Natalie Mann
SOPRANO
About
Natalie
Natalie is an active recitalist and champion of contemporary music, which has allowed her to work with living composers on albums and sing on the world premiere opera recording of “The Mask in the Mirror” by Richard Thompson. Opera News wrote, “…Sarah, sung by Natalie Mann, whose ingratiating vibrato makes her character unmistakably seductive.” She has just released an album of salon music featuring multiple world premiere recordings by American composers on Albany Records titled Rendezvous in the Salon.
As a concert soloist, she has performed with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the South Shore Orchestra during two New Year’s tours of China, and the La Jolla Symphony and Chorus as the soprano soloist in Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis and the Ninth Symphony.
Her operatic roles include Lady Macbeth in Verdi’s Macbeth and Ameila in Verdi’s Un Ballo in Maschera, Mozart’s Donna Anna in Don Giovanni and the Countess in Le Nozze di Figaro, Micaela in Bizet’s Carmen and Marguerite in Gounod’s Faust. Critics praised of her portrayal of the title role in Suor Angelica: According to Peter Jacobi of the Herald-Times, “Her soprano soared with fullness of tone through the climaxes; no high note seemed to tax her.”
Ms. Mann’s concert appearances have been equally well received. Of her Carnegie Hall recital, Abigail Wright of The Opera Insider observed: “Ms. Mann does an excellent job of continuing her brilliantly sustained legato, undeniably stunning high notes, and impressive quality of pitch and tone center across the board.”
Ms. Mann has received a Metropolitan Opera Encouragement Award and has been a finalist in both the Gerda Lissner Competition and the American Prize for Art Song. She has been a winner of the Audience Favorite Award in the David W. Scott Memorial Competition and the Hawaii Public Radio International Art Song Competition.
She holds advanced degrees from Indiana University and the University of Wollongong in Australia, funded through the Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar program, as well as a Bachelor of Music from Butler University.
Recordings
Purchase Rendezvous in the Salon and Experience on iTunes and Amazon, or stream on Spotify
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Upcoming Shows
Past Shows
October 2, 2023 – Rancho Mirage Library Lecture Series
October 2, 2023 – Rancho Mirage Library Lecture Series YouTube Video link. Opera has many traditions – and one of the most famous is how the female heroine meets a tragic fate. The stereotype is so commonplace that it became a sports analogy when sportswriter Dan...
Lunchtime Concert Series presented by TOC Concert Hall
Natalie was joined by long-time collaborator Jeffrey Panko on piano to much acclaim on their Portland, OR debut concert. Featuring Gershwin’s “Summertime” and the iconic “Knoxville: Summer of 1915” by Samuel Barber, the program included chansons by Faure and a...
March 12, 2024 – Palm Springs Opera Guild Dinner
March 12, 2024 – Palm Springs Opera Guild Dinner Donors to the Palm Springs Opera Guild will be serenaded by local performers singing beloved arias, duets and quartets.
Additional Past Performances
Opera
Hélène, Presented by the Fine Arts Network, with Natalie Mann singing the title role.
Violetta in La Traviata with Capitol Opera
Suor Angelica with Riverside Lyric Opera, featuring Natalie Mann in the title role.
Hanna Glawari in The Merry Widow with Independent Opera Company
Electra with Capitol Opera Company in highlights of Mozart’s Idomeneo
Nella in Gianni Schicchi with Riverside Lyric Opera
Lady Macbeth in Independent Opera Company’s production of Verdi’s Macbeth
Musical Theatre
Christine in Phantom of the Opera with College of the Desert
Stepmother in Into the Woods with Performance Riverside
Anne in Rented Christmas with Escondido Players Theatre
Queen Aggravain in Once Upon a Mattress with Escondido Players Theatre
Miss Olsen in Promises, Promises with Downer’s Grove Players
Aldonza in Man of La Mancha on Indiana University Mainstage
Donna Anna in Pacific Opera Project’s production of Don Giovanni.
Orchestral Work
Beethoven 9th Symphony with La Jolla Symphony and Chorus, La Jolla, CA
Avak the Healer by Alan Hovhaness with the South Shore Orchestra
Soprano Soloist in Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis with the La Jolla Symphony and Chorus.
Featured soloist, “Flower Duet” by Delibes, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Concert Series
Old Church Luncheon Concert Series, Portland, OR. Featuring, Knoxville: Summer of 1915. Natalie Mann, soprano and Jeffrey Panko, piano.
