Natalie Mann
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"Her soprano soared with fullness of tone through the climaxes; no high note seemed to tax her. Dramatically, she turned into the victimized creature Puccini intended her to be.” - Peter Jacobi, Herald-Times
OPERA PERFORMANCES
  Micaëla Carmen Bizet Chamber Opera Chicago 2008
  Hedwig Springtime Lehar Chicago Folk Operetta 2007
 

Gretel

Hansel and Gretel

Humperdinck

Downers Grove Choral Society

2007

Lakmé*

Lakmé

Delibes

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

2006

Gretel

Hansel and Gretel

Humperdinck

Downers Grove Choral Society

2006

Miss Pinkerton

The Old Maid and the Thief

Menotti

Collaborative Arts Project

2006

Foreign woman+

The Consul

Menotti

Chicago Chamber Opera

2006

Marguerite+

Faust

Gounod

DuPage Opera Theatre

2005

Hanna*

The Merry Widow

Lehar

Galena Festival of the Arts

2005

Suor Angelica 

Suor Angelica 

Puccini

Intimate Opera Chicago, Indiana

2003,
1999

Countess 

Marriage of Figaro

Mozart

Bowen Park Opera, Chicago

2003

Rosina

Barber of Seville

Rossini

Ardo Opera

1998

Susanna

Ghosts of Versailles

Corigliano

Indiana University – Mainstage

1997

Rosalinde*

Die Fledermaus

J. Strauss

Indiana University

1996

Musetta*

La Bohème

Puccini

Urbania, Italy

1995

* Scenes, + Cover     Additional roles prepared: Micaëla (Carmen), Fiordiligi (Cosi fan tutte)

Conductors: Duain Wolfe, Pierre Boulez, Christoph Eschenbach, Martha Swisher, Victoria Bond, Thomas Baldner

Stage Directors: Amy Hutchison, Adam Kozlowski, Vincent Liotta, Beaumont Glass, and Bard Suverkrop.

 
ORATORIO
Elijah Mendelssohn Downer’s Grove Choral Society 2009
(upcoming)

Sheperd on the Rock

Schubert

Naperville Methodist Concert Series

2007

Magnificat

Berger

North Shore Choral Society

2006

Les Illuminations

Britten

Wollongong, Australia

1994

Liederkreis, Op. 39

Schumann

Wollongong, Australia

1994

Gloria

Vivaldi

Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra

1993

Messiah

Handel

Indianapolis, IN

1992

MUSICAL THEATRE and CONCERT

Live Concert on WFMT

 

Dame Myra Hess Concert Series

2008
(upcoming)

Guest Artist

Fiançailles pour rire

Poulenc

Alliance Française concert

2007 (upcoming)

Miss Olsen

Promises, Promises

Neil Simon

Grove Players, Chicago

2007

Solo concert

American composers, Bach, Handel  

Various

St. James Saturday Concerts

2006, 2005, 2002

Ruth

Pirates of Penzance

Sullivan

Gilbert &Sullivan Company

2005

 

Soloist

Operatic duets

Puccini/Bizet

Galena Festival for the Arts

2005, 2002

Solo concert

Soprano duet premiere

A. Miller

Fourth Presbyterian Recital Series

2006, 2005, 2002

Chorister 

Chicago Symphony Chorus

Various

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

2004-present

Memorial concert

Various works

Mahler

University of Chicago

2005

Featured soloist

Show tunes and songs

Porter

Cole Porter Festival, Peru IN

2004

Solo concert

Art songs

Barber

Univ. of Chicago Recital Series

2004

Solo concert

British Art Songs

Britten

All Saint's Episcopal Recital Series

2003

Katisha

Mikado

Sullivan

Gilbert &Sullivan Company

2002

Liebeslieder

A Little Night Music

Sondheim

Bloomington Music Works

2000

Aldonza

Man of La Mancha

Leigh

Indiana University Mainstage

1999

AWARDS AND HONORS

 

Encouragement Award - Gerda Lissner Competition

2007

 

Finalist - Connecticut Opera Guild

2006    

 

Winner - Illinois NATSAA Competition

2006

 

Runner-up - Regional NATSAA Competition

2006

Finalist - Professional  Div. National Opera Association Competition

2006

 

Honorable Mention / Encouragement Award 

Metropolitan Opera Council Auditions

2002, 1999

 

Finalist -  William Byrd Memorial Competition, Flint (MI) Symphony

2002

 

Finalist - Lansing Matinee Musicale

2001

     
Education and Training  

Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. DM in Vocal Performance
University of Wollongong, Australia.  MCA Vocal Performance. Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar.
Butler University, Indianapolis, Indiana.  BM Vocal Performance, with Honors.

Coaches: Jeffery Peterson, Alan Darling, Jeffery Arnold, Mark Phelps, Leonard Hokanson.

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