“Natalie’s Susanna in my production of “Le Nozze di Figaro” for Welsh National Opera and Opera Australia, was just about what any director would dream of… exquisitely sung and wonderfully acted. Natalie has great natural comedy, a fierce intelligence, and (which is completely unfair) she is uncommonly beautiful. She moves well too. In short – dazzling.”
Melbourne-born Natalie Christie Peluso captivates audiences and critics alike with her dynamic, effervescent stage presence and an inviting lyric soprano voice that has been described by London critics as “full of youthful, delicious beauty” and “electrifying freshness.”
Natalie's 2017 engagements include Bach's B Minor Mass conducted by Stephen Layton with Queensland Symphony Orchestra; Rose Maybud Ruddigore Opera Queensland; Four Last Songs Strauss, Pieces of 9/11 by Jake Heggy and Bach's Cantata 32 for the Australian Festival of Chamber Music; and both Ottavia and Drusilla in Monteverdi's Coronation of Poppea with Pinchgut Opera in Sydney.
A favourite at Welsh National Opera, her roles there have included Sr Constance The Carmelites, Sophie Der Rosenkavalier, Gilda Rigoletto, Eurydice Orphée et Eurydice, Pamina Die Zauberflöte, Adina L’elisir d’amore, Susanna Le nozze di Figaro, Zerlina Don Giovanni, Despina Cosi Fan Tutte, Adele Die Fledermaus, and Marzelline Leonora.
Elsewhere she has sung Zerlina Don Giovanni for the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras; the Soprano in Bach’s St. John Passion with English National Opera directed by Deborah Warner; and her hugely acclaimed appearances as Susanna in Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro with Opera Australia.
Concert appearances include Handel’s Jephtha with RIAS Berlin and Marcus Creed at the Berlin Philharmonie, Soprano 1 Mozart’s Mass in C Minor with the Oslo Baroque, Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and Couperin’s Leçons des Tenebres at the 1998 Aldeburgh Festival with Skip Sempé and Capriccio Stravagante. She has appeared in recital at Wigmore Hall, Batignano Festival in Italy, Aldeburgh Festival, St Martin in the Field’s and Windsor Castle in the Presence of HRH Prince Charles. She has recorded for BBC Radio Two and Three, RTE Ireland and the ABC, and her numerous accolades include winning the Australian Singing Competition’s Marianne Mathy Award and Grand Finalist in the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World.
Recent engagements include Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 conducted by Simone Young and Handel’s Messiah with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra; Rachmaninov's The Bells, Fauré and Duruflé Requiems with the Brisbane Chorale; Adele Die Fledermaus for Opera Queensland, Soprano 1 Mozart's Mass in C Minor with the Victoria Chorale; Górecki’s Symphony of Sorrowful Songs with Camerata of St. John's.
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