Catherine Naglestad, born in San Jose of Scandinavian parentage, and grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area, is an American

soprano A soprano () is a type of classical female singing voice and has the highest vocal range of all voice types. The soprano's vocal range (using scientific pitch notation) is from approximately middle C (C4) = 261 Hz to "high A" (A5) = 880&n ...

singer. She earned her Bachelor of Music from the

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, furthering her studies in Rome, Milan and New York. She has performed leading roles in opera houses and concert halls around the world, including the Royal Opera House in London, Paris Opéra Bastille, Berlin State Opera, and

Suntory Hall The is a concert venue in the central Akasaka district of Tokyo, Japan. Part of the Ark Hills complex, it consists of a main concert hall, widely considered one of the finest in the world for its acoustics — indeed Herbert von Karajan called i ...

in Tokyo. She is particularly known for the roles of Norma and Alceste.

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Opera japonica interview with Ruth C Jacobs, 2005, accessed 4 June 2010
American operatic sopranos Living people San Francisco Conservatory of Music alumni Singers from California 1965 births Classical musicians from California 21st-century American women {{US-opera-singer-stub