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NATASA KATAI

 

Soprano

 

 

She was born in Szerencs , Hungary, and comes from Miskolc, but currently lives in Italy.

She passed her GCSE with presidential certificate of merit from solo singing department of the Bèla Bartòk Music Secondary School in Miskolc (student of Marian Szitàs) and continued eminently graduating with a Summa Cum Laude degree from the Conservatory of the University of Szeged in the class of Maria Temesi.

She already won several international competitions, or was prized with special prizes. She most recently won the “XI.F.Martini International Opera Competition” of Lignano Sabbiadoro (2004) and I. Prize of the "Voice of Mediterraen" International Opera Competition of Siracusa (2007).

She also frequented masters with Ilona Adorjàn, Adrienne Csengery, Judith Nèmeth, Anna Reynolds, Maria Temesi, Mauro Trombetta.

 

She is a regular guest at aria evenings; she has performed in the concert halls of several countries (Italy, Hungary, Malta, Netherlands, Germany etc.)

 

After graduation she received important roles in Italy and she also debuted with these roles in Malta as well (Mozart: Così fan tutte – Fiordiligi; Mozart: Don Giovanni – Donna Anna; Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro – La Contessa).

She was awarded with “Premio di Eccellenza” for the role of Donna Anna.

 

 Beside her main roles ( Bellini: Norma - Norma; Verdi: Il corsaro - Medora; Strauss: Elektra - Chrisothemis; Donizetti: Maria Stuarda - Maria Stuarda; Rossini: Guglielmo Tell – Matilde; Puccini: La Bohème - Mimì; Suor Angelica – Suor Angelica; Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro – Susanna;) she debuted in oratorios for exemple Mozart: Requiem, Nani: Requiem; Rossini: Messe Solennelle, Pergolesi: Stabat Mater,J.S.Bach: St.Matthew Passion; Vivaldi: In furore and Beethoven: Symphony No. 9.

She sang together with Renato Bruson, Josè Sempere, Agnes Baltsa, Janice Baird, Katja Lytting, Maurizio Graziani, Daniela Longhi, Paolo Gavanelli, Ivan Inverardi, Miroslav Dvorsky, and with the conductors Viktor Lemko, Dietfried Bernet, Jànos Ács, Marco Balderi, Danilo Lombardini, Fabio Ciulla, Harold Salmieri, Michael Laus, Alberto Veronesi, Tiziano Duca, Vasilij Vasilenko, Tamàs Pàl, Pèter Oberfrank, Sàndor Gyüdi, Richard Weninger, Làszlò Meszlènyi, Emanuel Spagnol.

 

For the occasion of  " Operafestival Bartok + Bel canto" Eva Marton sees in Kàtai her heir and the critics compare with young Callas.

 

Her repertoire contains mostly bel canto pieces , that is why she was invited to the “Bartòk + Bel canto 2005” International Opera Festival, Miskolc; and also to the Gala of “Bartòk + Verismo 2006”.

She was awarded in May of 2007 with "Prize of Merit" from the City of Miskolc.

 

 

REPERTOIRE:

OPERE

 

Bellini :          Norma                         - Norma

                        Il Pirata                        - Imogene

                       

Boito :            Mefistofele                   - Margherita

 

Donizetti :     Lucrezia Borgia            - Lucrezia Borgia

                        Maria Stuarda               - Maria Stuarda

 

Rossini :       Guglielmo Tell               - Matilde

                        L’assedio di Corinto    - Pamira

 

Mozart :         Don Giovanni               - Donna Anna

                        Così fan tutte                 - Fiordiligi

                        Le nozze di Figaro       - La Contessa

 

Verdi :          Aida                               - Aida

                       Don Carlo                      - Elisabetta 

                       Il Trovatore                     - Leonora

                      Otello                              - Desdemona

                       Il Corsaro                       - Medora   

                       Ernani                            - Elvira

                       Un ballo in maschera   - Amelia

                       

 

Puccini:       Tosca                             - Tosca

                       La Bohème                   - Mimì                                                                              Madama Butterfly          - Cio-Cio-San                                                                Suor Angelica                - Suor Angelica

                      Manon Lescaut              - Manon   

                     

Strauss:  Elektra                        - Chrysothemis

 

 

 

MUSICA SACRA

 

 

Mozart :         Requiem

                        Messa in c-minore

 

Rossini :         Messa Solennelle

 

Verdi :            Requiem

 

Pergolesi :      Stabat Mater

 

Beethoven:     IX. Sinfonia

 

Nani :             Requiem

 

Vivaldi :          In furore

 

J.S.Bach :       Passione Secondo Matteo                                    

 

 

                     

 

       

 

 

 

 

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