Mezzo-soprano Natalie Havemeyer, a native Philadelphian, has sung with the Santa Fe Opera, the Central City Opera, Virginia Opera, the Opera at Duke University, and the Bronx Opera. Her roles to date include Marcellina in Le Nozze di Figaro, Rebecca Nurse in The Crucible, Berta in Il Barbiere di Siviglia, La Contessa di Ceprano in Rigoletto, Flora in La Traviata, and Isabela in Catan’s La Hija de Rappaccini. She was selected to perform Mahler’s Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen with the Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Maestro Yampolsky. She has also performed Ravel’s Sheherazade, Bach’s Magnificat, Danielpour’s An American Requiem, Mendelssohn’s Elijah and Mozart’s Requiem. Ms. Havemeyer can be heard on the recording of Catan’s La Hija de Rappaccini. After graduating with a liberal arts degree from Columbia University in New York City, Ms. Havemeyer went on to receive her Masters of Music from Northwestern University. She performed Brahms’ Ophelia Lieder with One World Symphony in February of 2004 and reprised the roles of Marcellina and Berta in the spring of 2004. Ms. Havemeyer made her New York City debut in the title role of Carmen with One World Symphony in March of 2005. In June of 2005 Ms. Havemeyer made her Carnegie Hall debut with MidAmerica Productions as the alto soloist in Mozart’s Requiem. Ms. Havemeyer performed Vivaldi's Gloria and sang the role of Marcellina with the Festival Lyrique en Mer in 2005 and will be singing the role again with the Opera at Duke University in the spring of 2006. October of 2005 marks Ms. Havemeyer's debut as Azucena with One World Symphony in New York City. Ms. Havemeyer will also be seen in her first screen appearance, playing the title role in Turandot, in a film directed by Maria Maggenti and produced by Eden Wurmfeld (Kissing Jessica Stein). In her spare time, Ms. Havemeyer enjoys teaching and practicing yoga, and her love of languages has led her to become fluent in Italian, French, German, Russian and Spanish.