar Sopranos on Sunday, September 29, 5:30 p.m. at Cathedral of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, 711 S. Northshore Drive, Knoxville.
She will also perform selections from his Stabat Mater.
Natale studied voice at the graduate level at the University of Tennessee and since graduation has been living in the New York City metropolitan area where her singing career has taken off.
Making a name for herself, particularly in Italian verismo opera, Natale has starred in Tosca, Turandot, Manon Lescaut, Madama Butterly, Pagliacci and La Traviata. She has performed leading roles in these operas with Sarasota Opera, Tulsa Opera, Opera San José, Opera Festival of Chicago, Opera Cedar Rapids and Opera Maine.
Opera News applauded “her powerful soprano that effortlessly filled the house” and Sarasota New Outpost praised her “unequivocal Italian sound.”
As a concert soloist, Natale has performed at Carnegie Hall in Fauré’s Requiem and Mozart’s Missa Solemnis with MidAmerica Production and with the New York City Master Chorale in Dvorak’s Te Deum and Mozart’s Requiem. with Children of the American Revolution youth.
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