NATHANIEL CATASCA

Nathaniel Catasca is a tenor from Albuquerque. He graduated with a Bachelor’s of Music in Vocal Performance from the University of Oklahoma and recently the Eastman School of Music with a Master’s in Performance & Literature under the study of Robert Swensen. He debuted as Ernesto in Donizetti’s Don Pasquale in 2017. At the Eastman School of Music, Mr. Catasca performed the role of Tenor I in Ricky Ian Gordon’s, “Tibetan Book of the Dead,” and took second place in the Friends of Eastman Opera Vocal Competition.

Professionally, Nathaniel was the Tenor Summer Concert Residency Artist for the Florentine Opera Company in the summer of 2019, and the Tenor Young Artist for Hawaii Opera Theatre this past fall playing the role of Spoletta in Puccini’s “Tosca.” Nathaniel returned to Hawaii Opera Theatre this spring partaking in a children’s tour of “Cinderella” and his first production of Salome.