Rancho Mirage Library Concert Series, Rancho Mirage, CA. “A Classical Christmas” Natalie Mann, soprano and Bruce Mangum, piano.
Lunch Hour Rush Concert Series featuring Natalie Mann, soprano; Bridget Hough, piano; William Wood, bassoon.
Voyage à Paris (Rancho Mirage Library Music Series) in Rancho Mirage, California. With Jeffrey DeLeur on piano.
Fourth Presbyterian Church Noonday Concert Series. Featuring Schubert’s Shepherd on the Rock and works by Strauss, Boulanger, Faure and Blitzstein. With Jeffery Panko, Piano and Mark Allen, Jr., Clarinet.
Classics at the MERC. With Ed Yarnelle, piano
Collaborative Chamber Concert featuring the works of David Conte and Marc Blitzstein.
Go Red for Women Concert, Weill Concert Hall, Carnegie Hall, New York (solo debut)
Video Performances
Reviews
Reviews for "experience"
“… a gleaming, shimmering sound that seems to emerge with little or no effort, floating on a seemingly inexhaustible stream of breath. One must appreciate the flawless legato line with which she sings even the most difficult of these songs, and the easy warmth with which she rides the highest climaxes.”
– Gregory Berg reviewing the CD ‘Experience’ for the Journal of Singing.
– The Opera Insider
– The Opera Insider
– The Herald-Times
“…Natalie Mann, (as Sarah), whose ingratiating vibrato makes her character unmistakably seductive. Mann and Humes sing a love duet that soars…”
– Opera News
– Coril Prochnow
– Singerpreneur.com
– Lauri’s List
– Valley Roadrunner
– Lauri’s List
REpertoire
Step into Natalie Mann's world of enchanting performances, insightful musings, and captivating musical journeys.
Opera
- Hélène, Presented by the Fine Arts Network, with Natalie Mann singing the title role.
- Violetta in La Traviata with Capitol Opera
- Suor Angelica with Riverside Lyric Opera, featuring Natalie Mann in the title role.
- Hanna Glawari in The Merry Widow with Independent Opera Company
- Electra with Capitol Opera Company in highlights of Mozart’s Idomeneo
- Nella in Gianni Schicchi with Riverside Lyric Opera
- Lady Macbeth in Independent Opera Company’s production of Verdi’s Macbeth
Musical Theatre
- Christine in Phantom of the Opera with College of the Desert
- Stepmother in Into the Woods with Performance Riverside
- Anne in Rented Christmas with Escondido Players Theatre
- Queen Aggravain in Once Upon a Mattress with Escondido Players Theatre
- Miss Olsen in Promises, Promises with Downer’s Grove Players
- Aldonza in Man of La Mancha on Indiana University Mainstage
- Donna Anna in Pacific Opera Project’s production of Don Giovanni.
Orchestral Work
- Beethoven 9th Symphony with La Jolla Symphony and Chorus, La Jolla, CA
- Avak the Healer by Alan Hovhaness with the South Shore Orchestra
- Soprano Soloist in Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis with the La Jolla Symphony and Chorus.
- Featured soloist, “Flower Duet” by Delibes, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Concert Series
- Old Church Luncheon Concert Series, Portland, OR. Featuring, Knoxville: Summer of 1915. Natalie Mann, soprano and Jeffrey Panko, piano.
- Rancho Mirage Library Concert Series, Rancho Mirage, CA. “A Classical Christmas” Natalie Mann, soprano and Bruce Mangum, piano.
- Lunch Hour Rush Concert Series featuring Natalie Mann, soprano; Bridget Hough, piano; William Wood, bassoon.
- Voyage à Paris (Rancho Mirage Library Music Series) in Rancho Mirage, California. With Jeffrey DeLeur on piano.
- Fourth Presbyterian Church Noonday Concert Series. Featuring Schubert’s Shepherd on the Rock and works by Strauss, Boulanger, Faure and Blitzstein. With Jeffery Panko, Piano and Mark Allen, Jr., Clarinet.
- Classics at the MERC. With Ed Yarnelle, piano
- Collaborative Chamber Concert featuring the works of David Conte and Marc Blitzstein.
- Go Red for Women Concert, Weill Concert Hall, Carnegie Hall, New York (solo debut)
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