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Baritone Ralph Cato has performed masterworks from
opera, oratorio, and musical theatre to critical acclaim around the
world.
Internationally, he has been featured with the Philharmonic in Cologne,
Germany (Kölner Philharmonie), and the Estonia National
Symphony. His collaborations in the United States have included
the Chicago Sinfonietta, Pacific Symphony and Chorale, Long Beach
Symphony, Stockton Symphony, San Bernardino Symphony, Los Angeles Pops
Orchestra, Los Angeles Baroque Orchestra, California Philharmonic,
Angeles Chorale and United States Marine Band. Recently, Mr. Cato
was featured in the popular Irish dance show, Riverdance, performing in
venues throughout Europe, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, China, Korea
and the United States.
Mr. Cato’s repertoire includes a wide range of lyric and dramatic
baritone roles, from Amonasro (Aida) and Scarpia (Tosca), to Tonio (I
Pagliacci), and Figaro (Il Barbiere di Siviglia). As an oratorio
singer, he has performed the bass solos for Carmina Burana,
Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Walton’s Belshazzar’s Feast, Beethoven’s Ninth
Symphony, Pilate in Bach’s Passion According to St. John, as well as
works by Bruckner, Fauré, Handel, Mozart, Vaughan Williams, and
Michael Tippett.
A native of New Orleans, Louisiana, Cato moved to southern California
to attend Northridge State. He went on to the University of
Southern California and then to the University of California, Los
Angeles, where he earned a Doctor of Musical Arts degree.
When not engaged in performing activities, Cato teaches Italian, German
and French diction for singers and vocal arts at the University of
California, Riverside.
1/27/11
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