NatalieLewis

American mezzo-soprano Natalie Lewis is quickly emerging as one of the brightest young talents on the global operatic scene. Now in her second season as a member of the Bayerische Staatsoper Ensemble, she has appeared there in such roles as Erda in Das Rheingold under General Music Director Vladimir Jurowski, Emilia in Otello, Mary in Der fliegendeHolländer, and as La Voce in Respighi’s Lucrezia.

During the 26-27 season, Natalie appears with Thomas Guggeis and the Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino and with Domingo Hindoyan and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra in performances of Mahler’s 2nd Symphony, with Edward Gardner and the London Philharmonic Orchestra as The Angel in Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius, with Keri-Lynn Wilson and the Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra in performances of the Verdi Requiem in London and New York, with Patrick Hahn and the Wiener Symphoniker in Lili Boulanger’s Psalm 130, with Jakob Lehmann and the Monteverdi Choir and Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique for Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle, with Adam Hickox and the Glyndebourne Sinfonia for Beethoven’s 9th Symphony, and with Nicholas Collon and the Aurora Orchestra at the BBC Proms singing excerpts from Mahler’s Lieder eines Fahrenden Gesellen.

On the operatic stage, Natalie makes her debut at the SalzburgerOsterfestspiele as Waltraute in a new production of Die Walküre, directed by Kirill Serebrennikov and conducted by Kirill Petrenko, followed by a concert performance at the Philharmonie Berlin with the Berliner Philharmoniker. She also appears on her home stage at the Bayerische Staatsoper as Maffio Orsini in Lucrezia Borgia, Third Lady in Die Zauberflöte, Pasqualita in a new production of Doctor Atomic, Grimgerde in Die Walküre, and Suzuki in Madama Butterfly. Other highlights include First Maid in Elektra at the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Brigitta in concert performances of Korngold’s Die tote Stadt with Oksana Lyniv and the Radio Filharmonische Orkest at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, and Mary in concert performances of Der fliegendeHolländer with the SWR Symphony Orchestra.

Natalie performs recitals with Brian Zeger at the MIRY Concert Hall in Ghent, Myra Huang at Vocal Arts DC in Washington, D.C., and Malcolm Martineau for a Bayerische Staatsoper FestspielLiederabend.

In 2025 Natalie was awarded 2nd Prize as well as the Birgit Nilsson Prize in the Operalia Competition and earned first place at the 2023 Houston Grand Opera Concert of Arias and was a winner of the Metropolitan Opera Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition the same year. Natalie received her Bachelor of Music from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and her Master of Music from The Juilliard School where she was a recipient of the Kovner Fellowship.